The Terrifying Landing of Flight 811 - Scary Moments Caught on Camera 

The polish in these videos just keeps getting better. The animation, the flow, the information presented. Outstanding.

I'm just relieved everyone survived, since that looked like it could've been disastrous. Excellent video as usual!

Never cease to be amazed at the structural strength of the landing gear, air frame and strength of the engines, getting the plane airborne again off the rough grass on one engine the other being in stall.

That's amazing that tragedy was averted! If the co-pilot hadn't called it, they might not have been able to eventually pull up. I can understand them suspending the pilot and co-pilot but what about the air traffic controller who didn't keep them updated? That's a very important part of his job! 181 souls seriously lucked out that day!! Thank you for a great presentation!

Amazing the landing gear held up. Glad also nobody got hurt.

11:24 Plane giving a fairly harsh assessment of the pilot’s actions 😂

The scary part is...despite all the advanced technology to prevent such things, these things still happen. Maybe the runway lights should be port/Green and Starboard/red to differentiate from the white center line lights.

Man your quality is getting better with every video you make. Also nice to see you are now also using MSFS 2020 :D

Although yes, the flight crew were ultimately at fault, the kind of punishment was pretty harsh on them considering the conditions and the fact that they made it all the way over to Hyderabad with a single engine is truly marvelous

On the weekends I can lay in my bed and watch these plane videos all day 😩

Looks like the captain didn't check the localiser, else he would have noticed that deviation . Unless he was too concerned and focused on spotting the runway

Wow...disaster narrowly avoided is too kind. There was more luck involved in this than anyone should be comfortable with. Gear could have collapsed, both engines could have flamed out...a long list of things could have gone wrong with this including damaging the undercarriage so much the landing at the diversion airport could have resulted in catastrophe. Passengers were very lucky.

Way back in the late 1970s I was an Air Traffic Controller at the airfield where Piedmont Airlines was headquartered. Upon coming to work one morning I see large clumps of dirt and grass on the air carrier parking ramp below the terminal. Seems a late night arriving 737 landed off the runway, taking out a number of runway lights and almost hitting some airport equipment on that side of the runway. A close call.

@11:25, the plane's response to the pilots nearly crashing it.

In the near future I plan on getting my pilots license. I watch and try to remember the mistakes that are made so I don't fall victim to the mistakes others made.

Splendid graphics, almost realistic - including the city traffic and the sign boards on the flyover.

Very nice video! I see comments here suggesting “voiceover”. I think the video is fine without voiceover. The text in the video is very readable (i.e., size, duration). I like the audio - its not distracting. Visuals are great! I just wanted to give my feedback. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻 Thank You!

Another fantastically made episode, thank you TFC!

Captain and co-captain were suspended to cover-up airline policy shortcomings.

Your video quality is getting incredible, the part of the video with the plane flying over the cloud, wow...so realistic.

11:24 this brand new A320neo was so mean to the captain. :(

The sunrise was stunning! What a beautiful production and attention to detail in producing this video! 👏👏👏👏 The Flight Channel rocks the Casbah!!! 💪🫡

You changed to a more reader-friendly font! Thank you! 🛩

So pleased to see the on--screen captions are no longer upper-case. Much easier to read. Thank you.

So fortunate the crew could recover and no lives lost! Another amazing video!

Great job with the graphics and the details of the incident 👍

Did you update your graphics card because what a difference! These videos are glowing

Wait, if the captain assumed that the left runway lights were the center lights, shouldn't the RHS landing gear have been on the tarmac?

Lucky they were in an Airbus 320 and not a Boeing 737. With the poor ground clearance of the 737, it would have been mowing the grass at Bangalore.

Thankfully, the plane landed safely, and no one was hurt. It's always in bad weather conditions when pilots have difficulty landing, and it becomes a near disaster.

So…the aircrew started the approach below mins, then busted mins and landed in the dirt. I don’t think many people realize how sketchy non US and non European trained pilots are.

Once the Captain lost visual reference with the runway, he should have initiated the go-around since the approach was not stabilized at this point. A good pilot does not try to force things to happen and does the prudent thing. Once, situational awareness is lost, a missed approach procedure is a given .

I love your channel, attention to details, visuals the video had me gripping the sofa. So real . Thank goodness they managed to avoid an accident. It must been an horric experience to have been on that flight..

This was a very good episode. Good explanation, beautiful graphics and everyone survived. 😊

Always great to see your video's!

I’m happy everyone ended up being okay. I however would’ve died from a heart attack.

At 12:50, you mentioned that the pilots could have used autoland to make their approach and thus reduce the chances of this happening. There’s a problem with this line of thought: autoland is available only in case the aircraft makes an approach with Cat 2 or Cat 3 ILS, and runway 09 (now 09L) did not - and still does not - have the provision for that. In other words, even if the pilots wanted to, they couldn’t. So when the pilot disconnected the autopilot at 220 feet, it was as close to possible as he could legally fly on autopilot. It’s also sad to see that the pilots took the brunt of punitive action - what about the controllers who failed to report the falling visibility? In fact, the moment the RVR fell below 550 metres, the controller should have immediately advised the pilots to discontinue their approach and head off to their alternate, or hold overhead. The controller failed in his duty, but the pilots were punished.

The co-pilot was more aware than the captain, called for a go around. Why was he suspended?

Nicely done ! Uh, I don't like the type style in the captions as well as before. Kudos to the Flight crew for not crashing & no loss of life in tough conditions. Methinks they shoulda called a Go-Around & diverted sooner though...

This is the best RU-vid channel out of all of them out there 🤩

Having a cuppa, and watching a new video from you. Best way to start my day. :)

So many accolades for TFC, yet as visual artist, I marvel at aesthetic quality of productions. Orange cast of low altitude clouds in opening sequence is mystical. Ultimately, poor visibility due to myst was downfall of this flight...

Sorry I need to correct u at 5:34 bangalore has 2 active runways but 09l/27r is used dominantly but when there is over crowded aircrafts are used to take off from the 09r/27l runway sometimes in the peak hours

Really Happy you made this video, was lookin forward to it, great quality! Edit: Just saw the video for one quick correction. Bangalore Aiport has 2 runways and not 1.

Could have happened to anyone. The captain thought he had the runway centerline lights. He has landed the plane hundreds of times. He wouldn't have thought to check other instruments until he became uncertain he had it right.

Pilot: Why are you crying? You're all alive, aren't you?

I hope you are very proud of your work. Truly professional grade!

Beautiful job! Font is MUCH easier to read than all caps.

Wow, surprised we got info on the fate of the crew! Glad no one was hurt!

Captain took "touch grass" way too seriously

Beautiful job, beautiful video. I got a true sense of the vulnerability of the plane in spite of its huge size. Perhaps because of its size.

Thankfully everyone survived. Excellent video editing job. Well done

Love your videos!! 🔥❤️

The former captain is now working as a fry cook….

Well, the punishment I think was a bit harsh, but......perhaps its best to be this way.....as other pilots will be more apt to not take chances and follow the protocols.....although, these pilots I'm not entirely sure did anything horribly wrong....

Brilliantly informative video. Well done!!

This video quality was perfect and I assume everyone survived. Great job!

Very good reporting. Thank you..

Nice video as always....gpad that everyone survived ❤

Excellent video

Yea, this is tough. The traditional landing is for the Captain to sight the runway, and that is then paramount. The ILS is not supposed to be relied on for the last part of the landing. The issue is that several things can lead the pilot to believe what he sees when it is not so, especially in non-ILS conditions. The airlines reaction from that is more autoland, more automation. We are rapidly converging on the airplane flying itself with the pilots just being systems monitors. Note that a lot of light aircraft, including mine, have synthetic vision displays, which show you a depiction of the runway environment to GPS accuracy, which is actually quite good. It usually shows you the centerline within a foot or so.

Everyone survived is what matters most

The music at the end was beyond loud. It was still a good video. Excellent quality.

Well. I think the plane called out exactly what the pilots were at 11:30. Poor passengers almost dying.

Its always a good day when theflightchannel uploads a video!

The aircraft @11:24 expressing what everyone was thinking about the pilot flying.

*Again this seems like a judgement call on the part of the crew as well, I can't understand why they didn't call for a go around MUCH earlier when it was clear that the visibility was extremely poor, even if the ATC didn't give them an update. An earlier go around call would have saved them a lot of trouble, it's good that the FO finally made the call. Better late than never in this case*

Crazy , great vid as always

Thanks, excellent as always especially blending in real video. How does suspending the pilots for 3-6 months help, perhaps retraining and eye sight testing, downgrade the captain etc would be better.

Great video

Hey thank you for using my livery. Looks amazing on your system!❤

They came soooo close to disaster! Great re-creation!

Landing field lights should be of a different color than landing strip lights, IMHO.

Love your videos! God bless everyone!🙏

The ATC should have been suspended, too, because he wasn't keeping the flight crew apprised of the sudden deterioration in visibility. This cannot all be blamed on the pilots.

Lordy….my heart was in my throat. Thanks for another great video!

I am from Nagpur, Great video!

Finally! No more CAPITALS. I really love your videos, but the capitals sometimes were hard to read on longer texts. Thanks for your brilliant work!

Is this a different Sim than usual or just enhanced graphics? Either way, the video looks fantastic!

Thanks for all your hard work with your videos! So educational and interesting too

Also it’s a wonderful video keep it up

That’s what auto land is for. Passengers first. Thank god this ended well. The Captain got off lightly. Great vid

That's a well built plane.

The Airbus took it's revenge @11:25 😆

I thought you had to have the runway in sight at minimums before attempting a landing?

Perfect to watch as always! ATC and pilots have mistakes. ATC should've inform pilots about changing (getting worse) conditions and pilots should have monitor the instruments better. Especially about ILS alignment. Captain thought the left margin lights of runway were the centerline. If he checked the ILS, he could see they were not aligned. Thank god, everyone landed safely.

superb mister 😍

Very well crafted TFC (as usual), thanks a lot. Fly theses second (and below) rated airlines at your own risk. 🤷🏻‍♂

Wow that could have turned out very differently. I bet the Co Pilot was crapping himself. Please can we have the capitol letters back??? Great video 👏

It's a perfect and accurate aircraft model depicted in the scenario....this shows the level of excellence and the dedication by the POST TEAM. 🎉

I literally went to plane spotting yesterday to see this now

Ooooh I was sure this was going to end badly! A nailbiter for sure! Glad it made it - finally.

Being bangalorean, Bangalore Airport or kempegowda international Airport (KIA) is not as that of the dangerous on but until weather plays the role like fog incident in this video or rain thunderstorms which makes the aircrafts to get diverted to chennai Hyderabad or any nearby cities Airport example day before yesterday there was a huge outburst of rainfall day before yesterday which forced the aircrafts to be in holding position nor get diverted to other airports or else namma Bangalore Airport is one of the finest one in the india.

Darn. I was really looking forward to buying an A320 Neo for my grass strip when my ship came in and having a 5000' grass strip runway! How the hell do you miss a runway on an iLS approach? 😂

i dont get why they blamed the pilots. Honestly they did everything they could and also safely landed without losing any lives. In the first place holding nearly a 100 lives in your hands while nearly taking them all isn't exactly helping a human's mind, on top of which the dude could barely see due to the fog. They always blame the pilot, it wasn't his fault the go around couldn't happen more effectively.

Once again, I was on the edge of my seat watching this. 😳👀As soon as the plane hit the ground, I was anticipating screaming & yelling. Despite all, glad they were able to recover the aircraft & land safely at another airport.

IIRC, for this one, another contributing factor was the fact the runway lights were set to night mode instead of bright day mode

First instinct is to rip the crew apart, however they also saved lives here.

Everyone is criticizing captain here. yes captain was at serious fault here. Bcoz after minima We are supposed to Go around no matter the circumstance. If no visual contact with runway. But captain saw a set of lights assuming it is centre line of runway. It was a serious misjudgement by captain. But he wasn't alone. First officer is responsible for scanning the instruments constantly during landing phase. Captain continuously looks outside for visual references. If First officer would have monitored Instruments. He could have easily seen Localiser was way off. A320 is marvelous aircraft with all safety hazards taken into consideration and implemented to avoid that. ATC was also at fault after such a vigorous change in weather he should've told the crew. ATC is required to check all weather updates before giving landing clearance to aircraft. which is usually given 3-5Miles away from runway in busy airports. and around 7-9 miles in empty airports. Don't just say about captain he had a misjudgment which happens regularly from time to time.It was low weather first officer mistake atc mistake which lead this to a combination of mistakes leading to this. Just like the Cheese model. IF at least one mistake didn't occur it wouldn't have happened. About the touchdown on mud. Aircrafts are real badass. they are very strong. Landing gear can take some heavy hits and still stay locked. and as captain was flying it as landing so aircraft was low and smooth with flare resulting in firm touch on mud. the only issue is about the ingestion. of foreign particles in engines. which also doesn't pose severe threat as engineers know this is a issue and they have build the engines to endure hits. Engine blades on aircraft time to time bend and go off. which is replaced on regular basis depending on how much the fatigue is. Even if engine 1 flamed out. A320 is more than capable enough to fly on one engine for longer times than you can think of. nowadays most planes have very high etops certifications. A320 neo is certified to fly 180 minutes on a single engine. which is 3 hours literal almost anywhere in India from Bangalore

I can't believe they corrected all their stuff ups, well done for that I guess