Emirates A380 Failed Landing | Viral Debrief 

Kelsey, my husband is an AF pilot and whenever I watch a video you post he's blown away by what I learn. I think I casually used IFR in a Convo and he was blown away. Thanks for being a fun source for aviation material!

"comin' up" never gets old

Kelsey, one thing i have noticed and not many have mentioned...I was a trucker for 20 years, And i notice in a lot of your videos your all alone in those hotels, So im sending you a hug cause i know how lonely it can be traveling and being cooped up away from home for long periods of times, although you see a lot you actually dont see much as its time to move on, So a fan here reaching out to say when i watch your videos...I care about how difficult it is to travel so much ...Shout out to an awesome pilot and a distant friend on youtube 🤗

It's so refreshing to see a social media channel that's so down to earth (no pun intended) and straight forward. He constructively evaluates the videos and provides open, honest feedback without judgement or condescension. All these shady channels with their superiority complexes and holier-than-thou attitudes should take note.

Most people have heard of the "flight or fight" response. But there's actually a third component: "freeze." A significant percentage of people will just freeze up in emergency situations and not take any immediate action at all. This is why, in my opinion, ongoing training is so important!

Quick note: The A380. Manchester is quite difficult as the runway first has an upslope and then a downslope. it's quite remarkable. Flew it with a A320 years ago and missed it once too. Upslope means, you have to just pull a liiiitle bit more than usual. But: if you miss the upslope, you are suddenly where the runway is going down and you are suddenly climbing compared to the downsloping runway.... A380 => if you miss it, it's a Go Around for sure. That's what they did.

I love how honest Kelsey is with his videos. He never try to make it seem like he’s perfect and openly admits, “hey, I’ve done this. I’ve done that…many times…”.

Really appreciate your explanations about go arounds. Before I started watching your videos, I used to think a go around meant a near-accident (I'm a nervous flyer - I tend to assume anything unusual is dangerous). But now I know it means the pilot is making sure it's the safest/best landing possible, so that's very comforting.

Used to go on school trips to Manchester & would always get to see an A380 land, been a while since I've been but makes me deffo wanna go again. Never gets boring, sometimes they long approaches near where I live, x3 daily A380 flight & sometimes you can look up at the exact spot at the same time & you've got a great view of a A380, looks insane

14:00 reminds me of my aunt, who was probably in her late 50s at the time, broke down in rush hour traffic. A police officer with a pushbar on his cruiser drove up behind her and told her to put the car in neutral and he’d push her to a pull-off so she could wait for a tow truck. She put it in neutral and waited and she could feel the police car pushing but she wasn’t moving. Finally, the cop got on his loudspeaker and said “Lady, you’ve gotta take your foot off the brake!”

You are helping so much with my fear of flying! The last time I was a passenger in a ‘go-around’ at Leeds-Bradford I burst in to tears because I just wanted it to be over 😣 It’s good to know that’s actually the safe option!

I'm going on an airplane tomorrow for the first time in two years, I'm normally very nervous about flying but your videos have actually helped me a lot! I feel a lot more secure knowing more about how planes actually work and what goes on behind the scenes.

"Let's see if you know how to fly" famous last words

In fairness to the Emirates pilots ... I was headed to Oshkosh one year, stopped mid-USA for fuel and it was pretty gusty but fortunately right down the runway ... about 15 feet before touchdown a gust pushed us pretty hard. We could actually feel it, as though someone tapped the brakes, and simultaneously the airplane ballooned up. I put in some down elevator to arrest the climb, the gust passed, and I resumed the previous landing profile. No problem for a small plane with a super long runway, but as you said, the Emirates pilots didn't have the same luxury I did and they totally did the right thing and went around. Just saying ... the possibility is that they didn't mismanage power or come in fast, this could have been an environmental factor. I really like your case studies, this is a great way to learn. Did you build time as an instructor? So ... when do you see a captain upgrade "comin up?" 😁✈👨‍✈️

I thought you were a professional. Now, I question that very much. 00:40 It is VERY clear that they are performing their mating ritual. Where do you think new and better airplanes come from? My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Thanks for putting up these videos! Even for a regular passenger that is not in to aviation this is very informative. I´m not usually afraid of flying but I have been in a crosswind landing about ten years ago where I litteraly could see the runway in my window. Never been so scared in my life! Just before touchdown the pilot swung around the plane and landed and I´m so impressed how skilled you guys are! Seeing your videos gives me an understanding of what happened and why.

These viral debriefs are one of the best things on RU-vid.

The fact that 777f touched one piece of landing gear on the ground, and keep it there is incredible.

Landing a Samba XL with my Dad (not a pilot). Stiff cross wind and a really narrow runway. I flared while still crossed up and banged it straight and greased it on the moment before touchdown. My Dad said, "Oh no. That wasn't up to your usual standard." I replied, "Dad, it was one of the best I've ever done." I don't think he understood the problem.

1:16 It's the Windows wallpaper landscape 😂

"good old Manchester" Yeah! its nice to see my local airport in vids like these, theres lots of great places around the airport to take videos and such. getting to see one of those big birds land or take off close up is a real treat

Emirates A380: MAN RW23R has slight bump in touchdown zone and by the looks of this video flare was to uphill then it floated over the bump and downhill where the touchdown almost occurred. Seems like nothing went dangerously wrong in this approach just a small float resulting in long landing and nicely done go around.

Kelsey, look at the skid marks in front of the outboard port main gear (@14:06). Dude so DID have the brakes on!

Hey 74Gear! I’ve been watching your videos for a while and I just want to say, what great work! Your channel is so entertaining. When I see one of your videos I watch it immediately. Thanks for your hard work and keep it up!

Thanks Kelsey for this debrief. Most importantly I love how humble you are , not trying to depict your job as strictly reserved to highly naturally talented big shot human beings. I understand you worked a lot and overcame all issues you may have encountered thanks to your dedication. So you re totally entitled to brag you re a 747 pilot.

Several years ago I was in an airplane heading into Reno that ended up doing a go-around. As we were approaching the runway, I was looking out the window at the houses getting bigger (confession, I always love looking out the window during the whole flight if I can), and it looked like we were a little too high, then we started going up again. My guess at the time was that the approach from the north comes over a mountain and there was probably some wind speed misjudgement, but on the 2nd attempt we landed successfully. I've recently started watching your channel and a couple of other aviation analysis channels, and now I understand that he probably entered the stabilized approach glide slope too late and it would've been too steep too close to the ground to make up the difference, so those pilots did exactly what they were supposed to do. Everyone on the flight was wondering what happened, and only a few got nervous.

This is my first video of yours that I’ve watched. I love hearing all the technical stuff! I usually watch all the different plane crashed & mishaps & love the accident investigation parts. It amazes me how they can piece together all the bits of data & usually come up with the causes. Now I have a new channel to explore!

As a Dutch person, I just love that you used a KLM plane for your explanation on the wobbly landing.

Proud of my highly-trained and skilled ex-colleagues. Safety as priority! Thanx for the great explanation Kelsey 👍😊

I really enjoy these videos, Kelsey! Thanks for working when your off work! We appreciate it!

I'm just a RU-vid viewer who has only flown several times in my life, but I've really grown to love your channel. Keep up the good work Kelsey, and keep them wings high and tight!

Hey Kelsey, I was looking forward the next debrief! Nice video! Keep them coming :)

The day I soloed, I did a go around and my Flight Instructor said you could have recovered that (wind gust). To which i said, no I'd rather make a good landing rather than "FIX" a questionable landing. Evidently I must have proven that I was able to make "good" decisions, and as we were getting ready to take off again he asked me to stop a let him out. (small grass strip "twin pines" near TTN)

On the last video, another thing to look at is that the tugs with carts were not stopped by the wingmen. At Amazon we use a different pushback that lifts the nose wheel and we pushback after the brakes are released. Most pushbacks like that have a lot of torque so if the brakes were engaged it would react that way. Traction is hard on pushbacks because most use slick tires.

Kelsey your videos have helped me through a really tough time in my life. Helping me keep my mind off hard things thank you

Watching you face at the first video of that single engine hooking onto that other plane was absolutely priceless! Lmao

Kelsey, please bring back the hotel view reveal. I love guessing it and I love to see where you are going. Edit: I don't even mind if you go to the same place a lot and it gets repetitive. It just adds a lot to the video.

The "Hey 74 Crew!" Intro is the best "tell me you're a youtuber without telling me you're a youtuber" intro I've ever heard. Your hotel neighbors must love it 🤣

I am just starting school for commercial aviation and this channel has gotten me extra hyped in the last few months! Thank you Kelsey!

Great work!! I love how you honest about yourself. The fact that we are always learning and no one is perfect all the time (most people). I can see you being a great Check Pilot!

Captain Kelsey, if I may say, you are the epitome of aviation excellence. We will never know how many amateurs you have saved or the number of professionals you have smartened up.

This really is the highlight of the Day! Love your channel Kelsey!

I liked the graphic using the airport map, that really helped me understand. Keep up the great work!

loving the weekly uploads, really makes my monday morning!

“Mowing part of the grass in the process.” Hey… Kelsey always looking on the bright side. 😂

First clip is like, come at be bruh..lol. I enjoy you videos every Sunday, keep 'em comin'.

Another great video K. Love this series. Gotta watch and like em all.

Hey Kelsey. Greetings from the BWI/DCA area. One of the best things I truly enjoy about your videos is your honesty. When you say things like; "Yeah I've done that a few times. My instructor told me a thousand times. I'm not the best in math." and so on, you are letting us know that you are human. Humans are not prefect by any means. (As many of your debriefing videos prove.) Thanks for explaining it to us like it is. Blue side up and stay safe.

I had absolutely zero interest in aviation, but now I watch all of Kelsey's videos and have learned a lot! Your personality and humor is the bees knees 😎

With these heavies, when the wings rock at slow speed like this, does one correct mainly with the rudder - or ailerons? I only fly singles.

00:33 OMFG thats just like a good old fashioned Windows XP wallpaper AND a Screensaver with a random animations of two small red planes!!! *Watching at 10:10 am while getting high before sleep)

I learn something new every time I watch your stuff. I was never a comfortable passenger or flyer, but with your videos and the guidance of my pilot friend, I have realized that aircraft is designed to fly and you're better off in the air than trying to navigate on the ground. For me, being a boat captain it's kinda the same. I would much rather be out on the open ocean than try to navigate close spaces in a marina.

I always love this content. Absolute banger of a vid mate!

I mean, you explain better than my teacher, even though it's 2 completely different topics

I stumbled across your channel the other day, really enjoy your content keep up the good work.

You know what I really like about Kelsey? He is SO humble. He doesn't go around saying what a great pilot he is all the time, although you know that with all his experience, he truly IS a great pilot. He is SO human. This is the type of guy I would love to be training with. Kudos Kelsey ... Your vids are the BEST ....

What I'm about to say will probably sound silly to a real pilot. But my first contact with airplanes was with RC planes, where a pilot taught me a lot of tips (take off, landing, crosswind ...) and these are the same tips you give in this video. I always remembered my first "right rudder". I discovered the channel and subscribed immediately eager to see the next videos. From an amateur pilot, thank you for all your good advice.

Focused paralysis. In the early 1960’s, I was a member of a small flight club. We had 2 Cessna 150’s and 1 Cessna 172. The principal of the club purchased a 120 Cessna tail dragger. Since I was the only member of the club who had tailwheel experience (I owned a Taylor Craft BC12D) I was asked to check out members who desired to use the aircraft. I was contacted by a young member for a check out. We met at the local airport and spent time introducing the airplane and a preflight. The member was a pvt pilot with Cessna 150 time. We taxied out to the run up and did the drill. With a little help our take off was ok. Our climb out was fine. We maneuvered to a safe area for some air work. It was now time for some landings. I talked him through our first landing and taxi back for another take off. This is where it got interesting. As he advanced the throttle the engine started to cough and spit. It was overwhelmingly evident that there was a problem. He had no understanding that he should abort. I stated firmly, abort. He would hear non of it. His eyes were glazed over with determination to complete the take off. At this point I took control and stopped the take off roll. I asked him if he recognized that there was a problem with the engined or heard my command to abort. He heard nothing and admitted he was totally focused on the take off. There was a disconnect between his senses causing a paralysis to take action. It was a no brainer, stop the take off. I am sure that with experience he was able identify serious problems.

Thank you Kelsey for these videos. I'm a doctor, who loves planes and anything related to avaiation. But have no much time to fly frequently. So basically I very much enjoy your videos. Thank you

You have a nice channel. Your videos and perspective are always nice to watch. Thanks!

Kelsey, you need to start your own product line. I’d love it, stuff like shirts with 74 Gear, “Coming Up”, “Keep The Blue Side Up.” ☺️👏🏻❤️👍🏻✈️

"Good old Manchester"....my hometown :)

I’m not a pilot but have always been fascinated with aviation. I found this video to be very interesting. You sound polite , knowledgeable and professional. Good job sir !

I love that you said you are one of those people that "have to eat a lot of humble pie." There are so many people in different professions that think they've mastered their craft when in reality they are always learning. Thank you for being honest and humble🙂

I love these viral debriefs. It’s made my understanding of what I’m seeing in plane videos so much better. For anyone in California, blancolirio is an amazing source for current weather information, dam levels, and fire conditions. I could not enjoy his content without these videos.

That A380 looks so cute I mean like a bear jumping in a flower field 😂😂😂 that was the first thing I imagined when watching the video

Thanks for putting in markers between stories, now we just have to get RU-vid to put ads there, lol. Always enjoy listening to your explanations. Blue side up!

Also, your face while you're watching is adorable.

@ 0:51 after taking a chunk out of the port wing, the pilot took a chunk out of the starboard just even things up. Fair play.

The USAF taught its KC-135 pilots to approach crosswind landings with a combination approach when necessary, crabbing and dipping the upwind wing. This combination allows for a reduced crab angle which is less stressful on the landing gear and requires less of a directional correction on touchdown. However there's only so far you can dip the wing before hearing scraping noises....

I literally started watching these videos to see some funny arplane fials but now im oppsesed and have learned so much! thank you for educating everyone in a fun way, keep doing what you are doing!😀

As always great video! Thank you for your time making these.

So Kelsey, you've admitted that you have mis-managed the power yourself, well I have to say, I have never ever done that...... But that's not surprising as I'm not a pilot 😂

Hey Kelsey, end a video with a good couple 15 seconds of silence, just staring at the cameras. It'll be terrifying.

Excellent as always Kelsey. Safe travels and best from Tasmania, Australia✈️

Thanks Kelsey for another great informative video

Sunday and Kelsey! Perfect combination!👌🥳

13:50 I'm more worried about all the vehicles still driving behind the aircraft as it's pushing back. Big no-no at most airports!

That awkward head nod is why I keep coming back to your videos. Keep up the good work man.

I have zero inherent interest or knowledge in aviation. You know you're doing a good job when you've got someone like me subbed.

I remember my first time with a self propelled lawn mower too. 0:45

I love how Kelsey make his face up by saying “if you wanna see a 747 knocking a tug”

I'm so addicted to this channel. I want to make a nasty comment to be featured, but Kelsey is such a likable guy, I just can't do it!

I am always excited when you put out another video.

Kelsey would probably be one of the best flight instructors to learn with 😁

It's all about scale, but it's crazy to comprehend that having a two mile long runway isn't enough space if you miss the first 3,000 feet.

Great video as always. Particularly great because there's a theme here. It illustrates the importance of making the right decision in a complex situation... and that's basically try to uncomplex the situation. heheh

This is such a cool channel. I’ve been studying for my Part 107 License and a lot of this makes a little more sense.

transmission is shot on the pusher. they need to send it to Richard at Precision Transmission

It's probably only because you don't hear about things unless something was out of the ordinary, but it seems like go arounds may be a pretty common occurrence. Is that true or is it just because we're watching a lot of your videos? Also you look so proud mentioning they put their gear up... FINALLY someone remembered 🤣🤣

You explain things so well, keep up the good work.

I love this channel. I'm never gonna be a pilot but I've been obsessed with aviation since I was a boy and your details are super interesting!

05:00 is kind of like the landing I had going from Miami to Madrid and it was so bad that not only did I throw up for the first time on a plane but even my dad (witch flys A320s) said it was the worst landing he had ever had from the 18 years he has been flying.

Ah yes... the Cessna mating ritual.

Hi Kelsey, nice to see a new debrief video!

What a great channel! Always look forward to new videos

You should do smithsonian channel Hollywood vs reality

FYI, I have subscribed to 4 different pilots who fly planes of different sizes. Bob the science guy flies small grasshoppers. Wolfie6020 flies business jets. Mentor pilot flies 737s you fly the big ones.

I love your videos! Keep them coming! You are awesome.

New to the vids! I don’t know anything about flying but your enthusiasm makes me want to learn!