Why a Harrier Jump Jet Parked on a Cargo Ship | NEGATIVES 

If he can land on a couple of containers unassisted, he shouldn't be reprimanded.

Hello xyz insurance, hello a harrier just landed on my van , would love to have heard that call

the salvage claim seems a bargain .. about 1/2 a million £ to get your £40 million jet back ( which was used for another 20 years )

TDLR; Ran out of fuel so rather than ditch the pilot landed where he could.

I'd love to know what he was reprimanded for. His options were to either do what he did or ditch in the water. He saved a multimillion dollar (pound) aircraft and his own life, and created a great story of how versatile the aircraft was and how good their pilots are.

Pepsi called And wanted to know how many points to own the plane...

A great pity about the handbrake being forgotten, but heyho. I had never heard of this. What a superb little tale. Thanks.

Reprimanded for what? He did absolutely the right thing. His options were (a) eject, lose a plane worth 10s of millions and risk drowning or (b) save the plane and himself. Which option would you take? Thumbs down for (a) and up for (b)

My guy put effort into this well done man you’re going somewhere. You earn a sub

This aircraft is now on display at Newark Air Museum, aircraft was upgraded during its life after this event so doesn't look exactly the same these days.

That quip at the end was brilliant - I didn't expect the parking ticket joke. :-))

I love what you guys are doing here! 1million subs by 2021....Great work.

Thanks for this✈️... the pilot was lucky and now he lives here in NZ and sells real estate . thanks from down under.👍🇳🇿

Good job by this pilot.Fair play to him😎👍!

ZA176 was first flown at Dunsfold on the 25th November 1981 and delivered to the Royal Navy as an FRS.1 on the 16th December 1981. Placed into storage at RAF St Athan ZA176 was assigned to 809 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton on the 6th April 1982 at the start of the Falklands Conflict. With Victor tanker support ZA176 was flown on the 30th April 1982 via Banjul in the Gambia to Ascension Island. Flown on to the Atlantic Conveyor on the 6th May for the journey south, ZA176 was transferred to 800 NAS and joined the squadron on board HMS Hermes on the 18th May. ZA176 was used during the conflict to provide CAP (Combat Air Patrol) Missions. Returning from the Falklands ZA176 left HMS Hermes in the Bay of Biscay and flew to RNAS Yeovilton on the 19th July. Transferred to 809 NAS ZA176 set sail for the Falkland Islands on board HMS Illustrious on the 2nd August 1982. Returning to RNAS Yeovilton on the 6th December 1982 ZA176 was transferred to 801 NAS. On the 7th July 1983 ZA176, while operating from HMS Illustrious, was forced to land on the Spanish freighter Alraigo after suffering a NAVHARS failure. ZA176 was offloaded at Santa Cruz de Tenerife and returned to the UK aboard the MV British Tay. Transferred to 899 NAS ZA176 then served with 801 NAS on board HMS Ark Royal from 19th January 1988 and in August 1990 was assigned to 800 NAS. On the 22nd February 1992 ZA176 was flown from RNAS Yeovilton to Dunsfold for conversion to FA.2 standard. Allocated to 899 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton on the 11th November 1993 ZA176 was later transferred to 801 NAS on board HMS Illustrious to fly operational sorties during the Bosnian conflict. ZA176 was later transferred on the 24th September 2001 to 800 NAS on board HMS Ark Royal and then in 2002 to 801 NAS also on HMS Ark Royal. Finally withdrawn from service on the 20th September 2003 ZA176 was used as spares at AMG Yeovilton before entering the museum on the 21st July 2004.

The pilots my uncle, Captain Watson. He’s a legend and the sweetest man ever. Didn’t deserve what he got.

First a Harrier now they want our fish. Cheeky ******* wanting salvage on it. It wasn't abandoned it was parked.

What a fascinating video. Loved the Harrier. Like the F35(!) Loved this video - Great puppetry! Great stuff

I love the way that nearly every image is of any other type of Harrier except for Watson's FRS.1.

Beautiful story. Glad the Harrier survived. God bless that young pilot.

I think he did well to land it. Loving the videos 👍

I remember when this happened, was very big and cool news at the time!

This was a great video

I don’t know where you got your information from, but it was S/Lt Watson lack of knowledge of the aircraft Navigation System, and other systems in the aircraft, which was the cause of his problems, he failed to put the ship’s position into the Nav System before take off, hence he didn’t know where the ship was, I was a senior engineer on 801 Sqdn at the time.

I live in Canary Islands and I still remember this :- D

that dude had serious balls to do that lmao

Please make a video on what rifles Will replace the sa80

So how much money did he save the Navy by landing on the ship? Hopefully the plane was worth more than the salvage fee.

The Falklands war was 1982, so how could it have just ended on the 7th June 1983

Does anyone know if the florist's van was repaired or written off and replaced? And how do you explain that to the insurance company?

thats just what happens when pilots get pissed

Here we go again! Hong Kong is a new Concentration camp, as if we didn't see this coming?

I'm curious. How old was that Harrier at the time?

The only fighter jet to ever capture my imagination.

I’ve seen the same thing in GTA.

I swear to god i saw this video monhs ago. Why was it only uploaded last week.

Harriers do float my boat.. Thank you.

What happened to the wingman?

I remember this. 🤣 it sold lots of papers

Why did he get benched because of this? He saved the jet. He should be commended. Wasn’t his fault the communications failed

Harrier makes the van look tiny!

Been telling various people about this for years,could never find any info on it.

It's obvious, he was looking for a parking slot and saw the previous harrier pull out

What is that squiggly line on the canopy??

Because he is a pro gamer

Van be like... "BRUH? At least buy me dinner first"

That's how I parked my harrier at AIX(BF2 Mod) 😂👌

officer: Sir we know you have a fighter jet but thats no escuse, heres your ticket pilot: ill give you a flight? officer: yep no offenders here all legal parking here over * cuuuushh * ok let me in

Lands like a hero...but where's the handbrake again?

So Ian Watson went to Australiam Airforces or Canada Airfoces , they have F/A-18

I would like to buy one that Harrier

Where did the other guy go?

he can be my wingman any time

I parked my bicycle on a colleagues bike space once

Why did a Harrier have to land on a ship? Lucas Electrics maybe?

3:52 ok who ordered the harrier ??

Watson was inexperienced and his communications fault was not his making. I think he did a superb job but if he had ejected he would have been fine. He landed a plane in amazing circumstances but its not by the book. So due to the embarrassment of the landing he got his wrist slapped, even though it saved the plane. It's was a temp slap he later was back on his career with flying colours. It was just emebarssing for the too brass but it saved a 40m plane for 500k. Royal navy should have said what stunning landing it was and it saved the plane.

Didn’t a privately American owned harrier do the same more recently?

Yeah I definitely own a harrier jump jet

imagine if the uk goverment gets sent unpaid parking tickets years later

So he saved a £40m jet instead of ditching it and was reprimanded? What shitty officer got pissed at him for that!!

0:04 Anyone else want to bring out their cutter at this moment?

Why did Ian gained 900 hours in a us plane.

That wasn'ta salvage claim the RN paid. It was a fine for double parking.

Hms Illustrious is now in European waters? It wasn’t involved in the Falklands war.

@4:22 Amelia Earhart???

i have toyota in my yard want to buy it?

1:10 where original meme

This is old!

Because rule britannia!

I landed a f14 in an helipad in a skycraper in a certain simulation about gang crime

BECAUSE THAT BARGE IS REGISTERED CIA SOVEREIGN TERRITORY.

@BFBS Creative - anytime you feel like posting a postive video DO SO... anyone who posts "problems, negatives..." just step back and speak to Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" Ward, get a non biased view please... think in this day and age, it's time someone stood up for what the Harrier did well. Idea for you - do a fair balanced video - it's also called hard work, I'm not ex military, though sounds like you're taking an easy route... if you're pro F35 then become a fighter pilot and fly one, if not - then do a fair balanced view, it's called reporting. I'd like to see an answer from REAL HARRIER PILOTS WHO FLEW THE AIRCRAFT, rather than an armchair back seat driver as this is what it sounds like.