I was on this plane and will forever be grateful to the pilot that got us down safely. The noseweel was across and could neither get up nor be corrected. We were prepared for a crash and the passengers were saying goodbyes to their family. The pilot succeeded to keep the noseweel off the ground until the speed was low. No one was hurt. If the noseweel had broken the motors would have collided with the ground and most probably have exploded/set on fire. It was not luck but a highly skilled pilot that got us through this landing. Thank you!

why have u put music in a crash landing video

My dad was the pilot, am proud and thankful of all you guys praising him :)

Pilot was Capt. Said Nabi Hashimi.. My father. Proud of him!

This is the first time that I've seen this clip and I have to say that the pilot of this plane did an excellent job of getting those people safely on the ground. He held the nose up much longer than I had previously thought possible of an aircraft that size.

That pilot did a great job - it's amazing how those planes can slow down with just the rear gear touching, then drop the nose as late as possible.

that was one hell of a great pilot that he could keep the nose up as long as he did and then slowly eased it down. Whoever you are you should be very proud of yourself and whoever was on the plane should thank their lucky stars they had a pilot that gifted.

wow.. I love it when at 1:39 you can see those firetrucks almost instantly move as soon as smoke started coming out of the plane. That's a pretty fast response time. It makes me wonder if the drivers just sit around in their trucks waiting for any sign of an accident..or they already knew it was going to happen.

Superb landing under those conditions. Top marks for a pilot who probably just saved every passenger on that plane!

Same thing happened in L.A. The steering was at full lock , the female captian brought it in , held the nose up as long as possible and the gear held but it ground the front wheel down to the hub . It was a perfect centerline landing . You can probably find the video here on KZfaq. Just type in " LAX emergency landing . "

This is a similar nosewheel failure to the JetBlue Airbus in LAX not too long ago. Impressive landing! That goes to show that training for situations like this goes a long way!

Any landing you walk away from is a good landing. One in which the pilot knows he has a bad nose wheel and nurses in slow putting the nose down at the last moment is brilliant. Well done, pilot.

@slitpill incorrect. The runway at Kabul is over 2 miles long (11,300 ft). He had plenty of time to stop without forcing the nose down too soon. The Pilot had no idea if the nose gear would sustain or collapse. He faced loss of control by putting the nose down at 150Knots. It is much better to let the aircraft slow down (110-120 knots indicated) with that length of runway. If he were landing with a minimum runway length, such as 5500 ft, it might be a different situation.

Thanks for our brave pilots who show their experties during difficult times in very old airplanes. I am proud of them, aren't you?

Imagine being that thankful to have arrived in Kabul

Can't believe thats already been five years since this video was uploaded 24/03/2007 - 24/03/2012

This pilot knew what to do. Kept the nose up as long as possible to prevent a high speed nose dive that would have been very bad. He/she saved lifes from good training.

OMG! My dad was the captain of this flight, and now i found this video on KZfaq, and when i should him the video.. he was like wow, 11 million views! XD I LOVE MY DAD!

Great landing by skilled pilot. I've seen several of these landing where the nose wheels were malfunctioning and the pilot could hold the nose of the plane up a long time and basically save the plane from major damage.

what a great pilot! he kept the nosewheel off the ground until the plane wasn't going fast enough, then dropped spoilers/ full reverse thrust. about as good as it gets right there folks.

@miamicanesfan01 totally my heart goes out to that pilot and all the taken for granted skill and dicipline in handling this like he did .

The track is called Dreamscape and the artist is 009 Sound System. Hope that helps.

the pilot does so well to slow the plane down without touching down on the front wheel for as long as he did

Kudos to the flight crew. My hats off. They did a great job here. Commendations are in order.

sofkitti, the movie you asked about was a made for TV movie about United 232, a DC-10 which crashed in Sioux City, Iowa in July 1989.

this has to be the most popular tune on you tube.

same sentiments too...Such a responsible pilot.

They do that because they don't actually reach their true stall speed until much later down the runway. As long as the airflow over the wings is still laminar and the elevator can push the tail down, you can keep the nose up. As soon as the stall indicator comes on, the nose drops.

Miraculiosly, no one got hurt in this one... Mighty fine piece of flying and landing on behalf of the skilled pilot, I might say... AWASOME JOB AT THE LANDING!!!

He probably only got greens for the main gear so assumed the nose gear hadn't locked. He was probably expecting the nosegear to collapse completely which is why he left it to the last minute to touch down the nose.

With your 2nd statement, you disproved your 1st one. Congratulations, you'll go far...

A similar incident took place at an airport in USA not so long ago with a B 757, I think; and also, years ago there was another landing incident at a Spanish airport (Barajas, in Madrid, maybe) in which the nose wheel of a MD-80 wouldn´t come down. The ground staff had the wise idea of covering the runway with foam to prevent any fire with the friction, and perhaps the other aiports should´ve done the same to minimize further damage on those aircraft with landing gear trouble.

That pilot was well trained. Excellent handling in an emergency situation.

That landing was a work of art! That guy landed his plane better than most of us can do a parallel parking, I tell you what!

The nose gear was not functioning properly. As you can see that the pilot did an excellent job in keeping the nose up as much and as long as he could. Excellent pilot...

picture book example of an perfect emergency landing on an hot&high area airport. awesome work of the pilots to keep the jet in total control till the very end.

Wow amazingly skilled pilot there. I bet the passengers didn't notice anything until the tires started screeching and the plane was leaning forward.

the front gear is turned because the bolt which holds it in place most likely snapped or rusted because unlike older planes new planes only have one bolt to hold the landing gear but is bugger and stronger

Nice job keeping the nose up till the last minute.

@ace41r Not likely...Fuel tanks on airliners like this one are in the wings and the center fuselage between the wings.As long as there was no damage to the skin of the plane in this area (which would have been unlikely in a landing such as this), it would have had to have been one hell of a spark coming from the nose to "do havoc".

@ace41r There were plenty of sparks. The video is taken from too far to see them. A failed but partly deployed nosegear assembly (perhaps locked at right angle?) takes a lot of heat, the tire deflates (blow fuses protect it), and then you ride it pretty much on steel reinforced rubber and/or wheel assembly. Lot of metal-to-pavement contact. Look at any of the trutv police chase videos: as soon as metal touches the road, you get sparks. There was plenty of steel scratching that airfield that day.

I must agree with XGamer. I would call this an incident, not an accident. In spite of the nose-wheel malfunction, there was no accident. There was no accident precisely because the crew's excellent work kept the incident from becoming an accident! Cheers.

oh yeah, this was uploaded in 2007, audioswap was a thing

Superb pilot held the nose up as long as he/she could and put her gently down.

There was a problem with the nose landing gear and he wanted to slow the plane as much as possible before allowing the nose gear to touch the ground.

Best song ever to accompany video.

The nosegear was jammed in that posision so no attempt just the direction the nosegearwas in + no take-offs from that runway until the plane was clear of the runway by a fair distance (20-50 feet) Plus all the debris would have to be cleared

Ladies and gentlemen, we have just landed at Kabul International Airport. Welcome to Afghanistan. The local time is 20 minutes pass the hour of 2 in the afternoon with a temperature of 35 degree Celsius. Please remain seated until the plane comes to a full complete stop and the fasten seat belt sign has been switched off. Be careful opening the overheard bins as items may shifted upon landing. In behalf of Ariana Afghan Airlines, thank you for flying with us.

@tannalv Well I think that even though they might know what the emergency is, in the end you just don't know. They can't follow the plane as it is rolling because debris might be flying, whether it being from the plane itself or pieces of the runway. The emergency crews can't risk their danger so they have to wait until the plane comes to a complete stop. They can drive to the plane as it is moving, but still the emergency crews have to maintain a certain distance until the plane stops.

I like how KZfaq connects me with adds for flights

@AlanMartinNala Incident in the USA was a few years ago at LAX with an A320 operated by Jet Blue with a damaged nose gear.

The name of the song is, Dreamscape.

Very intelligent pilot. I mean the way he landed it on rear gear and slowed it down enough on that, then he came on front landing gear which was damaged.

The pilot did a good job keeping the nose off the ground for as long as possible.

@tongkorut YAY! :') I am so happy for seeing people praising my father, well, the captain of this B4 was my father, and i am so proud of him, and you guys.. he is still i pilot in the B4 but in another airline..

That guy did a great job of keeping the nose gear off the ground for as long as possible.

Don´t argue about the song, cause that was some great piloting skills!!

too right every vid has this song

You chose to watch it my good sir.

This day the pilot earned his pay - saved lots of folk and the emergency services helped out too. Get the length of the nosewheel kept up.

the front gear was out of line, so it was sideways. The pilot kept the nose up as long as possible. If they put the nose down right away, the gear would break off.

If this plane had a nose gear failure, there's still the two main landing gear brakes to use. i noticed they used full split flaps/ airbrakes. quite incredible i have to say.

@THEDUDE2117 There's a song called "Crash & Burn" from about 79 - 81 that might be the first Speed Metal ever. If not, its definitely one of the first. That one would go well

@urgdaddy Whos to say that the aircraft was malfunctioning prior to landing and the pilot had to use drastic measures to safeguard the aircraft from extensive damage and thus save the life of each and every passenger onboard?

Well... let's say that the gear probably didn't lower completely at the nose, hence the smoke when the nosewheel (or what should be the nosewheel) touched the ground.

RIP those who started this video in full volume

First, Awesome job to the pilot keeping that nose up for so long to let the plane slow down. And second, for all the haters of the song, this song is used so much because it's the default song that KZfaq owners use when there's illegal music that the poster of the video is not entitled to the copyright of it. Then KZfaq puts this song in as a default.

I'm just guessing, but he probably tried several times lowering the gear and then bringing it back up. It probably wouldn't lock into place and his instrument panel was showing that.

Gear down, two greens, aaargh! Nicely done Captain

hahaha this is the third video in a row that has the same music. Thumbs up for the youtube anthem!

Looks like Safi Airways if I remember correctly. They were one step away from allowing goats onboard in the cabin the last time I flew with them. Same thing with Ariana Afghan Airlines, and more on topic - completely abysmal maintenance records. Anyone flying into Afghanistan commercially, I'd advise sticking with DFS or Eastern Skyjets.

@slitpill Dude.. its a reason he kept it so long on the main gear!BECAUSE the nose gear was malfunctioning... it wouldnt have braked effectively either way with that nose gear...

I'm pretty sure they would have dispatched the fire trucks if there was smoke or not. The pilots notified the tower as soon as they discovered a problem, I'm sure. It's not like they just sit in fire-trucks waiting for something to happen, they were told to stand-by for the emergency landing.

That's not what I mean. I mean that even if you survive to a plane accident in that country, the hospitals are so poorly equiped (in case you can reach one of the few existing ones) that you might die anyway.

damn you for using this song.

You are correct, had he put it down earlier he would have been risking a fire and lives, he waited and slowely lowered the nose to even out the weight!

It seems that something beyond the video occurred and should be addressed in the comments area.

A good thing to see that help is on it's way instantly.

this song is so damn good, im for a toss to 009 sound system they are so hooottt right now

wow. very nice landing despite the nose gear malfunction. i'm assuming the wheels came down but didn't turn??? the guy was on the ground for a good ten seconds without bringing those wheels down.

What an absolutely brilliant job by the pilot to keep that plane's nose in the air once the main landing gear touched down. Probably saved a bad fire and a lot of damage to the plane. PS--Airbus planes are like the BMW i-drive to operate...WAY too much automation, way too much stuff to screw up on. Computers aren't failproof.

Awesome song!

The Nose Gear descent in the same time that the other one, The problem with it ,exist before to land ,watch in the video ,all emergency equip are in the scene and ready to assist at plane in case of fire.

Yup,... a wheel thats failed sideways hence all the smoke. Pilot did a great job!

Now I've seen it all...a 747 pilot that's never heard of thrust reversers. Dayum.

A good landing is the one where you come out walking off the plane. An excelent landing is one where you can also fly again on the plane.

front wheel didn't collapse, what was the expected failure? the plane overran because the front was held up so long. don't understand what the failure was

Some people have no idea of combining music to videos. It would be nice to keep the video mute instead.

Artist: 009 Sound System Song: Dreamscape Album: 009 Sound System Time: 04:37 Genre: Instrumental Label: Track One Recordings

man, I'm glad I only watched it once then :)

its you. rember the vid infos? Nosegaer failure and you even see it. So the pilot landed maybe a bit faster to keep the nows up longer and the touch down very soft.

Skilled pilot I must say! Keeping the nose up for so long. Discussion here seem to be about something else than the landing of a broken plane...

the plane didnt stall. The nose gear malfunctioned so he held the nose up until the plane had slowed down to a safe speed to drop the nose on the tarmac. I hope english isnt your native language either.

This is considered an incident, not an accident.

Amazing work by the pilot. Great tune too. ;)

Pilots are trained to use the airframe to slow the plane down using the drag from the wings. I'm sure if you watched a few airliners and military aircraft landing and rolling out with the nose high up in the air, they're using "air-braking", which saves the wear and tear on the ceramic brakes in the hubs. Sure, come in slow enough, and it'll be done with no problem. However, it's a different story when you come in "hot"...

omg. i remember seeing this video when they were only 9,000 views!

Actually, the nosewheel was locked in one direction. Brakes didn't have anything to do with the sparks flying from the front of the plane. Unfortunately, Airbus has had problems with their planes having their nosewheels jammed in one direction. It's more of a computer language problem which confuses the system as to the positioning of the nosewheel. *shrug* Could be maintenance.

because the front landing gear didnt come down all the way.. he was trying to slow the plane down as much as possible so he could set the nose down as soft as possible so the landing gear wouldnt buckle and and drop the plane on its nose.. kudos to the pilot on this one..

@theTechy101 I muted at 0:01 seconds. Never understood the need for crummy music.