Why the United Nations Runs Its Own Airline

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@RyanKusuma Жыл бұрын

Sam always finds a way to talk about airplanes. Even the UN isn’t safe

@Brivalia Жыл бұрын

Neither is newark airport

@herrhornbuckele5227 Жыл бұрын

In fact, it's kind of UN safe

@RyanKusuma Жыл бұрын

@@herrhornbuckele5227 Get out

@herrhornbuckele5227 Жыл бұрын

@@RyanKusuma XD

@tigercap100 Жыл бұрын

I don't trust the UN at all.

@YouAreBreathing Жыл бұрын

I'm just amazed at the stock video footage that is available. Who would think of using a knife to cut food that's not there?

@braydengraves4655 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing!

@ZaHandle Жыл бұрын

Stock images are even more extreme

@pratyushjayachandran Жыл бұрын

@1:02 if anyone is wondering because I had to re-watch it to laugh

@jamril1936 Жыл бұрын

I believe Sam waited ages to use the stock footage: "Child Pretending to be an Airplane while Running on the Beach." @3:29 This was finally his chance.

@EminencePhront 4 ай бұрын

Just wait till AI-generated video reaches parity with the real stuff and then you'll see some seriously weird shit.

@ac31o19 Жыл бұрын

My dad flew on UNHAS a couple days ago. Nice airline and the crew even let him take a photo with the plane. Shame they only serve water on the flight. On a real note they are a fascinating airline and cool logistical study. Nice video!

@jonathanshaw6784 Жыл бұрын

What? The World Food Program doesn't serve food on their flights?

@planefan082 Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanshaw6784 I mean, to be fair, I don't know if a catering terminal is readily available at all of their destinations

@maazkalim Жыл бұрын

{Only-&-only to the OP: }Utter shame that your dad is a greedy gut who isn't capable to think beyond his consumerism.

@planefan082 Жыл бұрын

@@maazkalim Not necessarily their dad; they never mentioned their dad complaining about it

@maazkalim Жыл бұрын

Regardless... "The OP" was shameless about his entitlement, so.. "@@planefan082"

@androk. Жыл бұрын

1:51 Sam’s writers have made a small breakthrough to freedom

@filippoformoso9690 Жыл бұрын

Subtitle: "This should have been a Wendover Production video, but we couldn't find enough stuff to make it 20 mins long, so it ended up here"

@alex_zetsu 2 ай бұрын

Well I mean he also have visual jokes on this video, which fits with the half as interesting chanel.

@JamieElli Ай бұрын

Well, it fits with the channel name Half as Interesting (as a Wendover video), I guess.

@tryxdc Жыл бұрын

well how else are they meant to unite the nations?

@kjl3080 Жыл бұрын

@Rare one silence bot

Жыл бұрын

Glue and string, like everyone else!

@handlemonium Жыл бұрын

Um.......an army of "peacekeeping" troops?

@jonhall2274 Жыл бұрын

@@kjl3080 I'd say report it for terrorism &/or child abuse since reporting for spam has never worked, and as you'd think something like that would alert KZfaq's algorithm, but then again, KZfaq could NOT give less fucks.

@sirpixel7945 Жыл бұрын

Smash tournament, who ever wins owns the world

@squeaksquawk4255 Жыл бұрын

"They had to figure out how to airdtrop 1.5 million tonnes of food into Sudan while somehow convinving both sides of a civil war not to kill them" How can you say something like that and then not elaborate?! We need a video on this!!!

@adrianhv3083 Жыл бұрын

I now want a movie about this

@Ginrikuzuma Жыл бұрын

because then it would be interesting

@thischannelisforcommenting5680 Жыл бұрын

The Logistics of Airdropping Food in Sudan War

@kenos911 Жыл бұрын

@@adrianhv3083 but instead of the movie being about the war, it’s about the airdroppers

@ericburton5163 Жыл бұрын

To be fair alot of UN peacekeeping and aid forces have been attacked while operating insane logistics. I mean Black Hawk Down was made into a movie because it was Americans who were killed, but this happens to lots of UN peacekeepers and aid workers all of the time, while they are performing some insanely complex work.

@ssundgaard Жыл бұрын

So what you’re saying is that I have a good business case in creating an airline that flies where the UN does but at a lower price?

@Nathannorris744 Жыл бұрын

Unless you get shot down

@purplerabbit638 Жыл бұрын

You wouldn't be able to because you wouldn't be able to get insurance or it would be exorbitant lol.

@magica3526 Жыл бұрын

@@purplerabbit638 yes, thats the only problem with the plan

@p00bix Жыл бұрын

Maybe something like that could be possible if it was a private contractor funded by the UN, but otherwise the risk is way too high and reward way too low

@p00bix Жыл бұрын

@RedDot How has KZfaq not figured out how to eliminate these bots?? They're everywhere

@jasonselling Жыл бұрын

UNHAS is pronounced by those who use or operate it as a single word, like the opposite of Has is Un-has. Not each individual letter.

@chimpazoo1143 Жыл бұрын

and it also means "Fingernails" in portuguese

@chaosXP3RT Жыл бұрын

I'll pronounce UNHAS however I want. What're they gonna do, send their Peacekeepers after me?

@scythal Жыл бұрын

@@chaosXP3RT You've clearly disturbed the peace with that comment, so yes they will

@chaosXP3RT Жыл бұрын

@@scythal Lmao

@jammymcjammerson5318 Жыл бұрын

1:49 that's a kc-135, left over wing hatch and neighboring passenger seats. On the right you can see the apu bleed air supply pipe and cargo door safety net. On the left is the "20" person life raft. 20 people will fit but will have a hard time being friends afterward

@AveryChow Жыл бұрын

1:50 the vocal chops on this song are INSANE

@mlog92 Жыл бұрын

Yea. What was that about?

@al.j.s Жыл бұрын

@@mlog92 probably the equivalent of beeping it out to avoid demonetization

@Killz4Dayz 3 ай бұрын

@@al.j.sthat makes no sense.

@ministe2003 Жыл бұрын

"If by party you mean famine" had me laughing out loud, not something that youtube videos do to me very often!

@killz2liv3 Жыл бұрын

Wierd audio glitch at 1:51 for a couple seconds, obscuring a hooters joke.

@mt_xing Жыл бұрын

The new season of Jet Lag is already so good. Rooting for Ben and Adam for once; think it's their turn to finally win one.

@jaredf6205 Жыл бұрын

You can hear the jet lag at 1:50

@heidirabenau511 Жыл бұрын

I knew Joseph from RLL would be in the Season 2

@HazmatPyro Жыл бұрын

2:33 Oof. That was an unexpected brutal insult. The Newark Liberty International Airport jokes are always fun to hear

@steavf9455 Жыл бұрын

1:47 "You don't see Hooters [REDACTED] your local airport.

@BarrettCharlebois Жыл бұрын

Sam thank you for speaking about that org. Honestly, I’ve been trying to find a more fulfilling job than what I currently do, and you know what….I’m going to apply to work for them.

@jonhall2274 Жыл бұрын

Good luck! 🙂

@SurprisinglyDeep Жыл бұрын

Tell us how it goes

@deddcuber3288 4 ай бұрын

so what happened?

@technole Жыл бұрын

Sam is right about Newark-Liberty airport being a warzone

@muenstercheese Жыл бұрын

as someone living in the terrific state of new jersey, i can confirm

@sporq Жыл бұрын

I just wanted to point out that there actually WAS a Hooters Airline, from 2003 to 2006. I remember seeing ads for it at the time.

@HitTheFloor09 Жыл бұрын

The fact that you present this factually while respectfully talking shit is my favourite thing.

@d33pNacho Жыл бұрын

I love the way this channel uses the same stock footage that most "cheap" KZfaq channels but somehow manages to make it engaging and fun to watch

@handlemonium Жыл бұрын

*"a better public transit network than most American cities have."* OUCH. Roasted 🔥

@robdavy4468 Жыл бұрын

The real question we should be asking is what was wrong with the original lines that had to be de-dubbed in clearly a totally different physical space that sounded totally different. They were about things that could have been dicey, so my money is on Sam first having said something a little too close to the line

@austinthrowsstuff Жыл бұрын

I love this channel. There is actually a HOOTERS AIRLINE but he never even gives you that joke, he lets the people who know laugh

@kenos911 Жыл бұрын

He made me check if there was and that made me laugh way harder lmao

@TracksideViews Жыл бұрын

Was*

@ThePsychicFish Жыл бұрын

3:47 That fake email which pops up for a second is too funny man!! I'll admit I haven't laughed that hard at something in a while!

@AverytheCubanAmerican Жыл бұрын

On the bright side of taking off from Newark Liberty, at least there's the chance Tony Soprano gets to see your plane as he's driving on the NJ Turnpike while listening to Woke Up This Morning by Alabama 3. And the airport has an Amtrak-NJ Transit hub...unlike other airports that don't have transit at all

@user-gb7cl8np3p Жыл бұрын

WHY ARE YOUR COMMENTS EVERYWHERE sorry

@RunawayTrain2502 Жыл бұрын

So what you are saying is that the best thing about Newark Airport is being able to get out of Newark?

@mattorr77 Жыл бұрын

4:08 “Boeing 737” but shows a pic of a 767. Sam up your game. Love the vids.

@jonasdatlas4668 Жыл бұрын

And back to our regularly scheduled program, plaaaaaaneeees!

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Жыл бұрын

Just a head's up at 3:07, that's not the official flag of Afghanistan anymore. That was the flag of the US-puppet Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government that collapsed in August 2021. The current country's (which is the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) flag is the same as the Taliban flag at 2:59

@Sar_y Жыл бұрын

Thank you supream leader of the real korea

@N0xium Жыл бұрын

Let's hope they don't beat their customers like United or Delta

@tired1923 Жыл бұрын

imagine living in a world where there once was a Hooters airline, that would be sooo crazy, who would even think of that

@kylemcconnaughey4611 Жыл бұрын

The audio at like 1:50 sounds strange for me, does it for anyone else?

@MarcTamlyn Жыл бұрын

That email screenshot was worth pausing for, thank you

@AndrewMott6 Жыл бұрын

If only it was real 🤣

@61rampy65 Жыл бұрын

3:48 If only Sam from Half as Interesting were the same guy as Sam from Wendover, he could book a flight! (Along with Mr Beast). I have to admit I got a good laugh from that.

@cherylcrawford3581 Жыл бұрын

That was my favorite part of the video!

@LiveFreeOrDieDH Жыл бұрын

A++ 😂

@patrickhanft Жыл бұрын

You probably should collaborate with Sam from Wendover. They might let him use the UNHAS. Only question remaining: Would his content be funny all the time, or not at all?

@12_terabyte57 Жыл бұрын

Another video about air stuff! Hooray!

@khanra Жыл бұрын

there are actually still several international routes from Kabul on commercial airlines - including between Kabul and Doha on Ariana Afghan Airlines

@loduk102 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making videos, Sam! I love humor and learning at the same time.

@pirunkar Жыл бұрын

1:50 is just something else lol

@lawrencefriduss8476 Жыл бұрын

1:51 ???? What happened there?

@henke37 Жыл бұрын

You'd be surprised how big the overlap between commercial airlines and warzones actually is.

@kjl3080 Жыл бұрын

Yay more plane videos from HAI

@patrickm.4469 Жыл бұрын

3:48 amazing!

@needlearon Жыл бұрын

Wait, you said they had a 737 but showed a 767-200! Still great vid!

@earthling_parth Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the work UNHAS does. All power to them 🙌

@jiajianhou426 Жыл бұрын

Love the constant NYC airport roast lol.

@TraderPulse Жыл бұрын

The amount of good jokes in this video is insane 10/10

@bernadettan6732 6 ай бұрын

"Or just kinda hanging out while a genocide happens" SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE DO THEY

@Tetrahedral-Justin Жыл бұрын

My father needed to go on a business trip to Orlando when I was little, and so he used it as an excuse to take the family on vacation. We flew on Hooters Air. I had in-flight teddy bear graham crackers.

@wbokhari8860 Жыл бұрын

I saw their planes in Islamabad in December 2021 as they were operating to Afghanistan. There were three of them, and they were really small planes (probably sat 10-16 pax max).

@yoshi-808 Жыл бұрын

Being half as interesting as Sam from wendover is quite a blow!!!

@iAPX432 Жыл бұрын

Great answer from the WFP! Kudos!

@SacredDirt Жыл бұрын

"w the exception of Newark.." probably the funniest thing you've ever said on any of your channels! Been watching for years.

@jetx_47 Жыл бұрын

Keep the Newark Airport roasts coming, Sam!

@ronjon7942 Ай бұрын

Wait, Sam? Fron Wendover?? Subscribed.

@afatcatfromsweden Жыл бұрын

New Wendover video just dropped!

@ogigami Жыл бұрын

It isn't a HAI plane video without good ol' Newark Airport bashing!

@qzbnyv Жыл бұрын

3:41 it’s the country train platform at Sydney’s Central Station!

@ccityplanner1217 25 күн бұрын

Let's crowdfund to buy a jet airliner and donate it to the World Food Programme on the condition that Sam gets to travel on it whenever he likes.

@epender Жыл бұрын

3:40 Never thought I'd see Copenhagen Central Station on Wendover- I mean HAI's video 😆

@Liam_219 Жыл бұрын

4:06 “one Boeing 737” *shows 767*

@mazincraft1 Жыл бұрын

a perk of being sudanese is i get to see UN aircrafts and vehicles almost everyday lol

@TanyaOfMars Жыл бұрын

Waiting now for the in-depth Wendover video on “The Logistics Behind the UN’s Airlines”

@killiancogan886 Жыл бұрын

1:51 *cencered by hooters*

@John-Smith02 Жыл бұрын

1:50 - 1:53 HAI.exe has stopped working

@ackelcurns4814 Жыл бұрын

why did the audio at around 1:50

@corro202 Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@beatboxlanguage Жыл бұрын

Love, world food programme

@thecasualparry7797 Жыл бұрын

TL;DR: Humanitarian Uber Eats

@S1mp1l0t Жыл бұрын

Small editing mistake, 4:08 is a 767-200, not a 737 as stated.

@ChristopherMahn Жыл бұрын

3:47 Mr. Beast should make a video about these flights, when I see this email correctly. That would be good publicity.

@alexoestreicher1092 Жыл бұрын

How long before aviation review KZfaqrs lie to get their way on this airline and then write some clickbait title, “I flew the UN’s SECRET airline and it was FILTHY!”

@doubleturtle2103 Жыл бұрын

1:51 sounds funky

@gordanbabic8028 Жыл бұрын

"Sahel region is essentially the party center of the world. if by party you mean famine."

@allaab9385 Жыл бұрын

Let me make you jealous, I used UNHAS on a regular basis throughout the time of the pandemic, when I worked for WFP and DRC

@mindblown9 5 ай бұрын

4:23 the best/most practical problem soving organization in the world doesn't seem to be too hard to beat these days

@mountainsan7618 Жыл бұрын

Alaska Airlines was built around this concept too of doing flights where no one else would in rural Alaska.

@User31129 Жыл бұрын

So was Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service). Alaska and Australia are mostly empty for the same reasons. The predominant weather and terrain is something very few people want to live in.

@derekkang8126 Жыл бұрын

I read the title as “Why United Airlines runs its own nation” got me pretty confused lmao

@_Mohit_Joshi Жыл бұрын

FYI, Air India never suspended its services to Afghanistan either. Plus, India sends humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan via India's port in Iran. (Since land route is blocked, as Pakistan doesn't want aid to reach Afghanistan).

@thestocksource8393 Жыл бұрын

Did anyone else’s audio have a seizure during the hooters bit?

@hoosiervr 4 ай бұрын

1:51 10/10 audio

@five-toedslothbear4051 Жыл бұрын

Pulses, haven’t heard that term used since I was reading Guns, Germs, and Steel.

@Kelfuma Жыл бұрын

Lol was that rejection email from the WFP real? I got a good laugh out of that.

@MandoMonge Жыл бұрын

Just this morning I saw a plane from the UN in Doha...AND then I find this on my recommended...perfect timing!

@actng Жыл бұрын

3:47 troll email had me reading

@troelsfischerthomsen1892 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes you just have to stop and enjoy stock video of places you know, Copenhagen central Station - Denmark, is in there.

@Mathtron5000 Жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, I thought the title said "anime" and I thought it was something I already knew about

@unraged6004 Жыл бұрын

I assume you're talking about hetalia

@jannikheidemann3805 Жыл бұрын

There are official UN animes being made?!

@unraged6004 Жыл бұрын

@@jannikheidemann3805 no but they're probably talking about hetalia

@JonathanNilens Жыл бұрын

That WFP mail is hilarious 🤣

@kalebwieland4938 Жыл бұрын

The Email response is hilariouuuus!

@stevenfaw8535 5 ай бұрын

There used to be hey Hooters airline. My friend Melissa‘s mother was the administrative assistant to the president of the airline until it went out of business.😂🤣😂