Kudos to the Airbus flight crew in staying calm and professional in an extraordinary situation. They did their jobs and got everyone in their care to safety.

That crew was very calm and skilful, and also very lucky. To see all those screens go blank must have been scary.

I've been watching this channel for a long time because I have a morbid fascination with plane crashes. But instead of a fear of flying, they make me aware of things that can go wrong and how they either force change in routine plane management/design or they end well despite some big problems. I don't think I've ever felt safer. Thanks for covering the happier endings, TFC!

I wonder if the passengers realize how lucky they were to have such a skilled crew in the cockpit. Incredible!!!

This shows what a human crew in the cockpit is good for.

The airplane had been in contact with Brest ATCC (France), when the controller noticed the secondary radar signal was lost about 10 minutes prior to a scheduled shift change. He tried to contact the Easyjet Airbus several times on radio without success. Attempts were made to contact the aircraft via another Easyjet on the company frequency and on the emergency frequency, without success. The ATC personnel feared a catastropic event. A westbound aircraft, flight AA-63, checked in shortly afterwards at FL320. The controller realised that there was a potential conflict with the Easyjet and commanded the American Airlines to descend to FL310 asking, whether they could see the Easyjet on their TCAS, which was replied to in the negative. The shift change took place, the oncoming controller reissued the clearance to immediately descend to FL310 to the American. The American now started their descent, the crew reported a few moments later, that they had seen an "Easyjet 737" pass overhead without being visible on their TCAS. ATC were relieved, that the airplane had been located but concerned about the close proximity to another aircraft. A few moments later the transponder signal of the Easyjet reappeared, one minute later the transponder code changed to emergency. The AAIB reported, that while the AC ESS FEED push button selector switch failed to reconfigure the electrical system in flight disabling the crew to restore power to the left electrical network, the system operated normally on the ground during subsequent testing. The crew could not verify the current selections of a number of systems, as the captions of the switches had disappeared and the switch positions did not change (significantly) with selection. An intermittent fault was found in an electronic component of the #1 Generator Control Unit (GCU 1), which probably caused the #1 generator trip on the outbound flight to Alicante. Recurrence of the GCU 1 fault probably caused the de-energisation of the AC BUS 1 and the following severe electrical system disruption. The GCU1 had been repeatedly been rejected from service, possibly because of the same intermittent fault, and returned to service without the fault being found. No system was in place at the GCU manufacturer's repair organisation to identify units repeatedly rejected from service and not found faulty or identify units suffering repetitive faults. Both audio cards of all three Audio Management Units (AMU) rely on supplies from the DC essential bus. The unit ceases to function when both audio cards are unpowered. Loss of the DC essential bus as result of the loss of the AC BUS 1 and AC essential bus renders all three VHF radios inoperative. Airbus have stated, that in the light of this finding they are evaluating if the power supply to the AMUs needs to be modified. Ciao ;)

Thank God they didn't collide, and this is once again proof that pilots are real life heroes. The amount of things they have to deal with, analyze, decide and act upon during situations like these!

Even when you’re 30,000 feet in the air flying your own tomb, the first troubleshooting step is still “have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?” Damn.

It's really scary to know that a simple little electrical problem can cause a very serious plane crash. Hopefully, these incidents will allow the manufacturer to correct these problems for increased aviation safety.

Hats off to the pilots who kept calm and landed the aircraft safely. Pilots are amazing people who do extraordinary things and hardly receive any recognition.

This is one of the best channels ive seen...Never was their a video I didn't like... everything is just so put together perfectly....the.chills and tears i get at the end are because it really draws you in as if you were the passengers😢or the families...as soon as i see 'the flight channel' pop up i drop everything and watch....keep up thre amazing works.This was way too close for comfort.. excellent job to the flight crew

That had to be terrifying for the flight crew. Despite that, and despite the fact that the plane was significantly harder to fly, they brought it down perfectly. Im sure the passengers didn't even know there was a problem. Those are top shelf pilots right there

Sheer skill and judgement got the through. They deserve a medal !! 🏅🏅🏅

How lucky were those passengers, the Easyjet crew did a brilliant job in bringing the aircraft home under extreme pressure, the fight deck crew were hopefully congratulated .

The peak of Airbus vs. Boeing competition

I never heard of this incident before, sure it must be forgotten. Thank you for the reminder.

Great pilots! Well trained, excellent crew resource management, and calm decision making in the face of potentially deadly problems. I'd fly with them anytime. 👍❤️

The skies are actually a mess of traffic. I can't imagine the feeling of knowing that all meters and comm have gone dark and you are just on your own. Anything could have happened. Thankfully, the crew showed superior airmanship, awareness, and used their training to get their craft on the ground and everyone in it safely.

Dear Lord. Glad everyone got on the ground safely. Could have gone very differently.

"AVOID ADVERSE CONDITIONS" That's always good advice.

Well done to the EasyJet crew involved in this flight. A good example of CRM, with the Captain handing control over to the First Officer when he realized that the FO had some flight displays, when we've all seen other unfortunate accidents where the entire crew got distracted in the troubleshoot process.

I knew I wasn’t dreaming. For the first time this channel reconstructed an event that includes a Jet2!

Great channel, man! Wishing you all the best, further development of your channel and wish all your dreams come true! I’ve been watching your vids for approx 3 years, and all of the are top tier. Even though I have no relation to aviation at all.

No communication whatsoever, it's a real nightmare in the sky! They are very lucky, by not colliding during the flight but also when approaching Bristol Airport and when landing...

These videos are so interesting, with everything that's involved with flying and then the process and the steps taken to solving the puzzle when something goes wrong. These videos are addictive.

The radar controller has a button to push, that show’s primary target (airplane), but he didn’t push it. Also, there are lost-comm procedures, basically fly your flight plan to destination (unless you have a horrible situation), cleared route and altitudes assigned until you need to descend. From the tower, you look for their light gun signaling “steady green light, cleared to land”. We have procedures for every situation. This plane had multiple electrical problems. It was dispatched properly and legally, and no one was aware of the hidden gremlins, that day. It’s good it was daytime and good weather.

Well done the Easyjet Pilots, that was a very busy and stressful flight for them.I wonder if the passengers knew. TFC, thanks another excellent reproduction of the events and well explained.

Great post! Everyone like to talk about how Airbus is perfect, and super easy to fly. I think the pilots in the cock pit of 6074 might have a different position. I have great reverence for the professionals that keep us alive and flying around the world everyday!

To say that was nerve wracking is an understatement

I wish to be a pilot, and these videos are extremely helpful for teaching about common mistakes and malfunctions. Thanks a lot TFC

Your reconstructions are amazing! Great video!

Amazing display once again. Thanks for the content

Just when I thought Flight Channel couldn't get any better, EVERYONE LIVES! I started my day off with a great feeling! I love it! Awesome channel.

This should be clearly written in the SOP - in the event of radio and transponder failure, you must stick to the flight plan. This solution gives clarity to everyone in the environment (other pilots and ATC). The crew did a good job deciding to stick to the planned flight path until the happy ending.

I find it quite amazing, how is it possible, that 2 small (compared to the whole volume of the skies) planes going around 900kmh each can collide with each other...

For the first time, I watched your video on a big-screen 4k tv. Wow, what a difference; great job.

Damn. Another mid air collision video. I request you to make one of Charkhi Dadri mid air collision as well, the mid air collision with most casualties. Such intriguing story combined with your quality of videos will be certainly what I await

As always great video!

Absolutely amazing! I have to think the daylight conditions is what saved these two planes and all their passengers. Great piloting but in the dark, awareness to dodge the other plane would have been lost. Strange to me that so many electrical failures on a new plane. Thank you for another great presentation.

In case of emergencies Airbus need to include a pad of paper and a marker pen in the cockpit so that, when the military escort jets approach, the pilot can stick a note in the windscreen saying 'don't worry - we're not hostile'.

huge salute to the pilots !!

Thank you The Flight Channel.⭐✈Props to the flight crew!👍👍💓😊

Thank God, they landed safely

God bless these great pilots. Greetings from Rome Italy

Very so close! luckily no one's injured or dead onboard once again and how lucky pilots they are!

Kudos to the pilots❤ Great video as always!!

Shouldn't the flight crew receive an award? Cause they absolutely deserve one! I've heard on this channel that there have been other cases where pilots did receive one.

This flight crew was superb which makes this video special. Hats off to the pilot!

I like the fact that now the texts on your videos are not in capital letters, it's better like this.

Goodness, at least gravity still worked on that aircraft.

I was a Chief Engineer/Designer on military aircraft projects and we always automatically routed essential avionic systems (Pilot's radio, IFF, TCAS, etc,) to the batteries in the event of total generator failure. The total allowable flight time in this configuration was carefully calculated and the pilots made aware in their handling and emergency procedures documentation. I'm amazed the civil manufacturers don't do the same.

Intense. Great analysis.

OMG. sick to my stomach right now, I shouldn't have eaten and watched this 19 seconds was very close but kudos to the easyjet pilots for their calmness and assessment of the aircraft to continue the flight and land safely

Another Masterpiece

Kinda hard to believe they don't have a battery powered emergency radio system.

Years of technology, engineering, training. The manual: “Turn it off and on again”

Beautiful work by the flight crew.

The AA captain saw or sensed something? If so, didn't know to climb or descend? ..But both crews are heros. Never would have imagined this. A great job with subtitles to tie the narration.

Hats off to a splendid crew.

I'm curious about the communicatio between the planes in the air and later atc at the landing side. Were the pilots lucky to fit in or did atc notice the problem and clear the air? Why didn't UK Airforce send planes in the sky to intercept them? Why didn't the atc at origin be alarmed by the missing plane (crashed?)

I remember this. This happened in 2004 when the EasyJet airbus A319 had a full system failure. Mentour Pilot did a video of it the other week.

This is one of those times when you're oh so glad ATC kept a cool head. 👀👍

Kudos to the easy jet pilots for being able to land safely

The cockpit needs to have a satellite phone for instances like this.

I lost my new Garmin NAV/COMM unit while flying to my home airport. I had two radios, but both were connected to the COMM unit, so I had no communications. Luckily, I had a handheld radio that worked great 10 miles out. I know of military pilots who also carry a handheld. They come in handy on rare occasions. Now I carry two handheld NAV/COMM radios, so I have redundancy for the redundancy for the redundancy. BTW, Garmin replaced the unit for free and worked great ever since.

We really don't give flight crew enough credit. They hold our lives in their hands every day and have to remain calm when things go wrong.

In my opinion, Green Dot Aviation did an excellent job of explaining this episode.

Amazing work by the crew. Great video. This chanel is one of the best in aviation.

I'm not trained in aviation, but it seems like there are a lot of unanswered questions in regard to this incident. Why did the APU fail? Did the Gen 1 circuit somehow interfere with the other power circuits? Also, how did the pilots not have additional incursions if they had no communication with ATC for the landing approach? How would they even know if ATC got the Mayday call? Did ATC get the Mayday call?

Quite frightening that the pilots were worried about getting shot down trying to land somewhere else. Also, there should be a battery backup for communication in a situation like this.

Fantastic

Those were some skilled pilots right there.

First time I've ever seen an easyJet on this channel. I choose them for their immaculate safety record. But this was a little too close for comfort!

Good old Easy Jet great airline and crew👍👍👍

0:01 Intro 0:20 Departure 0:58 London - Alicante Leg 3:07 Alicante - Bristol Leg 8:40 Near Collision 11:10 Approach And Landing 12:15 Investigation

Kudos to those pilots

Might be a dumb theory, but any chance this issue with the APU cutting power and thus cutting off signal to the ATC can be similar to what happened to the disappearance of MH370?

This is very similar to another video I saw on a 'flight' channel (I can't remember which one) in which a passenger aircraft lost power due to a malfunction in one of the generators. On that occasion though the crew were able to contact ATC at their destination (they continued the flight, as this one did) and landed successfully. I can't recall the APU being involved in that incident

How did they know where the airport/runway was at if all systems were down? And couldn’t them landing without ATC being aware cause a potential crash if another plane was landing/taking off from the same runway?

still better than the deadly blocked airspeed/pitot tube problem

Great airmanship.

Not the most comfortable feeling considering only seconds made a difference in this situation. If that Airbus departed 20 seconds late it could have been a much greater incident. I could say the mystery of why the powers couldn't be restored would have been greatly troubling but it's plenty troubling now.

The left generator had backup systems for s reason. The second pilot never should have taken off again without determining the reason for the #1 generator ceasing operation. Note that the same restart procedure that failed to restart generator #1 also failed to restart the disabled electrical systems after they stopped working on the next flight. The same restart components that failed to restart generator #1 could service both the generator and the failed electrical systems. Checking for the cause of generator #1's failure might have uncovered the cause of the next power failure if all systems were somehow connected.

Great job.

Great video. It really begs the question whether maybe there should be a hand-held battery-operated radio on board of all commercial aircraft to contact ATC in case such an extreme scenario occurs: just imagine something like this in very busy airspace. I once had a total radio failure while flying back V.F.R cross-country in a PA-28, and had to land the thing at a small airfield outside of class C airspace to wait for someone to bring me a hand-held radio to be able to get back to my airport of departure.

Glad everyone is safe ❤😊

Great video as usual, FC, and glad to see everyone survived! Could you do a video on the Zagreb collision?

Woah! What a scary scenario on so many levels 😮

It was this plus a couple of other incidents that led airbus to install an automatic alternate AC essential bus feed switchover.

Lucky that they were 19 .seconds apart, although that is a common time differential between parallel airspaces

Nice job of safely getting on the ground.

Tbh it was so emotional seeing the alicante airport perfectly like irl as im from there

The Airbus A319 had a dangerously defective electronics system. It’s nearly miraculous that a tragedy didn’t occur. The plane shouldn’t have been certified as airworthy. I would bet there were signs previously that something wasn’t right, but they were ignored.

APUs have a service ceiling, since they cannot run faster to compress more air into the burners. They must turn at a constant speed to maintain AC current frequency. If you must maintain APU operation during flight, you must also stay below the APU ceiling. I am amazed that it continued to run at flight level 32 for so long without flaming out.

I love your videos but the titles are getting more and more click bait-y 😢

Could have gone south seriously. but again the Pilots made miracles

Easy Jet Crew: “We have one wing and an engine still left, let’s continue”

Man oh, man, I thought from the depiction they had collided. SO happy it was a good outcome. How likely is the same situation likely to occur again? Hopefully one in a trillion.

They are lucky it wasn't a typical cloudy, rainy British day!

So scary this, my adrenalin is pumping.