An amateur trying to land a Boeing 737 CL -- Baltic Aviation academy 

2 things: 1. Unless she knew how to set the emergency frequency to 121.500, set the mic volume on the correct radio box, and select R/T on the mic selector panel how could she contact emergency help? 2. She should have been warned NOT to touch the flight controller in front of her at any time because it disengages auto control.

Now I have an idea of what is going up there behind the locked door. Excellent video.

I am impressed at the clarity of both protagonists' English - thank you for a very enlightening video!

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing.I think every person in the back of their head has thought of getting to land a jetliner and saving all the passengers. What a rush!

Beautiful flare the 2nd try! Only 210 ribs got broken, 110 fatalities, but we've got 2 survivors so good job.

Pranas: "Good luck Natalja, you'll need it!" Natalja: "Goodbye" LOL

Way too many steps to land the plane. Isn't there just one big "I'm feeling lucky" button on this plane?

"A good landing is a landing that you can walk away from and a great one, is in addition, you can use the plane again" so, she actually did a very good landing :)

First, didn't have time to go through all comments, so this might have been mentioned before... but the "controller" (while otherwise doing a great job) failed on his own; "I don't see what is happening"... he guided the amateur to the correct equipment, but failed to determine if what she found was indeed the correct one. When she was looking at the wrong piece, only at that point did he offer more help. I also would have expected him to find out what the current setting is before instructing her to change it... you know, just in case that she was not in fact looking/handling the right switch and/or the settings were not what the controller was already expecting them to be (since he saw all the indicators himself). Other than that... ;)

I'd rather try to land this thing over an old single-engine. If you know where everything is located the plane pretty much flys itself.

This is the thing many people do not understand. The autopilot helps us pilots to reduce the workload. Cockpit/Workload management is an aspect overlooked by so many. Even though the autopilot controls the aircraft, it will always need a pilot to guide it along the way. The machine gives guidance, but the pilot gives wisdom. I become overstressed with things even before I leave the ground... such as dropping or losing my pen... or having my harness stuck under my seat during the checklist.

Now I know that I can land a jet, all I need is a pilot sitting behind me who knows how to do it.

Michael Cera seems to be a good landing instructor

I use to fly Concord (FSX) and id be very happy for the lovely Natalja to be in my crew..Great effort!

At the end "Natalia r u still with us??" I would have expected a long silence the way she ploughed that plane into the ground..)

Are we going to just completely ignore how she would know how to put on the headset, go to the right frequency, push the button to talk (and release it to hear) in order to take instructions from the ground ??? 😂😅

Damn that second landing probably killed the landing gear. But she did great the first time around. You can't expect her to be able to land it manually the first time after previously landing using autopilot. Great job girl! :)

Nice Natalia and of course you have an excellent instructor. Thanks

I've watched this many times and it stills fills me with respect for pilots and their skills...

God bless you Natalja for getting us home safe. I can breath now.

I was told 1500 hours are required for a left seat. Actually it's 15 minutes !!!

Enjoyed that very informative. I had an hour in a 737 simulator last week. The captain looked after the bells and whistles, flew Malaga to Gibraltar We managed 3 circuits around the island ! all landed safely. I think if one was serious, one would need some time on the cockpit lay out and the function before flying. This was the most confusing bit.

Really good instructor-calm and collected - no bullshit talk...very good.

Alarm sounds. Natalja "something is wrong" Pranas "I am so sorry. I will give your regards to your loved ones."

Why do I love hearing this chick say "it's done" so much?

Natalja is flippin gorgeous!

7:53 "Is it a big handle?" -"Oh yes it is ;)" LOL

Love that, "do not use for training" on the video. 18:00, I swear that's Gert Van Hoef.

I was lucky enough to get into the 747 Sim @ Miami years ago. Two takeoff and landing routines. All went well. I was 20. What a thrill. Later was able to shoot carrier approaches in a real sim for the Navy. A born natural I tell ya ! They wanted me to sign up on the spot......

Nice video! And a nice simulator. I work myself as an simulator instructor at Vasteras Aviation Museum in Sweden. We have 3 simulators open to the public: Convair CV440 Metropolitan, McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and SAAB J 35 Draken. An Airbus A320 is under construction and will hopefully be ready in 2013.

These where some good tips for landing in FSX. The only thing missing was setting up the ILS :)

Surprisingly she doesn't make any mistakes and finds everything immediately (they must have trained this many times before it got perfect).

Wow, she is so cute. I love that 'it is done'. Good job following instructions and getting the sim on the ground.

Definitely not her first time doing that. Just notice the way she switched the auto pilot lever at 13:50. Anyone who was not familiar with how hard that switch is to throw, would have used their fingers first and then, when they realized how hard it was, change there hand to get more leverage on it as she did. So she clearly was familiar with how hard that handle was the throw. Definitely not her first time doing it.

In the manual landing she crashed to the ground :) ... Nose was way too down, prolly almost 5-8 degreess.... gears wouldave broken for sure :) ... but she behaved very well on the auto landing :)

Natalia is the best. She is a great pilot!

Haha. About 18 seconds in: "we are back on the topic of amateurs trying to handle big... uh, passenger jets"

She did a great job! She understood directions very well.

She is so calm and collected. If I was going down on a big Boeing Max without the pilot, I would be sweating. Is there a way you can simulate panic and we see how she does, plus alarms and all

Hahahaha oh yes its a big handle. They both know whats up lol. And when that alarm went off I would of ran through the plane screaming "we're all gunna die"

"It's done." - "OK, thank you very much"

natalia: successfully lands a 737 despite having no prior experience also natalia: i t s d o n e

They communicate well, words succinct. and focused. Her answers were clear and precise. "It is done."

Man: Natalia, please stop being so adorable!.... Natalia: it's done!

and thanks to YOU for being a good Navigator of the controls , and good thing you both speak the same language , lol

He didn't tell her to check for three greens when she selected U/C 😣

On a flight sim I was playing recently, you can select ‘land at nearest airport’ and the autopilot handles everything; no more input required. Much easier! The lack of contact with ATC would be problematic in the real world of course. Although a really good autopilot could maybe handle that too. Alternatively… “Hey Siri… I’m in the cockpit of a 747 at 30,000 feet. How do I land it?” “Here’s what I found online…”

"I- Is it a big handle?" "Oh, yes it is ..."

I think this video clip was wonderful. The controller may have assumed some data as he was watching and not in the tower.That being said, I think it was a wonderful simulation and very well done.

I have done this in a B737-800 simulator except it was a manual landing and not an autoland. Just to qualify that, I was a 1500 hour private pilot and I spent my working life as an aircraft electronics technician so I was very familiar with the cockpit layout and functions. It was a thrill to fly the simulator but I did have an instructor sitting next to me. It would be nice if I never have to face this situation in real life as there is always an element of risk involved.

I would be setting the radio panel to the emergency frequency and then Mayday Mayday Mayday and take instructions from the tower on how to configure the plane for an automatic landing

7:53 is a classic, hahahaha, best!

I wish I could get one of those simulators. I use Microsoft Flight Simulator and using a mouse to click on the knobs and buttons isn't the same as in a simulator or real aircraft.

There have been movies made based on the premise of a pilot in the tower telling a civilian how to land a plane and this was before the days of having so many controls automated. Basically Natalja is just setting buttons and the plane is flying itself. She never touched the wheel. The entire flight and landing was controlled by the autopilot except for when she used the thrust levers at landing.

Natalja did well. And Pranas was very calm and informative. And we're all safe =)

Natalia, I would like you now to reduce your speed. Yeah!

that instructor looks about 15 wtf lol

7:50 Natalia - "Is it a big handle?" Pranas - "Oh yes it is." LOL!!!

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen in my life so far. This can save thousands of lives if people are taught how to do this. (of course after a 20 year background check)....lol

WoW!!! That was something else, my heart was thumping like crazy. Totally enjoyed that, even though my memory was playing some games, I think I could do that. Awesome video!!

The Airplane comes to runway with -10° the airplane is crasched!!

With manual, she didnt flare. Irl it would have crashed.

17:05 FI facepalm lol I think she broke the simulator with that landing.

The most important thing is to establish radio communications. If you don't accomplish that, forget about it.

Several years ago I was in a program to see if an average pilot who might be aboard could handle an emergency from loss of the flight crew and land it successfully. I might mention I'm a Commercial pilot with about 6000 hours but the biggest thing I ever flew was a Piper Aztec. I could ask questions and get answers but the est was all on me. I got it down with no damage but fewer than half of the people failed.

What happened to the flight crew? I can't image the circumstances that would have to happen to make something like this happen. Did the ENTIRE flight crew have the fish? Why not just activate the Otto Pilot? All that aside, I would love to go flying in the simulator with Natalja anytime!

Natalja killed us all! But we forgive cause she's hot! LOL

She missed it by....that much! I always wonder why the controls have such a 'well used' look to them.... That must be a pretty old simulator and used for hours and hours daily....

Very cool! Not a trained pilot myself but that manual landing can be done better with a little practice. Get yourself a good flight simulator program and practice lining up on the center line. The other aspect of the manual approach that was missing was the flare which I believe is usually started around 50 ft off the runway. Pull back on the yoke to raise the nose a bit so that the main landing gear touch down first. A good point of reference is the end of the runway. You should be able to see it at the bottom of your windscreen. If you can't the nose is too high and you risk a tail strike. Cut the throttle to idle just above the runway so that the plane slows itself down just enough to lose lift and "drop" onto the runway.

I like watching this video. This is great to know that there are many procedures to do by an amateur before land a plane. Wondering it would be so nervous if we facing a real situation like that, so i hope it will never be happened.

by the time we freaking find a particular button...our faces will be splashed on the ground dirt

First, put it in "drive", then set the cruise control.

Are you telling me a 737 can in semi auto pilot mode landed be? I mean exactly that way???

Autopilot did the thrust levers, she just had her hand on it and Pranas did tell her to engage the thrust reverses and to arm the speed brake.

I loved the second landing. She took out a few taxiway signs and lights, but everybody would have lived as long as the plane didn't catch fire.

"We're back on the topic of amateurs trying to handle big uhhh..."

Kinda surprised she got the "sink rate" warning so late. Would've been difficult to arrest the descent at that point.

There is button that says " Wing It" just press that and enjoy your flight.

Now I am ready just in case that happens to me on the 737 lol! I happen to be a Private Pilot with 200 hrs but still would want someone talking me down every step of the way! Awesome video! Thx for the memories being PIC! 👍

In a real situation like this, even if it was ideal, I would be a total wreck after touchdown. Great video!

Airlines still use feet as a measurement of altitude?!

Now, you can play GTA 5 for more practice, you did it very well, congratulations. :)

Borat : "Ok Natalia, now sexy time ! "

Guy: I would like you to reduce the speed little bit more! Do you remember where the speed is? Girl: Yes! .... Girl: Is it right to the altitude Yes? Guy: Ehmm, No! it's left to the heading! :-D

Great vdo i am ual mechanic and small plane pilot. Loved how you were very nice and calm. I subscribed

Ya if that was irl it woud crashed but still an amazing job she did I felt she is nervous

Didn't the Mythbusters try this one out?

"is it a big handle?" "oh yes it is." LOL

yeah, right. She throttled back on the thrust levers and flared. Disengage auto pilot? Also, steering on the ground with rudders and toe brakes to stop.

Simply outstanding. Great teacher. WOW

Do you see the identical knob to the right? Where? Oh my fucking god...

if he wasn't so nice the video will be 10.min shorter. He doesn't stop saying "can you, I would like you, Im in love with you" lol

Natalya is probably Colonel in Russia Air force

Excellent student and instructor.

What the hell is the rubber chain from my vacuum cleaner doing on a 737? No wonder those planes crash, I keep having to replace the rubber chain. Don’t they know it keeps breaking? Mine does.

Wow, no wonder the pilots of the 737 max panicked. All those steps to take & then all the sudden the APP goes nuts. I am glad now that I never became a airline pilot.

"Below that there is a knob, I would like you to spit on it, put your hands around the knob, and move your hands up and down quickly till I say " ahhhhhhh baby yesssss"

natalia: let me try landing with the frontwheel first

All in all a fun video to watch. There was a good amount one could get from watching this, the first being that many of these modern jet airliners can autoland with human supervision, but most pilots will hand fly the last few hundred feet so there still needs to be a skill there. I would have changed one thing for that would have given Natalia as little more pressure, have the instructor not in the cockpit, but on the radio so she has to deal with PtT while thinking about changes. He also didn't deal with frequency changes which would also add to the pressure and be more realistic for most of that time spent setting up would be approach with a hand off to tower as they establish. I enjoyed it and after 7 years, I would hope this maybe inspired the young lady to become a pilot.

It may seem like a lot of steps but its really no harder than memorizing they lyrics to a song. Do it enough and it becomes second nature which is why we train pilots. Like a doctor, most surgery's are easy, you could train someone in a couple of hours to do basic ones, its when problems arise that becomes the issue. For instance, what if her landing gear didn't deploy or a sudden strong draft threw her plane off course, you can't really coach someone through that.