Massive respect to the suspension engineers at Boeing. They use RyanAir metrics to design their crucial parts

Ryanair is just more friendly than other airlines. They even high five the runway on landing

My worst landing as a passenger was on United about 18 years ago. The pilot came out and took his lumps as we deplaned, I was impressed by his willingness to show his face after that landing. Major respect for him.

My dad was an airline employee (not a pilot), so we got discount fares, and I've had lots of flights across the US in my life. I remember one in particluar; escorting my daughter to a college in Canada. The pilots were greeting the de-planing passengers, and I just HAD to stop and tell him, "That was the smoothest landing I've ever felt: like a mother cat setting down her kitten!" His smile and heartfelt thanks were worth any discomfort I may have felt about being "so bold" or shy... ;-)

The famous “Concerned pilot watching questionable content” face of Kelsey. My MAN!

I love it when you say “ask me how I know” lol

Ryanair did greet the passengers the one time that I flew with them. Although as I was exiting the plane, in response to their spectacular landing, my dad asked the pilot “Did we land or get shot down??”. I wouldn’t be surprised if they stopped greeting the passengers after that 💀

Kelsey has the git of explaining complex ideas in a way ANYBODY can understand.

Just so you know... I flew out of DFW yesterday, on a 737 (AA) and we hit some really bad turbulence... Service had just started and the pilot came on the PA to announce they were suspending service due to "some bad air up here", and would resume once it stopped. Well it never stopped, it was pretty bad, I had a window seat above the wing and looking out he window you could see the wing flex and bend in the turbulence. Looking over my seat at everyone in front of me, their heads were rocking back and forth, seats moving all in sync. It was rough, it was somewhat violent and I remained calm and didn't panic... Why? Because you have said, there's never been a case of a turbulence bringing down a plane. They are made and designed with turbulence in mind. So just wanted to say thank you, I haven't flown since 1985 and between your channel, Mentour's channel and the Mid Air Disasters channel, I have seen a ton of airplane accident videos. And let's just say, I was a little nervous flying.

I always enjoy how you admit your mistakes. I always admit that you learn by your own mistakes, nobody is perfect. Keep up the great videos.

I love the fact that modern planes are so over engineered that a pilot can botch a landing like that and, in the grand scheme of things, everything is ok.

Love your analysis of these landings. Your explanation is easy to understand. Stay safe! ✈️ ❤

I fly with Ryanair regularly to see my family in Ireland and I don’t often see the pilot at the door, I always just assumed it was because they have such a short turnaround time. The other airline I fly most often with is EasyJet! Whenever I see a go around clip now I’m always looking for the gear to go up!

Yeah, thanks for staying honest and humble admitting your educational experiences.

Just want to say I love your channel! I can get bored with lots of channels but I’ve been watching you since the pandemic-every video! Love the combo of technical info/explanation, general info, occasional humor! It has help me feel more at ease & educated as a traveler! Thank you!!!

I found it very helpful in your video where you highlighted how you could see so much of the right engine at one time and then how you could see the difference in the position of the wheels as the plane "rocked" before landing. That brought to my attention the extent of the rocking and how you could notice that long before the dramatic dip of the right wing and the lifting up of the left wheels. Thank you for your excellent video.

"Ask me how I know..." while putting that grim face hahaha... Love it. Bad boy Casey!

Good morning and Happy Sunday! Thanks for posting another video, Kelsey!

The pilot learned from famous chinese CFI One Wing Low. On a serious note, in GA we don't usually have pods below the wings and even low wing planes land with one main touching down first in crosswind intentionally. The real issue was sink rate here on touch down. You don't flare a GA plane, you fly it down the runway until the stall warning gives you permission to land about a foot of the ground with the mains and two with the nose gear. And you never release the back pressure on the stick.

Thank you very much! Your explanations are always great! 😊 Especially how it is explained. And your honesty in all things. I also think it is far better to be humble and honest and always willing to learn than to risk even greater difficulties. All the best and keep the blue side up! 😊

Now I only fly light aircraft, but the point of view in the flare, and muscle memory, is similar to going from my work truck, to my Explorer. Truck is 72 feet long, explorer is 10. First couple turns on the way home are wicked wide.

I like the images and animations you've added to your videos. Really enjoy your commentary!

At 2:31 the windsock is in the middle of the frame, and it's straight out. It might be sunny and clear, but it looks like there's a monster crosswind.

These types of videos made me learn a lot from aviation. Thanks for all of the great content and congrats on 1 million!

I don't think the wingtip touched, but it sort of looks like the right nacelle did. Also, you could have pressed a pair of pants under those ANA 787 tires at 2:58 he absolutely *GREASED* that landing.

Love your content, keep it coming.

When I flew with Ryan Air they consistently landed really hard. Much harder than any other airline I have flown with. A few times enough to feel it in my spine. This was a big part of why I stopped flying with them, despite being the cheapest option at the time.

It was landing on runway 28L @ Dublin, at 7.18 minutes into the video you can clearly see the windsock under the influence of a strong southerly crosswind.

Man, I'm glad I found your channel. This is awesome!! Thanks.

Hmmm, on the 737 and now Airbus depending on the crosswind having a little bit of wing into wind is common. What doesn’t help is those barn doors on the wing tips. When I fly the older A320 with the original wingtip fence I find it a lot more forgiving in a crosswind than the sharklets. Flown into Dublin many times, it can be very rough on the approach.

Kel, Thank you for explaining so I can understand and learn. Now when I fly I enjoy the whole experience! I feel like an insider.

In 1962, my Father, an Air Force pilot in full uniform, and our family were flying to a new duty station in Bermuda. The airplane had a very rough landing in Atlanta and as we were exiting the airplane, the pilots were standing in the door to the cockpit. When Dad got in front of them, he told the captain "You are buying the coffee today". The captain looked embarrassed and nodded.

its Ryainair, they won't care

So, if you stop it right as he's passing over the other Ryanair plane, you can see the windsock. And it's straight out at a front left quartering wind. So there was quite a strong bit of wind, at least partially coming from the left.

Another great video! Thank you for using your time to make these for us! Much appreciated.

If 156 passengers walked away. It was a good landing 👌 Another great vlog 😊

Only time I've ever been afraid on a plane was Ryanair into Dublin - it smashed into the runway so hard it felt more like a crash than a landing the collective intake of breath of passengers was very audible.

If they were flying into Dublin on some occasions it can be as windy as hell. Flying out of Dublin on one occasion we had just got airborne and were hit by one hell of gust from the side and you could see the tarmac getting very close then the pilot corrected and off we went to Bristol.

Hi Kelsey, always enjoy your videos so thanks. I've flown on Ryanair many times over the years and boy do they slam the aircraft down on the tarmac real hard. I believe they are always under pressure to get the planes down on or before time but it always worries me the stresses it must cause on the airframe.

I notice some characteristics of Kelsey. He is insightful, educational, a natural story teller, and very funny. He also fly's B-747's too. And another quality is he brings out the best in commentors. I love the Kelsey content, but I really anticipate the stories from the commentors too. Bravo all around.

Always great to hear your assessments, Kelsey!!! In support of the Easyjet insistence on the go-around, it's probably just a better standard to keep it deliberate. Once a go-around is called, just follow through. There have been quite a few incidents made worse by the indecision of the pilots... a "do we...don't we...do we...don't we..." chain of flip-flopping that ultimately loses what little control there was. Kind of like the advice (most often) given about "porpoising"... "Don't bother trying to save a landing. It's easier to just go around and try to get set up properly for a good stable landing on the next try." I'm no professional at the whole flying thing... It just seems to carry over from all other machine and particularly vehicular skills I've been exposed to or taught. "Never EVER get in a fight with your machine. You WILL lose." SO any method by which one can avoid jerking the controls around or stomping on pedals is probably to the benefit of the plane, passengers, cargo, and especially the pilot and his career... at least from where I see it. The bigger the machine, the worse the idea gets for jerking around or fighting with the controls. I DO have a question... maybe a silly one... BUT "How important is it to have clean underwear as a pilot?" I know from truck driving, in the case of an accident, "First you'll say it, and then you're gonna do it." SO underwear get soiled... haha ;o)

I appreciate the end when you said something about that it is harder to explain to your flight attendants about why it was a hard landing. There was a puddle....the runway was wet....or yeah the sky was blue.

I can't get over how addictive your videos are. Super informative and they help me with my anxiety over flying to hear everything that goes on behind the scenes that we, as passengers, don't get to experience!

The graphics are getting better and better, well done team. So informative, love your style Kelsy.

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I live a 30-minute drive from Pittsburgh International Airport and 2 small regional airports. One is on a reserve base, and the other is where the medievac helicopter comes from. So there is a ton of air traffic over where I live. I have been following air traffic on the flight radar 24 app for 6+ months now. I have noticed that the 737 and A320 are the 2 loudest planes who fly over. I can hear them both over the sound of TV, air-condition, and fans running vs. all the others, I will only head if I am outside. I love to hear them and get so excited to pull up flight radar anytime I hear any air traffic and announce the type of plane, the airline, where its coming from, and where it's going and the current altitude to any person in ear shot. Not really related to this video just felt like talking about it. I did bust out laughing at the comment about Ryan air being friendlier than other airlines, so much so that they high five the runway. 😂 too dang funny

Ryanair are rather well known for 'hard' landings- been on them a few times and always slightly scary.

Hey I just have to say I enjoy your channel so much! I am not a pilot or anything like that but have always been interested in aviation and how things work. I find your channel very entertaining and informative! Keep up the great work! Viewer from Canada ❤

looking at the stabilizers on the easyjet, it looked like the pilot flying called the go around as soon as the first bounce was a little off balance. it hit, the stabilizers straightened a little, and then went up to climb and stayed there.

You left out a vital bit of information. This happened in Dublin during extremely high winds last November. Most fights were diverted to Shannon Airport that day and the rest only landed on their second try. "Weather conditions were far from ideal for flyers yesterday as Met EIreann issued an urgent weather warning as severe and damaging gusts battered counties nationwide. The entire country was even placed on a status yellow wind and rain alert" Also there is a wind sock visible 2:18 seconds on the videos

Brilliant explanation, analysis and commentary. I have been educated and informed to an amazing degree. Bravo

Love your videos, the quality is also improving with more illustrations, i also want to be a pilot one day and i learn a lot from you channel, just wanna show my appreciation.👍🤝🤝

At 5:31 you said that there isn't a wind sock visible but at 2:30 you are able to see one. Great video regardless and very enjoyable

I bet at least one of the passengers in that flight had to change their pants immediately after it landed like that.

LH1397 from PRG to FRA. Plane hit turbulence on the descent but the pilot landed so smooth we didn't even feel when the gears touch the ground. Absolute perfection and the first time in 20 years I heard the passengers clap afterwards. I hope the pilots appreciate these gestures.

Thanks Kelsey. As always you explain things in a way we all can understand! Be safe & of course….keep the blue side up!

Incredible how Ryanair is able to leverage leading edge aviation technology and still put everybody on the edge of their seats.

Thank you Thank you Thank you! I hadn't flown in 15 years and was not looking forward to my flight to Newfoundland yesterday. After watching your videos, I learned SO much I walked onto that plane like I owned it. I knew what every sound was, I knew exactly what to expect, and was able to give my sister confidence when sounds made her nervous. You helped me have a really wonderful experience. :-D

My favorite Kelsey quote…with the gleam in the eye and smirky smile…”Ask me how I know” 😁

It was awesome to finally meet you man, hopefully your stay in Tucson was good.

Seems like a perfect Ryanair landing.

With their business model, Ryanair would charge you extra for that landing, due to the additional excitement value they've given you! 💰

When I went to Rome in 2009, Ryan Air from East Midlands to Champiro, the pilot took off like a rocket both times. Long roll out, then whoosh!! We climbed so fast it stuck us to the seats. Then, both landings were identical too, dumped down and one wing almost scraping the ground.

Just have to say your channel is fantastic! It’s very informative and funny(especially the roast videos). Keep doing what you’re doing Kelsey!

That's an East Midlands to Dublin flight. The training school for Ryanair is there. The training pilot always fly the home leg. I fly Dublin to East Midlands and back a lot. You get used to it. You have to or else my trousers gets destroyed.

Good morning to you, Kelsey👋🏻 from Chicago.😁 I hope this day finds you well and happy🙂 BROTHER! KEEP THE BLUE SIDE UP 🛩🫡

In mitigation there was a strong 15-20kt crosswind that day from the south when many flights were diverted to EINN

I flew for the first time last week thanks to you and your videos. You've ignited a passion I didn't know i had! I'm a paramedic sesrching for a new career due to assaults/personal safety. Went up in a Sling 2 and it was incredible! So THANK YOU.

I'm thinking on the 2nd flight, the decision to go around was already taken before they touched down, the engines already spooling up and the wheels only touched down because of momentum.

Kelsey, can you do a video on cloud formations and which ones you want to stay out of based on visual? We had sheet lighting recently that lasted for an hour and we live in the flight path for the airport. The storm was huge and really no way to go around it unless you made a massive detour. What do you do in those sort of situations? What if you didn't have enough fuel? Anyhow... Hope your day has been awesome and the flight attendants had many snacks for you😂.

G'day Capt Kelsey, of 74 Gear. ;) One of the greatest sights i have ever seen, was from the cockpit of a 747 coming into Sydney Australia, from New Zealand after dark, back in 1978. Yes we passengers were allowed with permission, to go into the cockpit. My girl hadn't been in there before, so I arranged it for us both, what an amazing glittering sight from 80 kms out, and slow descent. My first time in a cockpit was on a vickers viscount.. Now that is going back to when i was about 10 yrs old, my first airline flight was on a Turbo Prop. I feel old now.. :/

I'm an American living in japan and just flew to and from Hokkaido. I have a fear of flying, but watching 74Gear's videos I literally was counting down as we were landing, counting out like the computer. The pilot did a perfect job. Only problem was JAL which after we landed, we had to sit on the taxi way for 30 minutes because the plane in our gate was slow to vacate which was a problem when we took off both times. (No wonder JAL has dropped to #2 in Japan). But watching these videos definitely made me feel much better. Thanks!!!!

Those pilots should have been forced to go back onto the runway with a divot tool and fix the divots they left behind.

Don't know about how Ryan Air does things but once flew in on a regional smaller plane into Baton Rouge on an extremely windy day. Airport near the river, and high winds. We were rocking like that and I damn near lost my lunch on the approach and landing. Very uncomfortable in the back of the plane.

You're level of editing is getting very good. Kudos to your editor 😊

‘Ask me how I know.’ LMAO😂

I fly with Ryanair more than any other airline and never had an issue with them. Staff are very professional and friendly. They are one of the biggest airlines in Europe and unfortunately given the vast number of flights they do, there are probably more examples of issues like this, but no worse on average than any other airline.

I've flown Airlines for over 40 years. I started out flying MD-80's, then when McDonald Douglas folded, I retrained in 737's & have mostly flown them ever since & I'll retire flying '737's, because I'm retiring in about a month. You are right on in everything you said. I have a feeling that the first, terrible landing was Probably A Young Flight Officer just trying to get experience on The Yoke. We were all there once upon a time. I'm sure that there was a long discussion in The Cockpit about that Landing! In The Second Landing, I wouldn't venture to say who was on the Yoke on that one, but I was taught that If You Bounce Once, That's Okay, but if you bounce twice, Go Around. I agree that as it was, you could recover from that Touchdown, but either way, that was a HARD Landing! I saw a video from a Passenger of A 737 fighting a Crosswind on Landing actually Scape A Right Wing On The Runway, Sending Sparks Flying, but they chose to TOGA. Regardless of who was on The Yoke, I'll bet there was some very serious discussion that went on after that incident! This week they had a Right Gear Fire on The Runway at "Hotlanta," Hartsfield. I don't know anymore about it than that, but it shut 9L down for quite a while.

My flight instructor who was a retired 727 pilot put me at ease when he showed me you can control the yoke with one finger. I learned that but also lined up with the taxi way, thankfully he took control and corrected me.

another great video, keep it up good sir ! !

Honestly doesn’t look too bad by Ryan Air standards and considering the bad weather they deal with. One 737 landing I was on it hit so hard bins popped open and I was expecting the gear to shoot through the floor. They are exceptionally tough aircraft.

I may be wrong but it does look like a long landing so the hard landing may have been the pilot trying to force it down and avoid the go-around.

I love how you end every video with 'keep the blue side up'. I've even used it a few times myself.

Great explanation! I learned a ton.

ryan air from what i can truly say with full honestly is a airline

74 Gear... A class above the rest.. #1

Great video, as usual, Kelsey❤

I remember a rough approach into Newcastle airport a few years ago, the landing was very hard.

Ryanair has become the aviation version of Swift trucking, really exciting!

Fun fact: at one point Ryanair was considering charging passengers extra for a soft landing

Great analysis! Theres a windsock just after it passes the other Ryanair plane. Looks like a fairly stiff wind, but not a full crosswind.

Thanks for the video, Kelsey

I hope that the passengers were not charged extra for that plane roll before touchdown

I would have elite status with Ryanair if they'd have a frequent flyer program, so I really do lots of flights with them, but never had any issues really. They have an incredible amount of flights every day, so this could happen here or there.

Kelsey, the nose gear definitely touched down before the left main got back on the ground. Watch the front tires smoke, then the left mains.

Love all the content, learning a ton oh, just a thought or a suggestion oh, have you ever thought about doing a couple episodes on the somewhat popular show airplane repo? Reality versus television

Having been on my share of Ryanair flights, I have always thought that they must have the highest landing gear maintenance in the industry. They seemed to always make extraordinarily hard landings.

To me that looks like a typical Ryanair landing. The EZY had already decided to go around before the second touchdown as the spoilers were retracting during the bounce.

More of those videos please! 🥰

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