"We just hit a Drone!" | Windshield Damaged on United B737 MAX at SFO 

Bird, drone, same thing

@@vitopannucci2001the faa concluded it was a bird to avoid some paperwork 😂

Bird... How many documented drone strikes have there been? How many documented bird strikes? Which has the greater possibility? Simple logic.

@@RobisonRacing68 what?

@@RobisonRacing68well, pilots sounded very sure that it had been a drone. The FAA report was released way after I had the video edited, but I gave priority to the LaGuardia incident and that's why I am releasing the video today.

Yeah, that's awful attitude from them. Violating airspaces all the time while in formation flights.

Was the bird given a phone number to write down?

@@thazen783that bird will never copy a phone number again, I'm afraid

I disagree. Crows always use their caw sign

That's because British Airways stole their callsign and they're trying to avoid confusion.

AI Birds created by the government...again

Birds are government surveillance drones so he’s not entirely wrong 😂

Coincidence? I THINK NOT. WHY DO THEY SIT ON THE POWERLINES? GUYS THEY'RE RECHARGING THEIR BATTERIES.

Bird now facing steep fines due to not having a part-107 certificate.

@@chris-hayes Ah! It all makes sense now!

I think that's March has a chicken wing with United.

It's more like SFO plus United

@@muhdiversity7409 Nah. March has the whole Ol Mcdonald farm with United!

I just hope the holes in this ever growing Swiss cheese do not align for United soon! They have some of the best pilots in the industry though!

I thought the same thing....he remained professional, but I'm sure he was saying to himself "Why? Why did I bother mentioning that????"

@@rc24caldwell19 Wildlife is not always alone.

@@jamesphillips2285 exactly, no wonder it's called Wild

But would you as a pilot want to depart on a runway that has random wildlife running across it? For all you know, they can damage the aircraft so badly that it cannot land safely again. If it were me, i would want the field checked proper before i take off because you don't get second chances after you hit something.

You mean United can't catch a beak ?

​@@muhdiversity7409 take my angry like

@@muhdiversity7409 Is that not what was said?

@@BigSkyCards23 Read my comment again.

@@muhdiversity7409 🥺🥺🔫

and short on staffs at the SFO tell me something about that???????

they usually suck

I was hoping Jetblue would have reminded ATC that the drone would not survive a collision with a jet.

"Nope. It's dead, Jim."

😂🤣😂

"Unless drones are traveling in flocks, I believe we are in the clear."

"Can you give me a vector to McDonald's?"

I had one of those fuckers in my house last month. Somehow got in the ventilation system and fought its way out.

@@jacksycz that's pretty friggin weird! Buddy of mine had a possum in his garage. Him and his neighbor tried to lure it out with food, and eventually he grabbed it and it bit the shit out of his hand. They were kinda drunk and it seemed like a good idea at the time lmao

@@juliogonzo2718 Rabies is awful, get checked by your doctor.

Some stats for context as I got weirdly interested this (and was watching a live stream at SFO a bit after the wheel incident and was like... That's a lot of united planes landing). - united is the third largest airliner at almost 1k planes (with AA being 1, delta being 2) - united is 45% of SFO by seat capacity (next highest is AA at 14% iirc) - SFO is 'only' fifth for amount of United flights, but 2nd for seat capacity x km (aka it tends to have united's longer bigger flights) Aka, if something is going wrong at SFO, a united plane being involved is more likely then other airlines, and if something is wrong with a united flight, it being from or to SFO is fairly likely tho not airport with most united flights. Something I haven't looked into if there's any specifics about the type of planes being flown out/to of SFO that increases the risks of issues (like perhaps age or type). Do larger planes have increased risks for failures due to added complexity? (edit: huh, makes me wonder, do larger planes have increased risks of bird strikes due to increased size or is that likely negligible compared to the size of the sky?)

you forgot the word drone...

Aviation unholy trinity: 1. Boeing 2. SFO 3. United

Huh. I thought it was SouthWest and the automobiles driving near airports they land at.

@@ro-86alkonost78Add BOS. Quadfecta from the 7th circle of hell.

Absolutely not. But all birds required to comply with ADS-b out by 2025

The cats love that fact@@BabyGators

No foul, but probably was a fowl 🦆Apologies for the cringe joke

No harm no foul? BS. Commercial Aviation is on a tear, blaming Drones for everything they can, so the foul caused is the mainstream media running anti-drone hit peices for clicks and not caring that it's based on a lie. Given lives are at risk, Pilots that can't tell the difference between Birds and Drones, should be getting mandatory Eye Tests.

Better safe than sorry.

"no harm no foul" these events are what change legislation. Just because YOU know that it was a bird, doesn't mean everyone does. A lot of people receive the initial report, and never get the update. Including a lot of our lawmakers.

@@larryg2705 Lets see how long your somment lasts - mine saying the same thing is gone, though I still got a notification of a comment following on after it.

Same

Yes, it was great how the United pilot said "we may have hit a drone" and the female tower operative almost immediately turned this into a definite "they hit a drone", and warned the Jet Blue pilot that there had been a drone strike. Confirmation bias at work, I guess she believes everything she reads and sees on the MSM.

😂 was he going to pull over to the side of the air space to get out and check?

@@NavyVet4955 Lol. It's the perception, driven by the media though. Ever since Gatwick (by the way, these "terror drones" still haven't been found and verified to exist) anything that hits a plane, is called a drone by default. Even when it's likely not going to be one, as most rc pilots know well not to fly near an airport, and many popular drones, such as DJI, don't even allow their craft to take off in such condition, due to geo-fencing/Remote ID

the best name for it would be a UFO (stands for Unidentified Flying Object) and this would cover for bird of unknown species too. In case some people believe UFO means Unbelievable Flying idiot from Outer space.

I have seen drones disguised as birds…

Yep, sigh.

Exactly. I was flying at a Riverside Sheriffs event, near a private airport. It was night time, I applied for clearance up to 200ft, was approved but only needed 50ft to film some Christmas lights that lined the driveway leading up to the event. Had told the LEOs what I was planning on doing and they just said, "we don't care at all, we are here to have fun and we appreciate the heads up. I am literally piloting it right in front of a bunch of Sheriffs and am confronted by the party DJ.... He goes off on how they just pulled a drone out of a windshield at the nearby airport where he was a pilot (neither were true). I looked at him and said "are you effing serious bro? You must think I am the dumbest person alive literally flying this close to LEO, yet here I am, do you think that maybe this is a lawful mission and you are creating a hazardous situation?" I went on to explain, that if he didn't back off, I would have one of the nearby LEOs detain him for harassment. He puffed out his chest, acted all self righteous and just kept telling his story, which I later researched and discovered it was just another bird strike. The biggest threats drone pose are to their pilots, as we battle the constant skapegoating and self righteous a holes who harass us constantly. My only mistake was not pressing charges, but that felt rude considering the Sheriffs were having a great time and still need entertainment. Drone pilots, it is a violation of the law to harass anyone, especially someone flying a drone. Please for all of us, take the time to make a verbal warning (if possible record the interaction) and if the person continues to harass you, press charges to the full extent of the law and don't back down for anything. The media will report on it and we may eventually catch a break.

Yeah, and rc hobbyists are required to use Remote ID for anything heavier than 250g, even if it's a basically harmless foam plane that you want to fly on a grass field in your area, where it poses zero risk for manned aviation.

Just following the narrative that's been pushed for years now with zero supporting evidence

they dont know what they hit. it most likely was a bird if you know anything at all..

Nope, it was the MAX that departed ahead of this flight that lost a door plug. One of the bolts smashed the pilot's side window 🙈🙈🙈

Well yeah, birds aren't real. They charge when sitting on the power lines.

Anything to get drones outlawed

Yeahhhh sureee just like laser pointer right? NO THERE ARE A HOLEs who shine lasers at flights and fly drones in controlled airspace

@@skidoorulz4914 I played with drones from 2013 to 2016, before the regulations got penned. They used to be fun, but I saw what was coming and got out of the hobby.

@@paulis7319 I still have some planes and helis, but with the new rules I don't fly anymore.

"those damn 737 max again!!!" 😂

​@@EMT_Artesania It was a B737-900. NG type, not "Max".

@@timduggan1461 r/wooosh

Boeing?!!! who are they? 😂😂

Awwwww…..poor Boeing. They never did anything to deserve the criticism they’re getting. Must be racist.

I don't think so... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8wVw5ByNb9c.html

Hey, thanks. Appreciate the support!!!

who would freakout and crash after hitting a bird lol

In the downtown and at SFO

why do they always want to know the fuel on board in minutes instead of pounds? Giving pounds would be more precise and avoid calculations while dealing with an emergency wouldn't it?

that tells the ATC how long the plane can stay airborne before they have to land@@sizzelot

@@jimsmith9819 Correct, and fuel in pounds is for the fire department to know approximately how much potentially could be burning if the plane ends up crashing.

@@HeidiKohne I doubt if the fire dept cares about the fuel in lbs. Pretty easy to look at the size of the plane, determine x minutes means not a lot or a whole hell of a lot of fuel. Beyond that, it doesnt really matter to them how much fuel there is because the procedure doesnt change either way.

I got the tone in the pilots call that seemed annoyed, like he absolutely 100% knew it was those damn drones. 🙄

@@serpicowasright4029 until it turned out they were wrong and it was just those damn birds after the fact...I hope the pilot doesn't apply the same guessing to other procedures they have to do. Reminds me of one of the documentaries where pilots were so certain of a problem they shut down the wrong engine during a failure

I mean .. just the numbers alone... billions of birds in the sky at any one moment.. how many drones actually flying at this very second.. Pilot and ground should be educated about jumping to conclusions, and acting like fools..

To be fair, the MAX is a fvcking death trap from design to build quality.

​@iatsd It really isn't but keep on believing that false narrative.

@@James-xs9mn Sorry, which has been grounded globally more often - and for longer - and plunged out of the sky killing all onboard or at least giving that a good try, the MAX or the A320? Look at the numbers and you'll see that the MAX is the most dangerous aircraft in terms of groundings and fatalities of ANY design in the last 25 years. I'm sorry that facts upset you.

@@iatsd - Show us your aeronautical engineering degree before spouting your senseless garbage. The 737 Max is a great aircraft with an excellent safety record. The problems that have occurred are not due to design, but are due to the many uneducated individuals that are currently entering the work force. Today's college degrees are handed out like candy, as long as the recipient was able to get his college loan.

Professional does not include jumping to illogical conclusions.. especiallly an Captain.

I believe that's better than "A Horse with no Name". 😉😊

Oh God, that song? It just Drones on and on 😂

@@My-Pal-Hal 🤣😂👍

Not yet

Tell that to Terminator.

must be a Cylon

It may identify as a bleeder.

​@@garygolfer32432024... 😂

Exactly as told to do.

I don't do it on purpose, trust me

@@VASAviationLoL

​@@VASAviationneither does SFO

A whack instead of a thump? Given that there are a few thousand birds for every drone in the air, there had to be something unusual about the hit.

It's kinda like Trump really.. People hate drones. They fear what they dont know anything about.. Media hypes it all up, and promotes an agenda..

So anyone that wants to fly drones near an airport should carry a bag of birds blood?

All air traffic controllers do not like pilot readbacks that omit the callsign because they’re not actually readbacks without the callsign.

737s do not take off at 200 kts.

@@MichaelCarrPilot Correct. Way below 200 kts. Typical rotate is around 80 kts. And I know pilots generally can distinguish between soft and hard impacts..

@@roderickcampbell2105 typical rotate of a 737 is not at 80 knots.

@@MichaelCarrPilot Fair enough. You say 110 kts or what speed?

@@roderickcampbell2105 probably in the neighborhood of 130-140.

''battery acid...'' Ah, a Nineteenth Century drone.... 🤔

Any decent Airbus can avoid drones. Boeing is slacking

Wolf Blitzer screaming as usual 😅

Old dude I used to fly with when I was a budding young FO told everyone this story: One of our routes was into Oviedo in Northern Spain. There was a permanent NOTAM saying look out for wild boars. This guy had been flying in and out for 15 years before he finally spotted one!! He was overjoyed when he reported it to the tower, who promptly shut the airport for 6 hours trying to find this "fucking pig" and the hole in the fence where it had got in. It's fair enough, those things would take out an engine.

animals don't typically run back and forth across a road but you never know. Still it's obvious answer to have manpower on the tarmac for contingencies.

​@@jamesmedina2062 One animal doesn't run back and forth across a road typically. However, many animals are in packs/groups, so when you see one animal cross a road or runway there's a good chance that another one is lurking on the edge of the road and may cross soon themselves.

@@jayschafer1760 this is true

Yeah. It was trans-droneder.

Lavatory failure, "pretty sure a passenger tried to flush a drone"

Elaborating a bit, PM is Pilot Monitoring (working radios and other auxiliary duties) the other pilot is the PF Pilot Flying. The PF... does the flying.

@@sketchyAnalogies thank you 👍👌

No, it really shouldn't. It is a good example of how not to do it. You want ACTUAL professional comms then go find the Thompson bird strike video. That is actual professionals at work. This is chit chat amateur hour.

I don't get it. This was routine communication. There are examples of excellent communication and overall performance by flight crews in difficult situations... but this wasn't that.

@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 you must not fly very much. It was pretty good comms by the PM. I've heard hundreds that were worse. Both in real life and on RU-vid.

I’m sure people will

Well you have heard of deer whistles why hasn't Boeing installed bird whistles? See that's the question. LOL

@blakjaknz by the pilots or controllers? Bcuz controllers sounded clear to me

@@ObamaFromKenya 7:23 the lady sounds majorly slurred. As an example. I find a lot controllers tend to speak incredibly fast and run their words together, to the point where I feel very sorry for ESOL pilots.

@@blakjaknz Everyone always has something to complain about

@@icedandcorrectedchannel1236 Yes. If the spectrum is everyone and everything, then the complaint space is mighty open. But we should also have a lot to be thankful for too. Anyone gonna complain about that?

NO

Yes. I have some confirmations on the channel

Yes. -Collision with a Blackhawk in 2017. -Collision with a King air A100 in 2017. -Collision with a hot air balloon in 2018. -Collision with a Cessna 172 in 2021. Of course there’s also been tons of near miss events.

my friend was hang gilding years ago off the sierras,owens valley at 12,000 ft when a f-16 was coming right at him--the jet broke away at the last second--the wash was pretty scary he said---when that be considered like a drone strike if it hit him?

@@mtsky-tc6uwdepends, was your friend C3PO?

Great so when they hit one they can have scanners all over the fuselage and be able to identify which bird was to blame. 😉

A side swipe might sound more like a whack than a thump; combine that with no gore on the windshield, and a pilot might think "drone" rather than "bird". If no damage, I'm wondering why they elected to return to SFO rather than just continue on.

@@jpdemer5there was damage