Miraculous Plane Landing on New Orleans Levee 

F.Y.I. It is Spelled Sully

Its coz hes not American

@@laurieg65 sPeLlInG pOlIcE

Jerry Traveler that’s harder than landing in a river tbh...

Jerry Traveler dude was also blind in one eye!

Javontay see

don't know about the _highest_ but yes they deserve recognition

TAVITA BRICKLE nice grammar

@@spadeney3722 The highest yes... why would they deserve less than that?

Yes

Lol I know

They gotta make it look dramatic

Gimli glider is an amazing one

And brown stains.

Siân XD

XD

I rather hav that then being pronounced DEAD!

And Im sure they are happy as well, even though life will likely not be the same for most if not all of them.

It was mentioned in the full episode, but only after the landing part.

So how did they fly it out of there? Were the passengers evacuated?

It was 1989

@@TheTallMan50 The passengers were evacuated. A few days later, they decided to tow the plane to Saturn Boulevard (which was a runway during the Facility's WWII plane building days), and with minimal fuel, a replaced engine, test pilots, and FAA approval, they took off from Saturn Boulevard and landed it at New Orleans airport.

@@OwlRTA Interesting. That must have been nerve wrecking for the test pilots.

+Chetan Joshi---The touchdown was gentle.. BUT, sinking a few inches on the wet grass the 737 had a HARD DECELERATION..That is why that woman was thrown forward and open some recent surgery stitches in her abdomen..and she said it was a hard landing and of course sued, and won..It was hard deceleration AFTER the landing..That is what happened..

Lol they make it all dramatic to make it seem more scary. I noticed that too.

B3kwags --NOpe..its real..may 24 1988..See NTSB report..

+B3kwags --So go ahead and make a better film..Make Smithsonian Channel look so incompetent next to your super duper genious world creations to save humanity from cancer and catastrophes...

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LOL

It’s a simulation of what happened

-Derp - there’s always that one person

Not funny - _-

NotZaine BMGO ツ its a joke

and such concerned "everybody" should know that he obtained revalidation of his pilot's license after losing the eye on a special program for war veterans in the US

El Salvador/ USA plus man

El Salvador/ USA plus lib

I agree completely.

My cfi has only one eye and still have 1st class medical and training for airline

Watch the Gimli Glider episode

Phoenix Up Already seen it, this is much more amazing that that.

Bro arent you that guy who made Twister County on RBLX

yes

I guess it is pretty incredible that they were able to land where they did, I just find the slip in Gimli awesome. Undeniably both amazing!

hah! good one

And i just finished the landscaping...

Jesus Christ and the good old boys where drinking whiskey and wine saying this would be the day that I die this would be the day that I die

don mclean definitely probably didnt have this in mind

And good old boys drinking jet fuel and lye, saying this will be the day that I die. This’ll be the day that I’ll day.

TheNeoLeo Hmm, I wonder why

😂😂😂👍👍

the plane is dead rip plane 2020-2021

Right, because some weeb in the RU-vid comments section knows all about flying a 737.

@@MattII33 how much do you know? and whats wrong with a weeb?

There's a light but it doesn't look like that

@@MattII33 you are an example of a mistake from your mom

N n

Smithsonian Channel keep posting this vid they are the best

Imma Have A Papa 2:26

Smithsonian Channelview the

Maria Gallegos

and to you too!

And you

Ok..?

And to you too

Thanks u too

😂😂

Lol

😂

I believe that was the engineering pilot or something. Most flights have 3 people in the cockpit. A captain. Co-pilot and someone else who is in charge or making sure flight attendants know what’s going on in case the captain is busy and manages the engines/controls

That sign of the cross saved u people. There are things technology will never but God definitely intervenes then. He did it here.

it was a perfect landing for an big airliner in that conditions.

It was bumpy cause of the grass

Hippity Hopity plane*

It’s super funny how this comical channel dramatizes, and overdramatizes the action. It’s like Hollywood idiots on steroids.

Ryan air pilot : « I don’t know what’s wrong with that landing » 😂

“We gotta do a litto bih syde slip... I like dee bew. “

Wonder if the side slip was enough to slow down their forward movement a tad to make that landing?

It’s the narrator who is overstating the difficulty of the movement. A side slip is just a rudder movement

@@Atalanta571 ! J

Atalanta571: after initiating a side slip, And prior to landing, the pilot must orient the aircraft normally for glide and touchdown. You do not land with a side slip and you do not land slower because you were sideslipping just prior to touchdown. Sideslip allows you to safely lose altitude rapidly so that you can land at the desired spot without over shooting it. Side slip is not a dangerous or risky maneuver, it is easier to do than a steep turn. The problem is most pilots do not practice it. Excellent pilots, such as bush pilots, they use it every day. An aircraft of any size can do a side slip. It is not restricted to small aircraft. A lot of disinformation is propagated in this video so as to further dramatize the action.

yes

I'm so conflicted. They were flying through hail big enough to damage the airframe. That should have been the first sign to GTFO. Then the engines ate shit and they hot-started them both and burned them out. Engine 2 could have waited for full relight procedure, following the fast relight of engine 1 which would have avoided inner turbine meltdown. Then they decided to continue to New Orleans rather than land at the naval base. Great landing nonetheless but this was a bit of a cowboy moment that could have been prevented.

ROGER2095 you are absolutely right

Oh shut up Vincent shit head

Credit goes to co_pilot and pilot

They probably also got brown stains on their clothes.

In real life the landing wasn't as violent as the video portrays

if I was one of those passengers I would prefer a neck brace over a body bag any day of the week. it was a good landing considering they were landing on what basically amounted to a dirt road.

Flew twice, perfectly fine

Gimley Glide

Khloe Kardashian Learn the difference between blessing yourself and praying

Really?

Yes, it flew for southwest till 12/2016 according to airfleets. reg N697SW

Noo, how could they retire a piece of history??

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Aviation Verse Most “pilots” don’t actually know what to do if a plane stop flying itself. This pilot apparently knew a little more than 99% of pilots in the world.

@@lemonadelemon1960 that's what panic does to you

False. You cant get a license without actually knowing how to fly a plane. Otherwise we could sue every airline for millions and they would have no defence

@@Alb410 Cessna is a bit different from a 737 bud

Lol

3:09 ah tiki tango baby famous words from the pilot

Lol

Almost every latino will do that when they're scared af

@@denikte4927 yea lol

The pilot lost his eye during a civil war in El Salvador. He got caught in the crossfire while flying in a Cessna.

Short clip we don’t have all the info . But wouldn’t that disqualify him from being a pilot?

@@Kamakazy0789 i think it is a terminology that means he doesnt have any guidance from the flight computers

@@deviladvoc No he only had one eye, notice the scars of the face on the real pilot when he was talking.

50% eyesight is not legally blind!

Yep

I think the pilot is a total rock star, a pilot with only one working eye miraculously lands a plane WOW

Was? *sad sigh*

@@outwiththem deay, that was rude.

@@TeaRStudio- Some go around saying obvious things and asking to give them a like. That is called an attention whore.

***** Captain Richard de Crespigny is known for his modest demenor and CRM ( Crew Resource Management) skills. To say he "cashed in" is disrespecting the 35 years of training and experience it took to get to the level of skill to land a damaged A380 safely. Its like 35 years of training for the one day when it made a huge difference to the passengers and crew on the aircraft. Just like Capt. Sully and others, Capt. de Crespigny is working to improve safety in aviation. They both deserves the respect and recognition that came from a very difficult emergency.

White men get recognition. Hispanic or African pilots don't

No such thing as an africian pilot----only witch docs.@@leslieangela9114

It did not take off from levee.

Yeah because I’m sure a recreation by a TV show is more accurate than witness testimony. Smh

Well to be honest central and south America has one of the best pilots worldwide, besides Europe.

***** Agreed, Pipipilots cannot handle those bad runways and less automation they all enjoy in USA and other places. Try a MToW take off on a muddy hot dirt runway and then fly around t-storms to another muddy one. Most non Bush Pilots can't. Carlos Dardano was a Hot weather Bush Pilot too. One eye only. Who can top that?

Yup, but you forgot Captain Pearson of the Gimli Glider.

Morello And Piché in Airbus320 for Air Transat glided for hundred of miles in the middle of the ocean. No fuel (no engine).. landed without a problem on Acores island Portugal.

karminou You're right, I forgot that one :)

I think they said it is risky considering the situation: no engine power, low altitude, etc.

😂

I also wondered why camera folks are always there but never hurt. They even stick around to film firetrucks arriving then dress and describe the event on t.v.!!!

He was a pilot already when he lossed his eye

so how was he still in service?? i mean the company could put him on a pensioned retirement rather than risking hundreds of people's lives.

hell ronnie milsap can land that plane

***** Would you have preferred a much less experienced pilot be put in that situation? One that possibly would not have noticed the levee and would have tried to ditch in the water? The only successful water ditching of a plane that size that I can think of immediately is the Hudson River landing.

asingleverse The co-pilot noticed the levee.

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Jak Conrad it's a new segment of commercial jet actually

Better than a DC3 on floats!

Plank Yup they landed on a levee about 2 miles from a NASA Research Facility

Michoud?

So what you are saying then is that it is easy to "side slip" a 47 ton airliner when it is not windy at all?

The question was not if it is 'easy' but if it is 'risky'. Risky it is not, easy... depends on the aircraft but yes, it is not as difficult as one would think. I've done it plenty of times in 737s for example.

BTW, to sideslip ANY aircraft... yoke deflection to one side (usually into the sidewind) and stomp on the opposite rudder pedal... That's really all there is to it.

not risky but racist because it's the only comment in the whole aviation videos in the channel wich dares to not only question the actions of the pilot, but to impose jugdement upon a critical manouver required to land a brick falling to earth. And nobody got hurt. and the plane was saved, but oh! where they latinos! so they go ahead and reveal how little the person behind the racist comment was. The only negative tarnishing comment upon a pilot in this nazi channel is about a latino capitain who saved lives and plane with one eye. Fuck you racist nobody, you're damaging the magnificent reputation at smithsonian channel, unless it's not related at all with the Smithsonian. Was it worthy?

A crosswind approach does not require cross controlling the AC. A side slip is for a quick loss of altitude while maintaining heading and does require cross controlling. Also all AC have different reaction during the side slip. i.e. Take a 172, gusty wind, 15 degrees of flap and see how quickly you will roll inverted.

Good judgement call and a kickass landing,good job!

JIMMY VEE before the dawn of iPhones

thats what you get for 30€ from Ryanair 😂

Nice

Lol

I Dont Think Is Your Cousin You Most Be Lie

Of course god made the landing. The pilots had their eyes closed and praying to god as it should be.

Computers aren't based on luck, only sequences. Human makes the software, computers are just the tool to make it happen.

Agreed but that wasn't my point

There's only so far science can go; the rest is all art. That's why humans will always be in the loop.

Yes it is actually more safer to land on the ground cause in the water if you barely have the wrong angle your plane will split in half and you and the passengers might die

There has only been 2 water landings in the world

Jeremy Daniel not to mention that even if it lands seemingly safely, there’s the huge possibility of it sinking in mere minutes.

Totaly agree!!, Also is common in cross winds landings...

You're thinking of a foreward slip, a sideslip is used during crosswind landings to stay aligned with the runway. But I do agree it's not dangerous at all. It's a tv show, they've got to make it sound dramatic

Blaine Cyr Yes, your right was my mistake, wrong translation hehe, im spanish. Anyway... the one of the most common maneuvres learned in the flight school.

I would agree a side slip is no a risky maneuver on a 737 IN PERFECT CONDITION, but would you volunteer to perform a side slip on a 737 with both engines shut down while landing? oh! and by the way you are not landing at an airport with a 9000 ft runway. Believe me, the side slip on that flight was risky

Just being pedantic, but during a crosswind landing, at my airline (and this counts for every pilot I know with other airlines), you are in balance and rudder will be neutral. During approach, you are not paralleled with the runway of course, but you are still flying straight and true through the air mass, so are fully coordinated. You are referring to the 'crab' method used more often when flying light aircraft, requiring rudder input. Obviously at the point of landing itself you do 'crab' for a few seconds prior to touchdown, but that is it. A sideslip IS a riskIER maneuver, however. Your stalling speed increases, air data is less reliable and in certain aircraft it is actually prohibited at certain flap settings.

Ikr

At that time you needed an engineer on the flight to make sure everything is going ok but nowhere days that is done by a computer

No this was the new one that didn't need an engineer. The 3rd guy in the cockpit was a supervisor to see how the new plane was performing.

the BOSS that’s so noble

snopop he deserves the like. I liked this comment.

GracieKAT9000 not this pilot. Dudes been through worse