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At 29, this pilot deserved a lifetime achievement award.

This pilot, in my humble opinion pulled a "Sully" and should deserve the same recognition. Albeit wasn't a water landing, that grass could have been soft and result in an even more unpredictable landing.

This pilot was amazing! I watched his story and he actually came from a flying family and learned to fly before he could drive and was flying with his dad when he was in diapers. What they didn’t tell u here is that he actually executed some weird side maneuvering usually only done in gliders to slow his speed in enough time to make the landing. Crazy mad skills....this is what you want in a pilot!

The Salvadorean pilot actually lost his eye flying a rescue mission to assist during the war in El Salvador prior to becoming a commercial pilot, this men deserve more recognition for their action...

I worked on this plane several times at Southwest Airlines before it was retired in 2016. It was a celebrity in the fleet... I have pictures with this airplane.

When a one-eyed pilot pulls off an unpowered landing on a grassy levee during a Louisiana thunderstorm, you know you have a story.

"I don't think that I will make it. So I guess we have to go down. We gotta go down" .... Said in an extremely calm voice. What a professional.

This is such an underrated flight event. Did Captain Carlos, FO Dionisio and Captain Arturo receive any awards? Recognition? I mean the man has no vision of one eye, a crippled plane gliding, found a narrow grass levee to land on, amazingly landed smoothly without additional damage to the plane and not a single injury...WOW! Absolutely underrated

Two most beautiful words: EVERYONE SURVIVED.

I wasn't expecting such a graceful landing. Kudos to the one-eyed pilot

I remember watching Air Disasters and one of the flight attendants/passengers said it was the softest landing he'd ever experience. The pilot had one eye, he absolutely deserved recognition

"I don't think that I will make it. So I guess if we have to go down. We gotta go down". OUTSTANDING EXECUTIVE THINKING. He didn't ask, he measured risk and acted. 32 years ago, but at the time of this landing he was 29 years old and exhibited natural leadership and risk analysis. He took control and his analysis was right. Outstanding!

The Commander was only 29 years old yet possessed a Century of common sense and good experience.

This is one of my favorites I saw this on air disasters and this man lost one eye in another flight where his plane was being shot at it a war zone or by cartel idk but he flew to safety losing blood in pain with one eye and now the landing on a levee ! Amazing. ! He is awesome and the first officer seeing the levee and both deciding to land there. This was one of the best of course when all survive it’s great but this captain is awesome!!

What's really even more unbelievable and impressive is the fact Captain Dardano was only 29 years old with a huge amount of flight hours logged prior to that flight.

“Everyone Survived” BEST. WORDS. EVER.

I’ve been flying for Southwest Airlines since 2002. I flew that airplane several times. When I would fly it, it would always put a smile on my face thinking what it had gone through and what an outstanding job the pilots did maneuvering it to a stop on the levee.

Sully: I landed an airbus on a river and everybody lived to tell the tale Carlos Dardano: Hold my beer

Why didn’t the flight crew have more recognition? Dardano only had one eye and he still managed to land a big ol plane with everyone inside safe! ♥️ What a HERO 😍

Love this flight story! Its one of my favorites. Just a quick update, Carlos Dardano was actually one of the first casualties in that civil war, no one has been injured or killed before that gunshot. He piloted a small craft with passengers back to safety with one eye while bleeding and severely injured. Also Carlos, had been in another accident when he had less than 100 hours of flying experience and saved the aircraft and his passengers when he was 16 years old. This guy is a legend and I think this story should be revisited as a holiday every year. So amazing.

I flew A320 in TACA , I had the pleasure to be Captain’s Dardano First officer.

The pilots should have been awarded some kind of title or honor for their heroic actions

These pilots need a lot more credit than they have ever received for this. It should be called miracle in New Orleans as far as I am concerned! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💯 bravo

I love the happy ending ones. Respect to the co-pilot who pointed out the grass levee and the pilot who agreed to land there. Imagine if they both gave into their fear or had big egos.

After so many incidents with tragic outcomes, often based on human factors, it's great to see a case where competent airmanship and quick thinking save the day, with the best possible outcome. Keep up the good work!

I was an aviation maintenance tech for American Airlines and I remember hearing about this. Nothing more than an emergency landing. They didn't think it news worthy at the time. I heard nothing more about it until today Oct /1/2020. This should have been on the news and a special one hour story.

The original Sully! Only had one eye, too. Landed on a levee, cool as ice. This is the pilot I want flying me around. Great job...

This pilot is a true Badass. Everyone on that plane owes him their lives.

"everyone survived" should be a playlist of this channel

I cannot believe I've never heard of this incident before. Awesome work by the pilots.

Crying happy tears, so happy they made it. Kudos to the flight crew.

Man, this one had everything to end up in tragedy, but what a joyful surprise. Congrats to the Captain and to the uploader

I could not believe how short of a distance that jet stopped in! On a glide path, at way over touchdown speed, and it didn't bury itself in the dirt! Did you see the wheel marks? The length of the levee? For a one-eyed man, with limited depth perception, He is better than 99% of normal pilots! What touch! Amazing story, and video. Hope he got a raise!.

Insanely calm Captain. ''I guess we'll have to go down'' ...... The only time I've ever started a sentence with I guess it was to do with pizza toppings. Not landing an unpowered passenger plane ... on a tiny strip of grass. Some people are meant to be in places at certain times.

He deserves the same recognition Sully did. This is amazing.

I was a flight attendant for TACA 110 on this flight along with Gloria, Luis, and Mirna. The captain announced for the crew to "take our positions" During turbulence while flying thru hail storm, I started praying that my family was comforted because I thought I was going to die! What a surprise it was to hear the emergency signal and walk from the back galley to the front of the aircraft to hear the chief flight attendant Mirna say, "We're going to prepare for an emergency landing." We all froze for a split second, and started giving the emergency impact position demonstration for landing to the passengers. Finally, we went back to our jump seats, buckled up and prayed some more...Captain Dardano and Dionisio Lopez performed an amazing and courageous last decision to land on a strip of land. Landing was somewhat bumpy, but we managed to come to a complete stop. Gloria and I made sure there was no fire outside our doors and opened the emergency exit. We quickly evacuated our passengers and exited ourselves. This flight was called "The Miracle Landing" in the newspapers. It truly was!

This is a true miracle, it's pilots like these that we need flying every plane in the sky

The pilot is a true legend!

Sometimes pilots earn the entire keeps of their career on a single day. This was one such an occasion. Kudos!

The History Guy does a great video about this incident. It's really good. One of the passengers said that the landing was so smooth that he didn't even know they had landed until he picked his head up from the crash position. Amazing flying and incredible luck are a great combination.

“We feel so uplifted by the landing, that we’re just going to change those engines out here in this nice field” 👍😂

I’ve been waiting 2 years for this one! A tremendous pilot, a tremendous story, a tremendous video!! Well done Sir.

I love how the pilot somewhat pensively, but without extreme emotion, says, “So, I guess we have to go down. We gotta go down.” That is a man grounded in reality and cool under pressure.

Bruv, I've watched almost all your videos but this one was by far the most emotional for me. It had me in tears when they managed to land safely on the grass. Wow. Just wow. True heroes those pilots are. Incredible success story and it made my day. Keep up the great content!

He almost did a “Sully” but with better results, the aircraft was saved and no one hurt.

Now that is keeping your shit together in a high stress situation, both pilots should be highly commended for their actions that day

I have tears in my eyes, Than you God for letting these people survive, Bravo to the Captain! I have watched to many videos were people have died

Can you imagine the emotions the passengers and crew went through? From utter fear and terror, swim vests on, brace position, torn between hope and fear, to utter joy and relief when they realized they had safely landed on dry land after all? I'm sure many had some kind of spiritual experience. What a ride! And that crew, especially the pilot, was frikkin awesome!! Unbelievable accomplishment! I so enjoyed this episode, I was cheering them on. Wow just wow!

A happy ending! That was unexpected.

I wasn't expecting such a graceful landing. Kudos to the one-eyed pilot who landed this plane safely.

It never ceases to amaze me how these pilots remain professional even when they know death is seconds away . Thank the lord this was a safe landing . Unbelievable

The peace I felt as the plane landed ! Love it when there’s a happy ending , hats off to the crew 🙌

Am I the only one tearing up with joy hearing the music and water, reading that everyone made it. I hold my breath with most of these videos and this one was truly a gem, well done flighty channel. 🙏🏼 If I could give both of. those pilots a hug I would, even though I wasn't on the flight there's something special about seeing a captain and co pilot work together with such diligence and control. 💛

When I first saw that the pilot was a *one-eyed wonder*, I thought "NO THANKS". After hearing him say rather calmly that "we gotta go down" and then sticking the landing, I'd say he's got ice in his veins and some serious skills.

I literally clapped when I saw the landing. Awesome job!! I hope the Cap and FO are alive and doing well. This was beautiful ❤️

Aww you didn't mention the slip maneuver he did to lower his altitude some more after the last minute change to land on the grass beside the levee instead of the levee itself. It's a maneuver usually done with gliders. (as this pilot also has experience with small aircraft and gliders). Said maneuver isn't usually done with large commercial planes like this one because the body profile of the plane can cause engine flame out due to air vertices and what not. But since he had no engines anyways he did one to help slow down the aircraft more so he can line up better for the grass landing. A lot of other pilots who havne't had experience flying small gliders probably would not have thought to do that and would have been forced to ditch in the water anyways. Plus this new airplane that replaced the old ones in the fleet had a design change that allowed the landing gear to deploy with no engines as the hydraulics for them were able to run off APU which couldn't happen with the previous plane. The question came up during discussion in the cockpit too since the pilot was aware of this issue with the old planes he flew before this one but one of the extra guys in cockpit who came with the evaluate the plane said he had landing gear. So many things line up to make this landing possible. Sully was the more known pilot for doing a ditch in the Hudsen with no engines. But this guy predates him by a few decades. Not to say Sully wasn't good either. They were both superb pilots. :D

The flight crew deserves the highest honorary medal for their efforts.

When I saw he was 29 years old I got so worried but omg what a great PILOT! “Everyone survived” BEST feeling, bravo to the crew ❤️

Wow, this certainly is an amazing story. Thanks God the cockpit that day was full of experienced pilots and they show up what really means to take care of their plane.

I am so glad everyone survived! The pilot did an amazing job!!

It’s sad they were not awarded the pilots of the year... they deserve those awards no matter what

I'd call that miracle on the bayou. Two pretty young, while pretty experienced pilots, did an incredible job.

This amazing event needs more recognition. Thanks for bringing it to us.

What an amazing landing. This goes to all the experience these pilots had and a little prayer from above! Bless u all!

Imagine being a passenger on that flight. Hearing the engines flame out and the pilots' failed attempts to restart them. Seeing the ground getting closer and closer. Being warned of a water landing, then 'Brace Brace Brace'... and then the aircraft gently touches down and rolls to a stop.

So when is captain Dardano getting his own movie then? I thought no engine landings get you a move 🎥 🍿

Captain to First Officer when he spots a place to land, "Good eye"...

This is me waiting for the movie starring "Captain Dardano"

Damn that's a really experienced pilot there... Perfect landing on a grass strip, no damage. Genious.

Took his Boeing to the levee & glad the levee was dry. I'm sure he had a whiskey & rye and some American pie afterwards thankful that no one had died ;-).

Surely one of the most incredible emergency landings ever performed. It certainly ranks up there with the Hudson River ditching, in my opinion.

I was elated to find out everybody survived! the pilots did a great job!!!

This 737 should be preserved. Its story alone should make it worth preserving. And repaint it into its classic TACA colours.

I like it when the Airplane survives and goes on to have a happy flying career!

This gave me the "sniffles of joy"! Just amazing!

Thank you so much for doing this one TFC. In the 80s social media was not there to propel this story in front of peoples faces and the News themselves (like today) cared little of positive stories... THIS was certainly a positive. This pilot (or both men) deserve all the recognition and thanks possible. They showed Impeccable flying skills and made decisions that still boggle my mind, but they pulled it off to perfection, truly amazing people.

Captain (inside): "i'm going to be the first one to do a water landing." FO: "Captain, there's a piece of land there!" Captain (inside): "dang it! Screw that water landing thing."

Best words: Everyone Survived!

Capt Dardano didn't know he was going to be a test pilot that day. What a pilot.

What a pilot. There's an expression: The Right Stuff You can hear in his voice he is not afraid and speaks with authority.

It was almost if that Levee was there for him to land great flying.RESPECT!!

Amazing video, amazing flight crew, and especially the one-eyed pilot. I cannot imagine how hard it must be flying without stereo vision, let alone landing the jet without engines on a levee!

Arturo Soley, a pilot instructor who was evaluating the plane, was in the cockpit of TA110 that day. He passed away two days ago.

This is a beautiful story! The flight, pilots and airline originated from El Salvador! 🇸🇻 They are considered heroes for doing something this courageous, legendary even. Thank you for presenting this!

Needs to be a Pilots Hall of Fame somewhere. This pilot would be in it for sure.

Just wanted to say that your videos invoke emotion in me unlike any other. You have a way of making the planes look so majestic and portray the heartbreak (not in this case!) and information so well. I am forever going to be a viewer!!

Wow, this case is trully impressive! What a masterful landing in a difficult situation. Happy to see videos where all survived. :)

That’s the happiest news that it was a successful landing and everyone survived. I remember when this happened. ❤️🙏🏼

I've got two eyes but I was holding my breath as these dudes were landing the crippled aircraft on the levee . After El Salvador I suppose this was a walk in the park for him . Superb presence of mind.

So I have to ask. Why was this pilot not as great as Capt Sulley? In fact, he landed on a narrow grass strip, Sully had the entire East River. All of the Souls on this flight and not even an injury.

Kudos to this captain and FO for their coolness and remarkable skills to land this plane and save all souls on board!

Wow. A beautiful landing on a prime patch of grass; that was a very lucky spot to have an emergency put-down.

Yeah ... was waiting to hear that the captain and his crew got some kind of award for this Sullyesque display of cool and quick thinking ... but nothing said about that ... have we become jaded with heroes?

Wow, this was an incredible video. It literally gave me the chills.

I've seen another video in which everybody survive to an unexpected landing. In both videos, the Captain is a very calm and determined person, capable of listening and agreeing the smart suggestions of the first officer, or keeping asking him if he agrees with his decisions. The perfect team.

How is Captain Dardano not _massively_ well-known? I have to assume he’s pretty famous in the world of aviation, but like...this dude is incredible! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of him before!

What an incredible list of changes as lessons learned from one incident. Just amazing. There are not many pilots who can change their thinking so fast as to suddenly be flying a glider with no recent experience or training. Sully did have a glider rating though.

"Everyone survives", wonderful! And the plane too...

This was amazing. I’m so grateful for the ingenuity of mankind and all the continuous improvements by the pilots, engineers, FAA and all others involved in making human air travel safe and possible. Thank you, TFC. Another well done video. ❤️

So impressed with the changes made on this channel! Thank you for providing content for us all. Keep flying high! 🙌🏻