Testing If Passengers Can Land an Airliner Without a Pilot
2024 ж. 10 Нау.
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Emergency Landing | Both pilots have fallen unwell and become incapacitated, in this case, can one of the passengers pilot the Airbus A320 down to the ground in this emergency landing situation?
Thank you to the Manchester Flight Sim Centre for letting us use their A320 sim for this video
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This is every phone call with my mother explaining how to print an email.
Amen
"What is on the screen now?" - "Oh, there is this lovely vase with the dried rose you once gifted me standing on it!"
Absolutely hilarious 😂 well done 😂😂😂😂
hahahaha hilarious!
lol
Dude in the glasses should never be allowed on a plane, just in case someone’s needed to land it..😂😂
Or anywhere else where he has to follow directions.....
So true
Agreed!! Too much focus on “alpha” “papa” “confirmed” “affirmative” “negative” and not enough attention on actually following directions. Couldnt believe he started adjusting descent rate instead of adjusting altitude, RIGHT BELIW THE FREAKIN’ ALTITUDE READOUT!! LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
...any landing you can walk away from his a good landing. Or, so I've been told.
He's "fully retar-ded."
henry struggling to understand how headings wrap back to 0 after 359 😂
He must be a flat earther
@@user-wi8nc9wo3x Nope, just your typical yank
To be fair, there are a million things in a cockpit and its not clear that he knew what button he was using. Also, I think most passengers would not know how plane navigation works. Give him a break.
Think he's an American.
@@gavinwilkinson3722 and?
Anyone else screaming at the screen "Henry noooo" ha ha. Well done guys, that was great fun to watch.
xd, yea
Not yettttttt
🤣🤣🤣🤣
God i hope im never on a place in an emergency with Henry on board
Every flight sim nerd gonna be laughing at this 😂
Year for sure 😂
Damn right lol
Fr lmao 😂
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Me
Flight simers would appreciate this opportunity sooooo much more! What a dream it would be.
Literally my dream 😂
Flying a plane is a very sensory experience though. I would probably struggle landing an airliner even with my 62 hours of flight training. The simulator can be very good for learning procedures though. Especially with vatsim.
You can go fly one of these sims as a non-pilot, quite a few companies offer it around the country as an experience day
we would land so easily even Captain would ask: are you a pilot? you kidding me right😅 XPlane 10,11,12 Sim Pilot here
Well, I would not be surprised if there are a few museums, and private enthusiast organisations/companies, within a reasonable distance to you, that have simulators that are more accessible than the professional commercial companies. I have the fortune of living an hours drive from a museum with a handful of "rescued" older simulators. A DC-10, an A320, a Convair 440, a Saab 35, a "toy" Saab 39. And a LinkTrainer. None of this is for free, of course, but prices are within reason. It makes for a fun day-trip with friends... had I any... 🙂
6:01 every pilot watching's heart rate went up
As someone who flew an Airbus 320 in the Flight Sim, my heart didnt stop ebcause the Autopilot was still set on 10k feet. hahahaha
@@clean713 "I repeat, the engines are fully retarded" - Guy piloting a plane some hundreds of feet from the runway
I‘ve never flown an Aircraft nor played on any flight simulator but when I saw that he turned that V/S knob to 4000 I was like STOOOOP THAT‘S VERTICAL SPEED!!! 😂
The girl in the video needs to get a pilots licence, she was so calm.
I know! She did really well under pressure
Thank you :)
She did awesome
nah because it's just a simulation. imagine flying 32000ft and the crew informed you that you've been selected to land the plane safely. the first second i'm sitting in the pilot seat, would be push the stick, down to 10000ft and pray for the best. just Impulsive Thought kicking in
Fair enough but how would she do, parking it at the stand? 🤣😂 sorry.
This clearly shows the absolutely incredible technology that is present in these planes. Apart from the incredible stress, this is what it takes.
Fortunately the pilots were able to set up the approach in the MCDU before they keeled over, great job by all 4 of you. Next video is Autopilot off at 1000 ft 😀
Won't the approach procedure be already programmed into the MCDU when they get the IFR clearance?
Imagine this but on IFR conditions, mountainous terrain, no auto land. I think results would be a bit different hahaha. Great video!
What annoys me is when people act like they know stuff and then mess it up worse than expected
Affirmative
for real. Like the third older white guy. He keeps saying shit like “Roger, affirmative” and “standby” like bro just say yes or hold on. and the worst is when he kept moving the knob for the rate of decent omg i clenched my ass so hard u just wanted to smack his hand and say “stop touching shit when you ain’t supposed to!”
and when he put his hand on the thrust levers and said “hand in place on thrust levers” and just instead of listening he decided to pull the thrust back all the way then when the guy said “no dont do that-“ he just said “thrust levers retarded” like oh my god it is terrible.
and then he said mission accomplished….. this isn’t a video game bro what😭
@@ReesesPeanutDoggerExactly it's like don't act like you have some experience and use 'the terminology' and make a big picture of yourself and then be awful in reality..
I would love to do this (in the simulator obviously) I'm a keen flight sim enthusiast. I love flying the study level Fenix A320. I have spent tonnes of hours learning how to set up the aircraft from cold and dark and can (fairly) confidently fly entire flights. Fun fact: when you pull out those knobs, it's changing that setting from 'managed mode' to 'selected mode'. The latter is you telling the aircraft's FMGC (flight management guidance computer) to override the pre programmed information and tell what the autopilot to do manually.
Fantastic video, Sunny, Matt and Henry great job and Mark you can be my wingman any time😂. Martin and Andy an absolutely brilliant production bravo.
I like how the guy has concluded he might be twisting the wrong knob, but he just keeps twisting announcing that he’s twisting it as though that won’t have catastrophic consequences lol
That raised my heart rate! Brilliant! 😃
Henry sounding like a goddamn robot
"THRUST LEAVERS FULLY RETARDED"
What an awesome video!! Loved every minute of it
Absolutely amazing video guys. Awesome production too, was hooked from start to finish 😁👍🏻👍🏻
i literally cried when the last one touched down after making a critical mistake.
Loved this so much haha I'm impressed!!
They would never even figure out how to communicate with the tower to begin with
Flight attendants usually have phones within the plane to contact their company. If they do this, then someone on the ground would be able to help them figure out how to key up on the mic to contact tower.
Good thing I play Microsoft flight sim
dont be sceptical Jimmy that woman would sort it
Absolutely brilliant. 👍🏻
What a ride this was. Nooo Henry 😅 lol. Fantastic content guys.
As a flight simmer with about a million hours, i'm always waiting for the moment to be called to the cockpit lol
by who?
A million..?
@@ReesesPeanutDogger Exaggerating, but I do have a lot for sure.
@@anthonycales9118 it's wild that someone actually got skeptical about you saying a million
@@sloppyy ikr 🤷♂️
To be fair, the auto land system landed the sim. Put them in a C172 trainer.
Awesome video! I would love to know how the passengers would react if they had to establish radio contact first without help from the crew.
It seems very unlikely passengers would be called and more like the crew be doing it
@@England91 Well yes, of course. The chance of a passenger being called to the cockpit is near zero in a real world scenario. However it would be a nice experiment.
I would love to try this
I like how they always do these tests on airbuses because they’re so automated and easy normal civilians would have hell on a boeing aircraft like the 737😭😭
Maybe one for another vid 😏
I’d still get them to do an auto land in a 737. Set them up exactly the same way.
Autopilot is on MEL. Best of luck! 😂😂
737 would be more complicated, but it still has autoland. Put someone in a CRJ or E170/190 and see how that goes...
This was great, but in 99.9% of cases the plane will crash unless SOMEONE knows how to initially contact ATC in the first place. I wouldn't have a clue tbh, and I've spent years playing sims, just on a surface level. I'm 70% sure I could land the plane, 60% sure I would destroy the undercarriage, 40% sure I'd kill someone and 100% sure I'd f**k it up regardless.
Fantastic watch! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great pilot directing the newbie! Fascinating video, thanks!
Many thanks!
Our PMDG 737 flight simulators give you a realistic ability to do this for sure. I was fortunate enough to be able to experience one of these real simulators and the aircraft can indeed practically and realistically land itself given the right inputs and button pushes. Good instruction is definitely necessary and the technology is so advanced these days. Great job and video! Watch some of the flight simmers on KZhead handle some of these sim aircraft. (Myself Included) VERY REALISTIC and close enough to the real thing for you to get at least the general idea of some of the skills and knowledge necessary to be a real pilot. Real Pilots are amazing, hard working, very knowledgeable and trained in so many things us sim guys DON'T ever do and get all of us safely and reliably around the world. Say THANK YOU to the next real pilot you have the opportunity to encounter, and I hope to see you on one of my flight sims!
Absolutely amazing video guys 👍
Thank you 🫶
That last guy trollin’ on 100%
Most passengers would not be able to figure out how to operate the radios to contact air traffic control. They would have no idea what frequency to call, and it could take a long time before they could contact anyone for assistance.
There are backup emergency comms.
Brilliant !
beautiful! i love this!!
Granted i have more than average hours playing flight simulator, but I landed a B1 bomber in the training simulator at an air force base (my friend's dad was in charge of the simulator towards the end of his long AF career). He set me up for a straight in approach after flying around for a bit to get a feel for everything, but i nailed it. Afterwards, I saw my approach path vs the ideal path on his computer screen and i was stayed on it the entire time and rolled out smoothly. I only brag because i know full well that i had no chance of landing without lots of help and setup with perfect conditions.
"Lower the landing gear now!" "You do realise that will mean putting the walkie talkie down..."
Brilliant
I knew modern airliners were somewhat automated, but it's pretty shocking just HOW automated they are. And all is well with these automated systems until an errant line of code causes problems.... Great job to the 3 pilots!
I just want to wish you good luck. We’re all counting on you!
Amazing video! Loved it.
Thanks a ton!
Nice from control! Bit funny scenarios and very demonstrative (y)
If I get an explanation of the flaps and thrust can't I try visual? Can always call it off if there's fuel
Contol forgot to mention the ejector
Henry needs to be kicked out of the cockpit 😂
Even knowing youre in a simulator that would be so intense. Its actually pretty cool these planes do so much stuff themselves and by just setting altitude and coords rather than going gung ho on the yoke.
Sunny was so calm and collected. She looked like she'd done that a dozen times
This is on my bucket list. Would love to do it.
good video will try that sim
love this
Great watch
Excellent,!
As someone who has a bit of experience with flight sims and a pretty good knowledge of navigation and controls. I think I would be able to land a plane if I had to. It probably wouldn’t be a pretty landing but I believe I would be able to do it. Although if I had zero knowledge, I don’t think I’d be able to do it.
Yes. It is called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
This is why I will always volunteer myself, even with my disability and reduced clarity in my speech. It is essential in critical situations that we adhere to 3 way repeat and read back. If you're into football this is why during the infamous Liverpool v Tottenham game at the beginning of the 23/24 season, Simon Hooper the on field referee and VAR Darren England got it so wrong, none of them, partly due to poor PGMOL protocols, confirmed what was actually happening, nether of them stated what was being checked, or repeated/questioned what was being checked, there was a lot of "yes mate's" said while both assumed they were talking about the same thing when in fact it was the complete opposite. It's worth listening to the dialogue even if you're not into football to understand the importance communication and repeating information so all parties know they are on the same page. This is why Henry struggled throughout, yes or affirmative alone has no meaning, nor did it give Cpt Mark any feedback so he could've been in a better position to correct or aid Henry, and for Mark, he should have worded it so retarder was earlier in the landing dialogue, "when you hear retarder, and only when you hear, these are the controls you operate...", I think with Matt and Sunny the instructions must've been clearer, but if Henry had done a read back before his actions, despite the radio interference, the potential problematic error, depending on the airport approach could've been avoided. I do think it really matters who the assistant is though, they need to be calming, personable and have clarity with giving instructions. Anyone who has given family members tech support over the phone knows the struggle, I always ask do you see this, what did you just do, especially when I'm getting no feedback, so I can keep track of the steps taken. Every person training to help land a plane should have to do "family member remote tech assistance", if they can survive that ordeal, they'll be fine helping a rando land a plane haha.
This has strong Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes vibes. It's a game about diffusing a bomb where one person sees the bomb and one or more players don't, but they have the manual that the diffuser doesn't have.
❤❤❤❤ super excited 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤ Great job love ....
Henry not allowed to drive his friends around anymore
I guess the real question is how fast ATC can connect the passenger with a pilot with expertise in the exact model of plane they're flying. Cause while the guy in the video is good, you're not always going to have someone that well-prepped for the situation immediately on hand.
I was lucky enough to use an F15 simulator when I was stationed at SJAFB in North Carolina. The person running the simulator had me attempt landing several times and I crashed every single time. It's a lot harder than it sounds.
Oh wow... Very original idea.
it is briliant...
Great video I would just love a crack at that!
This is just IT in a nutshell
The calmest passenger ever!
OMG I want to do this so bad! The A320 is one of my favorites in MSFS.
Book yourself in at the sim! Give it a go
If a person is ever in this situation, I believe the hardest part is being able to establish communication with ATC.
Headphone with a Mic❌ Walkie Talkie✅
Maybe if possible, set a tougher challenge for 3 other would-be pilots,.. except on a twin-engined aircraft (e.g. 737 or A320),. when one engine is 50% down on power; see if they can land it.
The A320 can still auto land on one engine
@@marklangston3107 :) Shhhh,.. ;)
Cool they done well.
Loved this hilarious
You already removed the hardest part - well 2nd hardest part after getting IN to the cockpit: dialing in the correct frequency and actually have someone to talk to.
In the video they didn't do that part.
They should make a game out of this like "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes".
It's the little room with pilots in it, but that's not important now
Guy in the glasses wanted to save that gallon of fuel
Dude in glasses should not be allowed out in public for the safety of humanity.
Gotta make it authentic and use the aircraft's radios! You've got them wearing the headset and everything, but using a dinky little hand-held walkie-talkie.
😂 as a flight simmer i cna relate this was me when i started
...there's always one... I dont want that guy in the glasses anywhere near me 😂
One thing I'm interested in is whether someone could figure out how to establish radio communication without prior knowledge of how to do it.
6:10 ATC says: put altitude to 4000 ft. Man with glasses: It says -2900, -3000, -4000 🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆. I'm dying out of laughter 😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣. No one should ever let him pilot a plane ever! He first of all: turns off the autopilot by pressing the rudder peddles, then doesn't know how to press AP1 to turn auto pilot back on. Then when atc tells him to bring down altitude to 4,000 and they tell him which stick it is on the dashboard he some how 😆😆 press the other one and has it on -800, -1500, -2500 🤣🤣🤣🤣. OMG! I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
😂 the best thing is he is aware of it.......
this was amazing, ah such a beautiful content, have to say that the woman was so relaxed it's fabulous.😄🍃
Glad you enjoyed it!
“Thrust levers are fully re##rded”💀💀💀
Henry is acting professionally and did not land bad but pulling the trust back at 100 ft before the ground another level
Yeah, even we were holding on at that point 😄
That projector wash-out was awful once it was "night" outside. Should've switched the camera's settings so the light wouldn't've been needed.
The guy without hat could not follow instructions in a simulator, imagine with the added panic of a real emergency. However, it would have helped if he was told what the controls he was asked to act on were for and what the outcome of his action was expected to be. For example clearly explain that pulling the thrust levers all the way back reverse the thrust, push the plane backward.
this test lacks the real life stress levels in an actual situation
"Keep talking and nobody explodes" but with an airplane console
You should compare someone with only car license vs someone with multi licence and some extra papers for excavator, combine harvester or something.
As a sim a320 pilot this is my dream :)
With a quick crash course in flying, most people should be able to fly an airliner and make it to the ground alive (even without ATC). At least in 95% of cases. In order to not die 5% of the time, there exist professional pilots.
I promise you will almost always have a student pilot who has been preparing for that day his whole life lol. If both pilots are dead you're probably also dead
Man in the hat was cool, calm, and collected.
Meanwhile, flight sim pilots are gonna be like, can I just get atc heading to next waypoint please. We are finishing the flight.
This confirms what every man thinks... we can land a plane if needed.
Como um piloto de helicóptero e instrutor de voo, posso dizer que a moça foi muito bem. Soube cumprir as instruções de forma muito objetiva. Sobre o cara de óculos, não posso dizer o mesmo hahaha
I would love to do this
As a pilot in USA i was told by the FAA at a meeting right after 9/12 to identify myself as a pilot when checking in for a flight so they can make a note in thr passenger manifest in the event of an emergency. Obviously i would not be type rated in the a/c i am a passenger on, but i would be able to manually fly the aircraft in IFR conditions and understand ATC communications.
Love how they managed to get Sacha Baron Cohen to do the commentary.