As an airline Captain I can say those pilots performed maneuvers that we don’t practice on the simulator! To think so fast out of the box is a skill that only few pilots have! Congrats to them

“Don’t worry we got him” he has balls of steel.

"for the record there was a near miss at take off" the captain said it in a calm voice, just for the record 😁

No matter how many times I hear that pilot say, "Don't worry we got him" it gives me chills. The confidence in his abilities to pull off a million to one maneuver.

The NTSB was unable to determine how the 737 was able to rotate so fast considering the massive weight of the pilot's balls

It proves how important it is to have humans in the cockpit.

They’re so professional and polite like “don’t worry about that” when a single touch could kill them. What’s done is done and they maintain professionalism, calm voice and being nice. It’s pretty amazing considering what can happen.

Wow! the crews of both 737s saved the day. One delayed his take off, the other lifted his plane early

The O'Hare incident: I mean, just "WOW"!! the coolness of the pilots of the 737 is utterly incredible....a moment they don't train for but which they had to suddenly be prepared for. I hope, like the USAir pilots at Boston, they got an airmanship award because they saved the lives of all their passengers from what could have been a repeat of Tenerife.

I like how that first US airways pilot got on the radio to tell the tower essentially "Hey, can you not?"

If that had been a foggy day . . . .

Can you imagine being on one of those flights and as you're taking off, see another plane go by right underneath you? I'd probably be thanking the high and mighty that I didn't just become another Tenerife disaster!

The US Air crew in the first story are champs. And the pilot in the second one who's just like "don't worry, we got him"...amazing

I could never be a pilot because if I were in my airplane on the runway having received clearance for take-off I would keep on asking the controller "But are you sure this runway is clear? "But are you REALLY sure this runway is clear?" "How do you know that this runway is clear?" I'd never get off the ground.

Im having a heart attack while watching a computer simulation, and the captain is just like "don't worry we got him." Amazing

Having runways that cross over each other is asking for trouble.

Blows my mind, the rapid precise decision making under extreme pressure pilots are able to exercise ✌️💯 In just seconds the USAW pilots were able to estimate with precision the timing of AL’s rotation, then immediately kept the plane grounded waiting for AL to pass over while watching their runway get shorter and shorter hahahaha…. Dude took off with like 1000 ft of runway left… Masterful airmanship ❤️✌️💯

My heart dropped hearing "stop stop stop" from the controller.

Superior Airmanship award doesn't begin to cover it. Phenomenal nerves of steel. Heroic concentration.

*Captain "Don't Worry, We got him."* Calm, Cool, Confident. If there were any pilots I'd want to fly with, it would be these pilots who were true professionals avoiding these crashes and calmy doing so.

Bro the fact that the 737 pilot had the guts to say “Don’t worry we got him” is incredible. I bet he was so confident that he could’ve done it with his eyes closed.

"Don't worry, we got em" like a boss 😎

During my previous work in aviation industry, many times I was threatened for my own decision making and not following SOP. If the pilot had not taken decisive action, how many people would have died. People sitting on top doesn’t even know ground reality. Thanks for your wonderful videos

So well done. It frightens me that we keep having 'near collisions' -- almost as if we are building up to an actual one.

Who else got Anxiety watching that 737 approach that 747?

wow the pilots were so calm during their transmissions. bravo!

Despite the obvious danger and potential loss of life, officials from both Logan and O'Hare airports rejected the NTSB's recommendations. Asked why, the Director of Logan stated "Why?!? Did you see how wicked cool that looked?!?? I'd like to make that maneuver a nightly thing!"

2 great pilots, in total and full control, well done to both

Marvellous! Man! What an awesome video! You are a genius and so is the captain who rotated early and saved the two planes, their respective crew and passengers!

Pilots avoiding collisions, despite actions of the controllers. Bravo!

An apology from ATC rather than just "Roger" might have been an appropriate response.

Great job by the pilots to be self aware and avoid a catastrophic collision. It's nice to know these pilots are competent enough to make wise decisions in stressful situations. The graphics are so realistic that I feel like I'm on board the plane going somewhere on vacation.

I’m a little nauseated from the stress! Dang, that United pilot, cool as a cucumber. I want him on our next United flight!

Those passengers must have been crapping themselves if they were looking out the windows. I wasn't even on the plane an my anxiety ramped up.

The graphics/visuals on these videos is absolutely incredible - fantastic work!

As I was watching the Boston incident, I immediately thought of the Chicago incident (which is a repeat on this channel). United 1015 is by far my favorite incident; the confidence of the captain is great. When driving I Sometimes I feel like him in a much smaller scale; my wife sometimes grabs my arm and says “watch out for that truck!”, I like to reply “Don’t worry, I got him!”😁. I fly too, but not enough hours to have the same confidence as when driving.

So what happens to these controllers that royally screw up?

I remember a friend's boyfriend saying he was in that Boston flight and telling the story about seeing the other jet approaching them. We all thought it was bs, didn't believe that would happen nowadays with all the technology now.

I didn't know there had to be that much coordination at an airport until I discovered this channel

So appropriate giving these events of late. Your best video yet since there was no loss of life.

Imagine being a passenger looking out the window. Great video.

As scary as both of these events were, to me, it demonstrates how much safer flying is than any form of transportation. In the US they are thinking about taking one of the pilots out of the cockpit to save money, and because of a pilot shortage. I feel like this is another example of how bad an idea it is to take a plot out of the cockpit!

And just like that, 2 jobs were lost, and 2 new air traffic controller job positions suddenly became available.

I remember both incidents, both "code brown" incidents in my book. The FAA classified these as Category As. After the 2006 KORD (O'Hare) incident, The FAA began recommending that major airports install and use Runway Status Lights (RWSLs) to help prevent these incidents from happening. Almost all major US airports (in terms of traffic) now have them, including KORD. Unfortunately, the FAA has fallen short of making these systems mandatory, but chose to instead make it an opt-in program. Sadly, we are just one major catastrophe away until the FAA decides to make them mandatory installations in Class B and Class C airfields. This is the usual Modus Operandi of the FAA. As a side note, today, if you fly into or out of well-know major airports in the US and abroad, chances are high that you're being protected by these incredible systems.

This goes to show how there is no room for error in aviation! Thanks for this video!

I second that FAA recommendation to have red lights down the centerline. It's such a simple fix. Duh!

Great CRM on the first subject, with the First Officer telling the Captain to "Take down", and he did, and they all survived! This is what CRM is about!

It was not a "near miss"...it was a near collision 💥

Superb video production. I subscribed years ago and I remember the quality lacking a bit back then. It has improved 100-fold. Cudos! Keep up the great work! Yours is the best aviation channel on YT!

I low key wish there was a "everyone survived" at the end 😅

Both of those are scarcer than hell. What a MESS those 2 incidents were. I wonder just how many other near misses there are each and every day?? Too frightening to think about.

Could you imagine being a passenger on that US Air flight and seeing an A330 literally passing directly overhead??

Wow! WE got a double today! I didn't expect that! Nice! As always, amazing work with the simulator and video editor and for the double incident episode. Really good! (btw, I still miss the old song but because it was just incidents... Maybe not as appropriate)

Runway 14R does indeed intersect Runway 27L, but on the far western departure end of 27L. 27L is intersected by both 22R and 14R.

Controllers who cause near misses should be disciplined by the investigating authority. The whole reason for having them is to prevent crashes.

These are some incredible pilots!! So happy any collision was avoided! The pilot from O'Hare probably should have gotten special recognition, too. In both cases, the collisions would have been the air traffic controller's fault. And at O'Hare he had extra help. Hmmm. Thank you for another great presentation!

Is there any particular reason why the controllers don't use some sort of mutual exclusion system (e.g. a token for each intersection that is either in an unused position or in a position for one of the runways)?

"don't worry about it" hillarious 🤣

Airplane taking off: "Don't worry about your blunder, we got him!" Controller: "Got WHO??"

Great Cockpit Resource Management and situational awareness at a time when the majority of the attention is concentrated in the cockpit for takeoff. Fortunately disaster was averted because of alert pilots recognizing what was happening. The main conclusion is that there was a lesson learned and actions were taken to avoid an error like this in the future. Great video!

that united pilot is crazy chill for basically playing chicken with airplanes. can't imagine all of the mountains of paperwork and numbers to copy were.

That United captain was confident about what he was doing.. that was incredible

“Don’t worry we got him” DAMN that was cold.

how in blazes did they think that such an operation was as secure as they thought it was? it is fraught with human frailty, and something would go wrong, inevitably...

The author of this channel does a great job.

United 1015: 'Don't worry about that' BAD-ASS.

First one: V1… rotate… no wait! Not yet! 😱 scary! Second one: rotate, NOW! 😱 ALMOST another Tenerife disaster 😣

It must take some serious cajónes to figure that your best option is to go all-in TOWARDS the collision. That had to involve a surge of adrenaline, but you sure don't hear it in his voice.

Mein Gott, what a nightmare in both cases. Split second decisions were the difference between what would have been two of the worst accidents on American soil, and near-misses. The captain of United 1131 made an insane gamble: That he could rotate high enough to avoid smashing into the 747. Had he lost that gamble it would have been a mini-Tenerife. But he made it over - just. Usually errors in accidents are due to the aircrew, but in these cases, the aircrews are what saved disaster from happening because the *controllers* f*cked up. Seriously. And that's why being ATC is such a high stress job. Little mistakes can cause hundreds of deaths... if not for two very skilled, steel-nerved aircrews.

If I was the USAir pilot, I would have been shouting over the radio, "WHO ON EARTH APPROVED TWO TAKEOFFS AT THE THE SAME TIME?!

That was some awesome piloting!

Wow. Great pilot awareness and skills. Great video.

Thank you to TheFlightChannel for your excellent videos. I'm always on the edge of my seat when I watch them.

Great video as always. You are so into the details. The TAP aircraft (Portuguese airline) parked at Logan’s Terminal was a great touch considering the sizeable Portuguese community that lives in Boston. Thumbs up.

I was aware since 2005 or 2006 of the Boston Logan Int'l near miss but it's the first time I learn about the Chicago O'Hare incident which was an even closer near miss.... Yoohooo Scary 🤪 but that won't deter me from flying LoL.... Thanks @TheFlightChannel for those extremely well made re-creations... Top Notch as usual 👍🏻

I know nothing really about aircraft or flying but your videos are really informational and incredibly done.

Thank god it was a little 737 taking off in the path of the jumbo. Anything bigger and it would have been a real disaster. Thank you for another great video and for reinstating the CAPITOL letters!!! 💕💕💕💕

While I understand and appreciate the reason for splitting control towers into zones, situational awareness can still suffer. While the recommendation to change runway lighting is useful, it might be better to install displays in each ATC zone showing each controller what the other controller is doing. If, for some reason, the controller shortage at a given tower is severe (controllers out sick, on vacation, retired and not replaced), then the airport should consider closing the runways overseen by one zone rather than dumping that responsibility on an already overworked controller in the other zone.

One of the best and most suspenseful aviation videos I ever watched on Ytube, excellent illustration of the events!!

Thank you for making these fascinating videos. I have no knowledge about flying other than being a passenger, but it really makes me think more about what these pilots have to do and how important experience is - and how there are no shortcuts for training someone to be that good.

Those are some damn calm-sounding radio calls, not a hint of adrenaline in the voices of men who had just come incredibly close to death. Impressive quick thinking and professionalism.

Wow! Kudos to all those pilots for thinking so fast and avoiding collisions! Pilots and ATCs have so many things going on and many are fatigued so it’s a miracle more accidents don’t happen.

Excellent video. These get better and better.

15:39 35 feet is shocking. For planes that is really close to each other.

I love this channel

7:24, ATC didn’t feel like admitting he made a mistake, he thought « a simple Roger will do, my ego is too fragile to say I’m sorry ».

H O L Y S H ! T!! These pilots are legends!! 35 freaking feet from colliding! Imagine being a passenger and seeing a commercial jet running top speed directly at you. That is nightmare fuel right there.

Outstanding Airmanship and Excellent Video. The best thing all safe. Thank you @TheFlightChannel for this wonderful video. 🎊🎉🎊

As always, your videos are excellent. Thank you for posting them.🙏🏻✌️🇺🇸

500 passengers had a close shave with death. Only a millisecond away.

Piloting a plane requires teamwork and communication with the crews on board and with the ATC. But when the scenarios are different, the pilot must be aware of his surroundings and try to avoid danger even if the ATC doesn't provide any information.

Don't you know that controller was horrified....Stop Stop Stop!

I just googled to find comparisons to what 35 feet is, basically a length of a normal city bus or three story building. Like, that was close.. very close. Kudos to the Pilot.

The pilots deserved their commendations. Amazing.

The people on the Atlas flight must’ve been shitting themselves looking out the window & seeing the US Airways plane coming at them full speed… thank god collision was avoided! Amazing job on the part of the pilots.

“ I know, let’s build intersecting runways. What could possibly go wrong? “

Good lord!!**WHEW** I thought this was about to be another KLM disaster with the 2 planes colliding at Tenerife! Thank goodness everyone survived!

They're eventually gonna have to get some kind of computer controlled runway management similar to the system used in the air (TCAS).

Luckily, no one injured, and they survived!

man, US Airways pilots were built different. Miss that airline so much.