As somebody who wasn't born last night and spent 20 years in the safety business (not aviation but was transportation) thanks for a rational non news hype explanation. It validates what I thought about the situation. Thanks Stig!

Imagine a society where everyone has this much enthusiasm for their work.

From a United mechanic that has been loving and working on these beautiful machines for almost 40 years-thank you for clarifying this. We have close to 1000 aircraft in our fleet,and though they are majestic, they do occasionally break because they are machines. This doesn't always mean someone or some company did something wrong. Thanks again Stig.

Amazing video as always! As a 23 year USAF fighter pilot about to transition to the airlines, your videos are an invaluable education into the maintenance side of the business/passion. I consider your work required academics every week.

Nice love when stig uploads, I’ve always been wondering how United had 4 emergencies within a week. It was nice seeing that you’re not blaming the airline or aircraft company and showing an aircraft techs perspective. Thanks for the info and Have a great week!

An AME watching an aircraft slide off the runway is like a mechanic watching a car hit a pole. Painful 😅

Hey Stig I'm glad you and Juan Browne met up finally. He mentioned you on his latest video to check out your channel for good maintenance perspectives and for analysis on the United wheel situation. I'm glad you did that. Like you, I'm tired of the media and unknowledgable people blaming Boeing for everything. Great video brotha!! 🙏

I think people forget that 30-40 years ago planes were running into each other mid flight, blowing out cargo doors, falling out of the sky, flying into mountains, running out of fuel, catching on fire, needed a flight engineer, and all without free WiFi onboard. We’ve certainly come along way but a little humility is needed every so often. We can always do better.

After watching most of your videos I'm falling in love with that triple 7.. My goodness, the lines on that plane❤ Especially when you walk underneath it and you could see the two engines to the right and left and that landing gear and the belly just beautiful !🥰

Saw that you were referenced by the Blancolirio channel regarding the UA wheel incident.

I knew I could count on stig having something to say about the united wheel incident. Nice to have a technical view on stuff as always!

I’ve been watching your videos for a few months now and I am 100% confident to fly in any aircraft. Your videos have opened the curtain on aircraft and aircraft maintenance that I had no idea about and thank you for the great insight and information on all your videos. Keep up the great work

Thank you so much! I'm glad you were able to show the "insider" pix of the 777 wheel and basically prove it wasn't poor line maintenance that caused it. Thank you again!

Thank you for having a grounded common sense perspective on the United/Boeing issues! Media exacerbates everything.

Best maintenance channel ever

@stig aviation great video as always. Thx for explaining and putting into perspective all of the recent events with UAL. It speaks highly of you character that instead of bashing "the competition" , you aviation explain the problem, likely causes, and who is responsible for the different aspects of an aircraft. You're a true professional, and your love for the industry shows through; showing the respect you have for the professionals who do your she job at another airline. Thx again for all you show and teach!

Great video Stig. great updates on United's incidents !

Geetings from Justin, TX. Super great vid and even better commentary. As a former railroader of 25 years on both the maintenance and management side, I appreciate your understanding and explanation and the defense of your colleagues and Boing and those needing the defense, so to speak. The media takes things out of context with no, zero understanding of what actually happens- accidents or incidents but only knows how to get ratings by working the public opinion into a lather. We used to call rail fans foamers and so I guess I’m an aviation foamer!!😂 Anyway- I like what you said about not pointing fingers, especially when one doesn’t know what they are talking about. Also, good luck on your mtc competition. I look forward to hearing all about it as I’m sure everyone else on here does as well. You have a great positive attitude and I appreciate that. Keep it up and be blessed!

I found your channel today, and I found it very interesting as I have watched a few of your uploads. I am not a professional, but your commentary and detailed explanation is really eye-opening. Thank you for everything you do to keep the pilots, customers, crew, and everyone else involved safe and happy! Thank you for the content, and keep up the great work! It really shows how serious, genuine, and enjoyable your attitude is towards your profession. May God bless you and may you continue to be a blessing for others!

As someone who is going to school to be a aircraft mechanic next year, your videos really has taught me loads and definitely has got me even more interested to be a mechanic. keep uploading more videos and I look forward to watching more.. PS: I eat popcorn and watch all the way through. Keep up the great work.

From what I learned in another YT video (Mentor Pilot?) The "eyebrow windows" on the top corners were installed for high-bank landings in military situations in the early days, since then they have not been used. The membrane on the LED strobe light is the same idea that Pelican cases use to equalize the pressure automatically - basically a small piece for Gore Tex fabric to allow air, but not water to pass. Thanks for your videos!

I couldn't wait to get Stig's reaction to United Airlines 5 incidents in less than 1 week debacle (bad press) - Thanks for reviewing and for your perspective! - Wheels fell off after takeoff - Landing Gear Collapsed -Runs off taxiway into grassy area shortly after landing (poor visibility, pilot fault) - Fire/shutdown of Engine after take down (United Airline Pilot were amazing /redundancies) (Boeing Airframe, Engines Rolls-Royce, Wheels assembly) - Lost of Green system Hydraulics - Oil Sensor warning flight returned to O'Hare

Just found your channel, thanks for what you do and for the technical explanations! These videos are somewhat soothing to me, they help alleviate a newfound skittishness I picked up while flying in 2022. Was on a Delta (DL2706) A320-200 that December when the left hand CFM56 failed during climb out (sounded like a surge but can't be sure). Pilots were consummate professionals and got us down smooth and safe. That incident sparked an interest in getting to know planes and aviation better.

That 5% mechanic tears😂😂😂thank you soooo much for keeping us fly safe and comfortable every day!

Thanks for info Stig very informative

Great info for those not knowledgeable of aircraft and their systems. Keep up the good work, God’s blessings.

Stig; watched your video yesterday, but wanted to digest it all. So glad you took the time to explain the break down of the break downs. To often, misinformation, innuendo, speculation and fear play roles in what people believe. I realize that a thorough investigation into all aspects of the incidents needs to happen, but shutting the door on hype and guessing is the best thing - and you did that. Shared your video on my FB page. Some friends of mine will be flying later in the year and we’re concerned. Your video should put their fears to rest. Thank you and be safe out there.

For my part, I am very grateful for your videos and I have learned a lot with the knowledge you have, so those who do not like how you express your way of being, then change the channel, but for me you are the best, as long as I continue learning from you because it is much better and we thank you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Glad to see it wasn't a maintenance issue with the wheel.

i'm gonna show this to my buddies tomorrow that say they're never flying on a Boeing plane again or united. stig with the unbiased reporting we love it.

Keep that Soap Box Stig! thank you for a brilliant explanation and for pointing the news agencies in the right direction, not to mention having your colleagues backs! True Professional 😊

As usual, thanks for your extremely informative video regarding things pertaining to aircraft maintenance. Your detailed explanation and breakdown of things related to the very unfortunate aviation events that occurred this last week with United Airlines is very helpful in a manner in which I can relate very well. As a Ford dealership technician myself since 2000, I can draw a very good parallel with Ford's Super Duty (F-250 to F-550) lineup of trucks back in the early 2000s. Since 1983, Navistar has been their supplier of diesel engines for their light duty pickups. From 1995 onto 2003, the 7.3L Powerstroke diesel engine had pretty well cemented Ford's iconic reputation for having "the best" diesel engine available at the time in their light duty pickups. However, the ever tightening emissions regulations requirements imposed upon diesel engine manufacturers at the time, made it cost prohibitive to do what would be needed to bring the 7.3L Powerstroke into compliance with those requirements as opposed to starting out on a clean sheet of paper with an all new engine, the 6.0L Powerstroke. When it debuted for the mid 2003 to 2007 model year Super Duty trucks, it was much more powerful than the 7.3L unit it replaced... at the expense of drastically reduced reliability. Within the first two years of production, the 6.0L Powerstroke nearly put Ford Motor Company out of business completely for its Super Duty lineup of trucks in less time than it took for the 7.3L to make their reputation. Fast forward to 2010, Ford scrambled to develop their own "in house" manufactured diesel engine to release for production for the very first time as an early 2011 model year truck, and permanently severing a 27 year marriage to Navistar. Since then, that engine the 6.7L Powerstroke has been ten times a better engine than the Navistar units it replaced. But during all this time, people were jumping all over Ford Motor Company for building horrible trucks when it was NOT Ford's engine. Google Search "Ford sues Navistar" for an interesting read. Sorry for the novel above, but yeah I totally get that the engine on that Boeing aircraft is NOT manufactured by Boeing itself and therefore people shouldn't be pointing fingers at Boeing for its engine failure as such. If I'm not mistaken, aren't the aircraft engine manufacturers either Rolls Royce or GE? Does Pratt and Whitney still manufacture aircraft engines? Also, the incident involving the collapsed gear during taxi I'm guessing is 100% pilot error. I thought pilots are trained to keep the centerline of their aircraft aligned with the yellow line on the taxiways to ensure there will be no collisions with other aircraft on the ground, as well as to ensure to the turns are taken wide enough that the left and right gears won't end up on the grass? Your explanation on how the landing gear is fastened was very interesting and informative as well. Thanks again for an excellent video. BTW, I still haven't been able to find that app to download onto my phone that enables me to see speed, heading and altitude.

Always a good video!!! .....Great work so very positive!!!....Keep up the great work!!!.....Thanks AECU old A&P

Thank you for giving that well educated explanation of the incident at UA

The funniest thing about you mentioning AVL is when I was watching AVL I commented “don’t worry guys stig will let us know what happened”. It was exactly what it looked like. It happens to our 3 axel boat trailer. Rear wheel came off due to both bearings failing. Love all your content Brotha. Thank you for what you do 🤙🏼

Hey stig, learn a lot from these and as a (hopefully) future pilot, I couldn’t be more thankful for your content and service keeping these birds in the air!

Blaming Boeing for these issues is like blaming Goodyear cause you had a flat.

As a former F-16 Aircraft Maintenance in the Royal Danish Air Force, this is brining back the urge to maintain aircrafts. Could be fun to maintain airliners. Keep up the videos Stig. They are awesome

Hi Stig. Former Aircraft Maintenance Tech here who is currently working as an Airworthiness Engineer which is a desk job. I watch your videos whenever I miss working on Airplanes and it makes me happy trying to recollect all the wonderful things ive done. Theres barely any channel out there giving so much info about the maintenance side of things. Most people dont even know that we exist. You are doing a great job by showing what happens in the background. I hope it inspires many to take this up as a career considering that the industry is in need for skilled people to keep these birds safe. Thank you for these vlogs.

Hi Stig thanks for explaining the incidents from United Airlines its sometimes hard to understand the first assumption people want to blame poor maintenance procedures but you explained the incidents and why they could happen people should understand ,like you said airplanes are like machines and can break from time to time. Thanks David Ogden

I like the calming music stig plays every time he explains something

Thank you for these videos, Stig, I'm not a nervous flier, but I used to take it on trust. Your videos are amazingly reassuring to see how much work goes into making sure these aircraft are safe and ready to take us where we need to be. Just wanted to let you know that we all appreciate you.

The photo of the 777 tire separation was crazy! It clearly illustrated maintenance had done their job. Sometimes airplane parts just break and the great thing is that the aircraft landed safely with no issues!

loved the reviews of tools u use daily ,we need more

im addicted to your content

Awesome video Stig!! Thank you for explaining about the United incidents. Always fun to “follow” you around when you are with the princesses! Until next adventure Stig! 😊

Thank you for the explanation of the incidents. Always enjoy watching your videos. Can’t wait for the next stig adventure.

That is a Ferrari 550 Maranello GTS. Remarkable car there. Thanks for the great content!

Thnx for explaining the tire issue

Thank you Stig for your level headed approach and explanation of the United incidents. I’ve always believed that human or mechanical, things can go wrong. Even the people that are the best in their field can make mistakes, and the best engineered mechanical objects or products can fail. The best response we can have is to not be so quick to judge and place blame, and instead, seek solutions to prevent future incidents. Again, I thank you Sir for your views and your excellent explanations!

Nice video! For someone who has traveled a lot by airplane, I can agree with you that both United and Boeing aren't at fault for most incidents. Airbus, Boeing and other companies like McDonnell Douglas and Embraer etc are some of the most reliable companies out there. I hate to see the media giving out such an overexaggerated report of aircraft incidents and essentially scaring away the public from Air travel. I also feel like they're focusing way too much on minor incidents lately for aviation that aren't even that newsworthy. I'd just wait for the NTSB report or have a professional debrief on what happened within an incident instead of pointing fingers. Thanks for informing the audience Stig, I enjoy your informational content no matter how short or lengthy they are, love 'em!

Well said intro Stig!

Yay, new Stig video!! And I agree, stop blaming Boeing! They are a great company and don't deserve all this crap.

Brilliant and fascinating video! thanks so much again and looking forward to the next one :)

If I could do life over, I would have pursued a career in commercial aviation. Would be my dream job! I had the chance at 18 years old to become a pilot, but chickened out. I only recently found your incredible channel! Had I seen the maintenance side of commercial aviation, I think I would have enjoyed this more than piloting believe it or not! I love working on cars, but would thoroughly enjoy working on big jets!

Great explanation from a mechanics point of view. Although if that flying tire sends someone to the hospital, all 3 companies will have to pay out big time for "allowing to be installed"

Good stuff as always Stig👍👍, BTW, would Your lost flashlight be considered FOD?:)

Thanks a lot for sharing intersting insights in the aviation incidents. I like every Stig shift that you upload ❤❤ Keep it up 👏

It's always a good day when Stig posts!! Thank you for your insights on the UA incidents. It's not like Boeing is without reason to be scrutinized (hello DOJ investigation), but understanding when these things AREN'T on them is just as important as when they are. Thanks for your hard work as always, keep them coming!!

I love e your Chanel my great uncle was crew cheif on the flying boats

Nice day when stig uploads

STIGSTER! AMIGO! Great channel, keep up the good work! Happy trails!

Question about the UA flight that lost a wheel. After the incident the pilots reported to ATC that they had no abnormal indications that they had an issue. Shouldn’t they have a missing or low tire pressure indication?

Thrunite flashlights are great.

Thanks for all the airplane info. Cool flashlights and blue Porsche.

That retro AA at the end, nice treat for those of us who stuck around😍🥹

Not sure if you saw it. You got one of you video quoted by Juan Browne on Blancolirio Channel about the 777 tire falling off. He was showing a clip of a video you showed changing a tire on a 777. Also, kind of curious. How long of a shift do you normally work?

Is it possible for the wheel to come off if say the outer wheel bearings have collapsed?

Good stuff Stig! Great personal takes on UAL problems. Thanks for taking the tough stance and providing an unbiased look into aircraft incidents. On a side note, I've heard those doors on the 37's refered to as "follow up doors". Keep 'em flying sir! I'll keep building them! On another side note... I'm an O-light user.

The technical mumbo-jumbo is the best part of his videos!! Also thank you so much for shutting up the Boeing bashers! I get sick and tired of people bashing Boeing for no reason!!

“What's the deal with airplane peanuts?” -Jerry Seinfeld

Stig decided to sabotage his airlines competitors so AA's stocks will rise

Thanks so much for the information in the aviation business and keeping us safe in the air and on the ground, Thanks for sharing this with the audience.

💯% Fantastic video and your comments are also amazing, accurate and fair. Keep it up!

First time here and I love it,new sub.

Fantastic aviation channel. Glad I found it. My girlfriend and I watch your videos on the Large TV almost every night. Along, of course, with L.A. Flights and Airline Videos Live (Peter and Kevin)

An awesome video to wake up to on a Monday morning! Thank you for chiming in on the accidents, especially the wheel flying off! About the MAX sliding off onto the grass, from what I understand they were too fast when they entered the turn, which caused the aircraft to understeer (and, I imagine, the lateral forces on the main gear did their thing - this thing is designed to take vertical forces first and foremost, not for drifting!) Also, that Ferrari seems to be the Maranello driven by Prodrive Racing in 2004 but don't quote me on that

Great video as always! I'm back with some carguy fun-facts as well for the 38:49 part. The Porsche is not even a Porsche anymore, though it looks like one. RUF is considered a manufacturer (it produces the car from the ground up, not using a donor, unlike Singer). The car's got a modern carbon chassis underneath but is supposed to look like the G-series generation of 911. Absolute engineering gem in the Porsche world. Check out their CTR3 for something even crazier. The Ferrari is a huge motorsports treat. It's a 550 that got modified in the early 2000's by a company called Prodrive, to race in the GT1 touring car class and Le Mans and it even won that race without official Ferrari support, as technically it wasn't them that developed the race car version of the 550. Man am I jealous of your job, you get to see and touch both of my favourite types of machinery. Keep it up!

5:00 being an avsim geek, and never knowing about this part, I immediately loaded PMDG 777 into the P5D sim, and checked, if this part is present there. And it is indeed there, raising upon APU start. My satisfaction is immeasurable and my day is made by you. 😅

hey stig, great job on the explaining of the united incidents, without all the facts and the pictures you provided of the wheel nut still attached ,along with the amm diagrams,. keep up the great work that you do!!

Another awesome one! I hadn't even heard about the United A320 Hydro failure. "They" always talk about what went wrong but never talk about all the system redundancies and engineering that helped the pilots save the plane. Aviation is soooo much safer today to include the "dreaded Boeing 737" Everyone talks about how dangerous that Alaska 1282 door blowout was. It was. But think about this that flight, Aloha 243, Southwest 1380, The Southwest flight that developed a 12 inch crack and slowly depressuriezed......in all these cases the plane landed safely though two lives were loss (one on the Aloha and one on Southwest 1380) may they rest in peace. These were major structural events where the structures held....same for United flight 811 the 747 that lost its cargo door over the Pacific (9 lives of the 355 aboard lost RIP).... in the case of the DeHaviland Comet and its fatigue cracks that was not the case. Same with the DC10 when it suffered cargo door blowouts early in its career (though one I believe an American DC10 barely made it back another in France crashed killing all 346 aboard RIP) I'm an engineer with a mechanical and Aerodynamic background who also worked Heavy Avionic maintenance (surveillance radar mechanic) on the E3 AWACS in the Air Force. I just hate hearing fear mongers talk as if they're experts about how dangerous this plane and that is and they can't even tell me how mechanically safe their own cars are 😂 I digress you should talk about your airlines 737-800s with the LED landing lights vs the standard incandescent ones with the belly lights and show the difference on the Overhead panel 😉

Love the rational explanation of things occurring with United. Today's world has to much hype. Thanks Stig. Keep up the great work.

When you said these incidents are not reproducible on the ground, it reminded me of the British Airways😅 777 coming into land in Heathrow. The AAIB reproduced the suspected fault on the ground and waited months if not years, running it 24/7 until the fault reproduced, and it did. Brilliant! Best wishes from Limerick Eire.

thank you for sharing your knowledge and insights !!!

Hello my friend! I truly love the redundancy of these magnificent planes. Thank you for going over the incidents, most of the public think that Boeing makes the entire plane, so you can see where the confusion is coming from. Passengers please, if something comes out of your seat, tell maintenance, or the flight crew which seat it came from, makes life easier. I am a flashohollic, I love me some flashlights. Thrunight makes quality lights, so I am not surprised. That RGB light is crazy lol. I think you would love my Nitecore MH25-PRO, its got the throw you desire for sure. I really love that 787 flying plastic princess. I freaking love the look of that beacon light too, the one that has the vent with many names lol. Pretty colors on new Hawaiian!

Hello Stig: good morning. Just took a few minutes to watch your latest video. In fact , many people (specially journalists) like to talk too mucho without knowledge of how an aircraft is put toghether and how it works as one unit...........and they do have aviation specialists. In any case , your explanations today have provided ( for the general public) an easy to understand perspective and the reassurance that airplanes are safe and the people in charge of maintenance , are the best of the world. Have a nice day.

Hey Stig, A few years back a fellow tech found a flashlight under the spinner in the hollow fan hub of a GEnX2B on a 747-8F. With the rigid fan blades, there’s no clanking from midspan shrouds as N1 rotates in the wind. That’s how he caught it. Heard a clanking sound on #2 inlet. We pulled the spinner off and there it was, a small flashlight in 3 pieces. Couldn’t find the batteries so we got a 2 cycle fly-back to main base for an engine change. Don’t think it was yours🤣🤣

when you said "let's go flying" and you grabbed the yoke and moved around a bit......that was deep for some reason haha. Love the videos.

Your an asset to your employer stig. Your a good teacher man. I drive a rig that weighs in excess of 60,000kg. I really respect and appreciate your attention to safety, and your knowledge is very impressive. Super good job job buds.👍

Hey Stig … great video , always love the content. I was thinking about you this weekend. Took a flight from Dominican Republic back home on a United 737. Seemed like an older model , had the inflight entertainment controls on the armrest. Thought that was a bad idea for a controller location. Wouldn’t you know it , my controller didn’t work ! 🤬uggh I said “ I need Stig to fix my seat controller! Lol be safe buddy

Again, an amazing video!! I just wanted to say Stig, im a huge fan of your work, as an Aircraft mechanic myself (i work on Dassault Rafale), i really enjoy the dedication and passion you channel through your videos, and i absolutely love these technical fun facts and explications in between these beautiful plane shots you make. Also how do you manage to decompile and edit your videos between your shifts? Like, after work, i just eat a pizza and watch your videos like right now lmao. Cheers and thanks for representing so well the best job in the world, aircraft mechanic :))

Thanks again STIG. Very educational as always! What I assumed was a simple a/c light was much more complicated than I ever imagined. Also, a big thank you for your explanation of the recent incidents with the UAL aircraft. I blame a lot of the hype on the media over exaggerating the incidents for viewership reasons.

Nice catch seeing Hawaiian Air’s new Dreamliner . Great airline, flew Honolulu to San Diego on their Airbus A332 Butter Jet.

Thanks for letting us know what happened. The news tends to report the event but never reports what led to it. Sliding off the runway, unless something else changes, will be classified as pilot error, like 90 % of all incidents. The airbus losing fluid, will probably be a component or line that failed, the tire surprised me. I thought that it was going to be the sleeve of the axle, but that is definitely the wheel that came apart. Good call on your part. The 757 might be a EEC or positive fuel flow valve. PW2000 engines have experienced that in the past. Thanks again great job on your d plantations.

As usual, your objetivity is commendable and something to be appreciated. Not common these days saddly. Much respect to you Sir. Greetings from Spain

Great explanation And Airline video's is a great plane spotter channel.

Goodonya Stig.... you STIGGED it to 'em ! Put 'em (the media) on the straight and narrow! And kept your coool ! Thank you as always ! I'm so grateful for your valuable insights and videos which I watch on the huge 4K TV at home (viewing them on a phone or small screen omits 90% of the impact & disrespects your fine work)... .... takes us to places on an aircraft airside that we never get a chance to visit and provides first-hand educational knowledge in an enjoyable and simple format - Please don't stop creating them for us all...sometimes I feel I am living my childhood dreams even though that was 50 years ago !

Somewhere in united, someone has the biggest migraine they've ever had. Shit week for united, we all have those weeks, but thankfully for us, our bad weeks aren't televised. Great explanation, stig.

Had no idea about those incidents except for the one at IAH, and I only found out about it on the nightly news, and I live in Houston 😂. Great analysis Stig and another great shift as always!

I have opinions about Boeings company culture and product design principles and it makes me angry when specially the media is pushing a "Boeing is bad" story, even if the incidents have NOTHING to do with Boeing. Thank you so much for this video ❤. You do an amazing job and your respect and love for what you do is deeply appreciated.