**We hope this pilot recovers from his injuries soon.** Kudos to him and the other pilot, all the Socal controllers and other pilots that helped with the emergency giving a pair of eyes or assuming delays for 1026 to come in first. Great job!!
The communication and coordination was 10/10. They did absolutely everything textbook. Watching professionals like this work during a crisis situation is something like listening to an amazing symphony. It's such a wonderful thing that there are still very many capable, competent people in this country despite what you might otherwise come to believe.
I worked at LAX maintenance. Talked to the tower many a time. Screw up, they will eat you alive. When you need them they put out. I have heard a lots of stories. pilots, aviate, navigate, communicate. True stories.
For everyone wondering why the pilot went out on the Tarzan swing , He had fuel on board and had no idea if the fuel tanks became compromised upon crash landing. In a situation like this you want to GTFO as fast as possible and get away from the plane. This is training kicking. By the time pilot (I'm guessing it was the first officer) got out via rope the stair truck was in position and the Captain was able to get out. Stress level is at x1000 and you getting out is your goal once you go through and shut the engines down.
I disagree. I think the guy always wanted to do it after learning about it during training, given the perfect opportunity. He botched it and got hurt is the honest truth lol. Hope he gets well soon. Glad he survived.
Yep and everyone also has to keep in mind that with Bleed air they would of smelled a lot of smoke. They cant see anything behind them so for all they know the entire wing is in flames. I'd of done the same thing.
I have been in a high rise fire. When you’ve been in a situation where you are in something that is on fire, “fight or flight” kicks in big time. If I’d been the copilot, knowing there was hazmat/fuel I would have been out that window the second it was safe. You can’t argue or negotiate with a fire. If you don’t have equipment and training to fight it, all you can do is run. And if someone tells you “shelter in place” is safe for anything bigger than a burning bag of popcorn, RUN (see Grendell Tower). You never know what chemicals are in a custodian’s closet or if the building has grandfathered in paneling or carpeting that will release toxic gases when they burn. I was in a 45 story building built in the 70’s, it probably had freaking asbestos in it. You bet my whole work group and I left.
I was the camera guy that shot the video for this incident. Nice to be able to hear the conversation between everyone. Hopefully the pilot made a quick recovery.
I never get tired of listening to these well-trained professionals going about their business in a calm, rational manner during these stressful events.
Impressive. I wasn’t aware that it was a night landing until the film of the aircraft landing - explains the lack of certainty about the left gear! Thanks Vasa 👍🏽
@@hmcdonnell23 oops, I was off by an hour. I thought our newscasters had said it was 0530. Oh well! Close enough for government work, as my dad would say! 🙂
@@gwiyomikim5988 that's military life for ya! My dad's 84 years old and he still says it, lol! Edit: please, please tell me you know what geedunks are, too!
I watched the original video. Oh man, that was a hard fall. Poor guy. All that and it's the fall from the rope. Great job these guys did - both on the flightdeck and the ground.
If he had waited 2 seconds he could have just walked out but guessing he was ready to be off that plane for the day! I'm sure some of these cargo pilots have some stories about plane malfunctions on their tired birds
Pilot: *keeps a aircraft landing without all landing gear on centerline* Also pilot: *gets hurt leaving the plane* In all fairness though, sliding down a rope isn’t exactly easy.
Thank you VASAviation for this video. I have been looking out for it and you didn't disappoint. Really appreciate the effort you guys put in to make this content available to us. Greetings from Bedford, UK.
...Last time I seen a vid about something like this happening awhile back in 1989. It was reported a wheel chock jammed the gear... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QILF6KWdDMs.html
I went to the observation area known as "Clutters Park" about 10:00 am on Wednesday and saw the plane in full view at the end of 25R. It looked like the cargo was being removed. I also went back Thursday about 11:30 am and the plane had been removed from the runway. My guess is it was taken to the far west end of the airport for further review and repair.
What an amazing work by the ATC and the crew... Juz remember that they are not the only one aircraft in the air space of such a dense airport, KLAX... The ATC surely deserves an applause for helping the crew with checking out the gears as possible as they can with the help of ground staff... Remember, it all happened in the night time... 🙃 And hats off to the pilots for such a safe landing... Wishing a speedy recovery for the pilot... ❤❤
It's amazing how fast this channel can post this stuff, and how we've had rear view cameras on cars for years, yet no one seems to have implemented a camera for landing gear?
completely agree. We're in an age where you have good cameras and near unlimited storage and or wireless connections in fingernail size. Costing a few $. Why there are no cameras generally for the underside of the plane with gear and engines is a mystery.
I just wanna note that the way the FDX pilot speaked was excellent. It was so clear and intelligible that he successfully conveyed his situation and intention to ATC, and most importantly he didn't go too far from ICAO standard phrasolosy. It's easy speak ATC as if youre on the phone, but its more important for pilots who fly to/from big airports like LAX to stay in "ATC English" to improve situation awareness of ESL international pilots on the same frequency.
Textbook perfect handling of the situation from all involved from the controllers and flight crew, and what a piece of great work landing with no left gear, still keeping it on the centerline. I have heard the aircraft will be repaired and back in service. Great job by all! And speedy recovery to the injured pilot!
Yikes, we always say "those controllers and pilots sounded like true pros!" but this was something else entirely, almost sounds like some fake training video or something - those pilots were STONE cold professionals. Knowing some of these freight dogs, it wouldn't surprise me if one or both were ex-military guys.
I think there are two things that explain it: Hiring the right people, and good training. They've been through this situation in their mind multiple times. I bet the controller goes to bed at night thinking about this exact scenario and how he's going to handle it. The pilot same. The firefighters as well. So when it happens, its almost just doing the same thing they've always done: Clearly communicate, effectively coordinate. No one gets behind the curve or gets rattled.
Definitely true, but you could definitely hear in the pilot's voice the moment he realized he was going to be landing without the gear down. Definitely turned from "maybe it's just a malfunction" to "what happens happens"
@@berryreading4809 Base is one of the legs before landing. It goes Upwind leg>Crosswind leg>Downwind leg> _Base_ leg> Final Approach Here's a diagram: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfield_traffic_pattern
Thank you for this excellent coverage of ATC, radar, and video footage. I'd seen the Onscene video and was looking out for you to cover this, and as always, you didn't disappoint. I hope the injured pilot makes a full and speedy recovery.
Textbook example of handling this emergency. Everyone not only keeping their wits but so calm in their voices that you wouldn't even know it was a dangerous situation. This should be part of pilot and ATC training and professional development. I hope the crew member fully recovers quickly. Well done to all involved...
Spectacular work, my fellow colleagues. Thanks showing the world how professional and calm you were the entire process. Wish you both a speedy recovery.
Glad flight crew was able to make a clean landing even missing left landing gear. Cudos to them and ATC with handling this with and attaining the best possible outcome.
Saw this on the local news as it was happening. I remember one of the views was ahead of the impaired aircraft. That pilot kept the nose gear centered perfectly after touchdown. True pro!
that happened in midnight no wonder why even with binos is hard for them to see. goodjob to the pilots for safe landing and the plane didnt veers of the runway which is dangerous
Kudos to that left engine. That puppy took it like a champ. Had the outer fan casing so much as flexed, the blades would have cratered the runway, and possibly freed the fuel in the wing.
Yep, I saw a big mistake when running the intro. You write that the pilots reported problem with right main landing gear being unsafe. The audio clearly indicates that the pilot said left main landing gear and not the right. Anyway I enjoy your videos.
Being that landing gear issues are one of the most common types of emergencies, you would think they would install some stationary high speed cameras in a designated spot on the field that an aircraft could overfly and then people could review the footage slowly, frame by frame and get a good view of what's going on Instead of relying on binoculars and the mark 1 eyeball when your subject wizzes overhead at 120kn knots.
Probably not feasible to have stationary cameras installed at all airfields, but ARFF or other ground personnel could use high speed cameras to better analyze gear status following a low fly over.
@@AreaThirteenThirteen That should work, provided that the gear doors are outbound of the gear. Small blister on the belly centerline , GoPro and a superbright LED light pointed outboard. Package could be 6" wide by 10" long, plus whatever added length was needed for the fairing. I'm guessing the costly part would be running the video feed without requiring a type certification. I'm betting you could retrofit your whole fleet for less than the cost of one gear up landing (though if the GoPro feed confirmed you had a problem, you're still going to damage the aircraft when you set her down).
They had to deal with this after flying across the country. Note the pilot's tone of voice never changes and at times, sounds just like your dad going out to look at the car you just banged up. "Alright. there's nothing more we can try...we're ready to land."
These guys did an amazing job! Really impressed by the crew and controllers. I still don't understand why the F.O. chose to go out the cockpit window and escape rope (fracturing his ankle in the process) instead of blowing a slide or using the waiting air stairs. Glad he's ok, though.
No slide on the cargo version, and in case of fire due to sparks you want to get your butt out of there as soon as possible and not wait for stair service.
@@drfaustus72 That's odd. I've jumpseated FedEx several times and they have the same exact door we have on passenger versions. I even remember them arming the slides. I don't believe that's correct but maybe it's different on the 767 freighter.
