In the first video I assumed, or thought I remembered, PK was Pakistan on the aircraft registration, but didn't verify it... its actually Indonesia... even fake pilots make mistakes 😉

The first pilot corrected his sink rate with the runway

“Something you never want to see when you’re parking is everyone running away from you”… Story of my life.

The plane may be registered to Indonesia but the landing here is at Paro in Bhutan. This is one of the most difficult commercial airports to access in the world. This was a COVID-19 vaccination transportation between the two countries. Also there are very few pilots permitted to fly in/out of Paro due to the difficulty

"You never want to see people running away from your aircraft". I love this guy's calm way of expressing insane situations.

Also I’d like to point out something important Kelsey forgot to mention. The main reason you want to avoid putting your plane into a stall is that stalls are generally designed to fit horses and there’s little chance aircraft could fit in there. You’re welcome

"Something you never want to see when you're taxiing to park is a bunch of people running away from your aircraft." Kelsey, you are absolutely hilarious.

Learned to fly on sod fields in tail draggers from a pair of barnstomers in my teens. The guy that lost his engine did a good job, so was your advice for preventing a stall. I was taught early on to practice emergency landing and to "Matianeth thy airspeed, lest the ground rise up and smite thee."

3:25 bro was already dialing tower, no need to copy the number he still has it from the last time

On a flight that landed at O’Hare the tower kept changing the gate. We taxied for 44 minutes. When we finally got to the gate the pilot came on the PA and said; “Thank you for your patience as I did the longest taxi of my career.”

That engine loss landing was smooth. Looked like an actual glider coming in.

Kelsey looks so pleased when the guy lands in the field. Like he could cry almost. So sweet!

Something else kelsey didn’t mention on the first one was that approach is into paro which is well known for being one of the most dangerous approaches in the world because of the mountains surrounding the airport. That’s why they were so unstabilized because it was their first time flying this approach and you actually have to weave around the mountains at the last second to get lined up with the runway. Also the mountains make it dangerous to do a go around

Dude that lost engines was a student on a solo cc. I've heard everything from mech failure to fuel starvation but regardless of the WHY, the HOW was impressive for a student to take an emergency like that. Glad he made it down in one piece and props to him for keeping his cool🤙

The best method I've ever heard to explain a stall to someone who didn't know the four forces is to tell them, "Basically, you slow down from flying speed to falling speed, and if you're lucky, you've got enough altitude to get back up to flying speed before you hit the ground." It gets the concept across well enough...

I appreciate you taking the time and spending your energy to make these videos. I feel like you are a genuine friend of mine. Thank you

That 1st clip is of paro airport in Bhutan. It has been said it is one of the most dangerous and difficult airports to land at because it is situated in the valley of two mountains where the glide slope is picked up after an unstabalized turn at a very steep bank. There are only a handful of pilots qualified to fly into this airport. There are also KZfaq videos of this showing how difficult the approach actually is

The guy at 6:34 will be called Captain Lamp-post for the rest of his career.

It's that famous airport, Paro. To make a good landing you have to almost clip a mountain with the right wing in that right turn at the start of the video. If you don't, this is what happens.

Hey Cap. I'm not really into aviation but I came across your chanel and I'm now absolutely hooked. I like how you breakdown the videos and audios. Keep it up

This channel has me hooked. Keep up the amazing work. I really do enjoy.

Kelsey, I took your line about the most important thing is safe decision making that makes a good pilot, and used it with my daughter while teaching her how to drive. You see? Your videos have an impact on the world.

"In this situation, airspeed is more important than your altitude". Damn I would have forgotten this in this situation and I am a private pilot. Makes total sense. Thanks Kelsey. Might come in handy one day. I hope not.

kelsey, you're the man. thanks for all these videos and your knowledge. Definitely helping relax and get some humor in as i study for a check ride

The guy with the engine failure actually didn't fuel up before taking off and was running on fumes before his plane lost power. He put up the video with his takeaways from the incident and hopefully in the future won't forget what to do next time. But he did handle the situation really well and after he posted it I tried searching for the local news article about it, but couldn't find it. Edit: Found it, his name is Brian Parsley. My comprehension is off 🤦🏾‍♂️, but someone clarified below, he thought he had fuel, but it was actually not enough fuel for the flight.

The "bank angle checked" is still killing me even after seeing this 10+ times 😂😂😂

Nice debrief. I'm not a pilot just an enthusiast and I find these very information and sometimes entertaining. Keep up the good work.

The first video is landing on runway 33 in Paro Airport in Bhutan. There's a big hill in front of runway 33 that requires inbound aircraft to swerve around it on the left-hand side and then make a turn onto the runway at the last moment. The swerving you saw there is actually the published approach, just not executed that well. But that's what the training is for I guess.

The landing in the field took me back to when I was a teenager, my Dad built a plane like that and used our sheep paddock as a runway. Except the paddocks were too short so he re-made the fence down the middle in such a way it could be flattened and held down with rocks on each side. Whenever we landed I would be so nervous in case the fence decided to pretend it was one of those wires on an aircraft carrier! Never did, luckily. Also never landed on a sheep because first he would do a low pass to chase them off into the bush at the side. Good times, miss you Dad ♥️.

The "sink rate" thing is maybe not the thing you thought of. It wasn't a check flight. It is a landing into Paro/Bhutan, which is only allowed either to pilots who recieved a special training and checks, or to crews with such a pilot on board, as it's the case here. The Indonesian 737-300 had a load of anti-Corona vaccines on board. The normal procedure while landing into Paro is to switch the warning out (not done here). A normal stabilized approach to Paro is not possible due to mountainous terrain. The problem with this particual landing is, that 1. the PF didn't follow all the commands of the pilot from Bhutan sitting behind him, esp. making all the turns; 2. the PF therefore had to make too sharp turns ("bank angle"), 3. the PF consuming all the space he needs to align with the extended center line prior to touch down, 4. the PM recording the approach with his cell phone and not monitoring the PF at all, and 5. the crew altogether not making a go-around after this messed-up approach.

You are the perfect mix of knowledge and presentation. Thanks for these vids!!

Really enjoyed how you linked crew resource management to a solo pilot situation - great way to look at it!

10:00, I've actually had an air traffic controller help an aviation student and an instructor when they had a radio problem, the controller actually instructed the instructor how to troubleshoot the headset connector. The controller had actually flewn a significant amount of hours in the same single engine aircraft type with the same Garmin radio panel.. And this being in the TMA of a big airport.

Registration "PK-" is for Indonesia. PK-YGW is a Boeing 737-300 operated by Indonesian cargo company, Tri-MG

Excellent! I've been watching hundreds of aviation videos and this one is fantastic! I'm a layman and I appreciate these explanations. Thank you.

The first thing I thought as I watched the crew in the first vid careening towards the ground was "shouldn't they abort??" Felt pretty good to hear you say that the decision to proceed with that horrendous landing was the worst mistake made that day. Confirms that after watching several of your (awesome) videos I'm probably ready for my PPL ;) keep up the great work, thank you for the informative & interesting vids, and stay safe up there!

The fact Kelsey is so humble makes listening to him and watching these videos so much better.

Mentor Pilot showed the first landing about a month ago. It's a specialist approach and requires a certified pilot for this airport to guide non certified pilots in. The approach goes wrong a little earlier than shown when the pilot flying didn't react soon enough to an instruction putting the plane out of the correct approach. Thereon after things go wrong

I've seen the airport in the first video, it is known as one of the few airports that requires 2 specially trained captains to fly into. If memory serves me right I seen it on a documentary that they only have one chance to land no go arounds as there is no way to get out of the valley on the other end of the runway and no aircraft can climb quickly to get over.

Hi Captain Kelsey, enjoying your videos. appreciate you. be bless n stay safe always.

Nice discussion. 25,000 hour captain here. I've used the single brake for stopping technique many times. It was frowned upon by the company, but on airplane with grabby brakes like theA320, it made the last bit of the final stop a lot smoother. The trick is to only do it a bit and at the very last so as not to put a side-load on the gear.

The Indonesian flight was a humanitarian flight into a must be certified to fly into airport or have a certified for the airport pilot assisting verbally. Both left and right seat were fully qualified in the aircraft, the jump seat pilot was the pilot certified to fly into that airport (actually from a different airline) The missed approach point was several miles behind them, so sink rate and bank angle warnings while trying to land successfully. Mentor pilot has a great debrief on this video, you should check it out.

Your videos are so binge-able I love them!😁

Kelsey, this is a cool channel, and I absolutely am addicted!!! Thank you for all the contact . Great channel.!!!!

Regarding startle effect video, this guy was from my flight school. What doesn’t seem to be public knowledge, is that this was his long cross country student solo. He didn’t plan for enough fuel, and ran out of fuel. He did not top up the tanks before leaving the airport and during his intermediary stops, stopped and discussed with his CFI about fuel but again elected not to add fuel. Poor decision making in regards to fuel management and led to an engine fuel starvation. With all that said, he did to a great job getting the plane and himself safely on the ground. @74gear

Former ramp agent here, thanks for taking it easy. Only other request is on those cold winter days, or wet days, keep the APU running and whatever opens that wonderful vent on the bottom of the plane. Love that little vent of high heat under the plane. Kept me warm, dried me off many times. Like an excessive hair dryer.

Great job on the Cessna emergency landing. The speed that Kelsey was referring to is called the best glide speed. It’s the speed at which the airplane would achieve the farthest distance as it slowly trades off altitude for speed. The best glide speed is unique to every make and model of an airplane and would be specified in the POH. Back pressure during the rolling portion of the landing is crucial. Not only does it help with bumps on the field, but it also gives some residual lift as the angle of attack could be sufficient enough to provide a bit of lift. This in turn makes the airplane feel a little lighter and puts less pressure on the landing gear at higher rolling speed. This of course bleeds off as the airplane gets closer to a stop.

Great advise for anyone who flies, Thank you 74.

Thank you for the continued aviation coverage! No matter what stage of flying you’re in; or if you’re just an aviation fan, there’s always room to learn! This series proves that point pretty precisely.

One of the few good things to come out of the covid nightmare was finding this channel .. it made my world feel bigger .. in a good way.

That field landing was really good. I really enjoy your videos. Never went for my ATP, but your videos make me want to fly again. I miss it.

Wow that first approach was SCREAMING - GO AROUND, but they forced it anyway.... lucky that everyone walked away from that one... I totally agree with your comments about good decision making in the process of piloting..... I feel sorry for aircraft that are operated like that... beats the daylights out of everything on the plane. ( Testament to the structural soundness of the 737 airframe taking this kind of abuse )

been watching for a couple months now. just have to say thank you for providing a real perspective on flight. as a very infrequent airline passenger, the anxiety builds up. but with messing around in the newer msfs, added with your knowledge. makes flying a whole lot easier.

Looks like Paro Airport. Not the easiest airport to land at, and probably the reason for the check airman. There is a hill right in the way of the approach path, and it looks like they went too far left due to that terrain, then had trouble getting back in line.

Another great video. Thanks!

the guy landing on the gras field... amazing work!

The first video is an approach to an airport in Bhutan where special training is required. As an alternative you can have next to you a trained pilot to tell you what to do... but the pilot flying doesn't do what the other pilot is saying, so... that happened 🙈 In any case I think it was a freight flight.

"If people start running away you're either doing something wrong or very stupid". Made me laugh pretty well. Thanks for your videos. Some of us who wish to fly, or be in aviation but physically can't, you bring the true sense of the cockpit "atmosphere" with how you present. Keep the videos coming sir!

Kinsley’s bedrooms are always so clean and his videos are great and interesting. Thank you, brother

This video teached me a lot. Thank you sir

"Something you never want to see when you're taxiing your plane to park is a bunch of people running away from your aircraft. A bunch of people running away usually means you're about to be in danger or you're doing something stupid. Neither of the two are good situations." TRUTH.

I finally had my discovery flight today, the privilege of viewing Niagara Falls from 3500 feet was just... *wow*. If my wallet allows me to, I'm definitely going to pursue a license further. Thanks Kelsey, and everyone else in the community for being so incredibly supportive of one another. Keep the blue side up ;-)

Ahh legend, talking about it you just reminded me I still need to do a CRM refresher

WOW! Dude hit a light pole!! GREAT VIDEO!

Best example of "sitting in the smart seat" was the lost engine incident with Qantas flight 32. Because it was a check flight for one of the crew, there were 5 pilots on the flight deck during the incident. Their handling of the situation was a textbook example of how to do it right.

I also heard the story recently of the pilot that checked the tanks before takeoff but the plane was on a slope , giving the appearance of full or full enough ….. she was smart enough to believe the gauges and made an early pit stop. She was on fumes.

These videos just makes my day🤩

Reminds me of a local carrier in Brazil, I still remember them landing in a little back water airport where they hit so hard I thought the landing gear collapsed. Was the first time I ever remember seeing the pilots getting out and inspecting the landing gear.

I love these videos! Kelsey has made my fear of flying go away! Thank you.

@74 Gear The first clip was taken at Paro, have a look at the Paro approach on KZfaq. All of those GPWS call outs are normal there. When the Bhutan Air flies into Paro, they actually have to turn off the GPWS because it would just be screaming at them through the whole approach. The approach usually makes the pilots fly VFR through the valley & must be performed by 2 captains to fly the approach. Even though it would be a completely unstable approach planes are usually found still Turing onto the centreline over the threshold. Also love your videos mate!

Kelsey I have to admit how much I enjoy your videos...my Boss for around 6 years was a Korean War Fighter Jet Pilot... I'm not sure of his command, though he was a full bird col. Almost every day we'd sit and discuss the 5 th Army finance as I was the Property Book Officer for the base and he was the Logistic Services Officer.... almost every day he will tell me these insane stories about his combat flights. His plane got hit on one side and the round excited on the other side. In those days he had a airman roll up some steps and help him out. This one time the airman saw the hole and a lot of blood .... turns out the round followed the seat backing and had broke his skin all the way around, not deep, but it wasn't a clean scar. They made him sit until the medics arrived to get him out. He figured his Adrenalin might have been high in combat so he he didn't feel the hit. This was like 1974 and most DOD employees back there were WWII and Korean war solders... I was the only combat solder, though I had a secondary MOS (JOB Rating) of 76 Y (Supply). He said to me, you were wounded, weren't you?...yup, in my back two broken vertebra .... so like silly men he un-tucks his suit and shows me this scar, then I un-tuck my uniform and show him mine ... the next thing you know we have 7 or 8 guys comparing scares in his Office, even my "Signal Corp" commander Col (in full dress Uniform, like me) showed us his upper leg scar, so to see it, he had to drop his pants, thus I also saw his butt! It was then I just left and Diane - his secretary said it happens all the time? I never experienced it!.... If his conversations weren't about the combat flights, it was about me being a paratrooper not waiting for the plane to land.... man I got $35 a month extra in 1970 in Vietnam; "Jump Pay" ... thanks for your posts, as it brings back those days and.... Those guys were the most respectful and helpful guys I had to deal with. Wearing the famous Screaming Eagle Patch with 2/502 INF and Sniper tab meant a lot to me and them.... that was 50 years ago, before you were a gleam in your daddy's eyes I would guess....LOL... he stopped flying, but my Dad went a bought a "Piper Cub" in the late 60's.... You be safe....

Kelsey, I love the faces you make!!!!😂

I don't think 'bank angle', 'sink rate', or 'PULL UP' is something you want to hear during landing

“Thinking Out Loud” is a strategy educators teach their students to use to help them understand their process. Talking out loud is just talking. 😂🙏🏻

Liked this video from the first 60 seconds (no, i mean it. I legit hit the like button at the 37 second mark) because of your vibe.

Excellent video

Good Landing: All occupants walk away. Great Landing: You can re-use the plane! 🤪😂🤣😁

Kelsey: You shouldn’t be hearing Sink rate! or Bank angle! On approach. Kai Tak: (begins to cry)

I logged 28 hours as a student, and did great in ground school. I was mouthing "Go around, GO AROUND!" watching that "approach". I wanted to yell, but my wife was watching a movie 🍿. All I could assume was really terrible wind and downdraft, but it still doesn't excuse the decision to force the landing.

I was so ecstatic for the guy with the stalled engine when he landed. He did such an amazing job staying calm and made all the right decisions. Definitely seemed to be an experienced pilot

My man doesn't miss with these videos. In fact he lands perfectly on the runway centre line.

That grass field landing was *chef's kiss*. Great job to that pilot and ATC for working with him.

It’s very cool to hear a pilot break stuff down. It’s kind of mystifying. Ive been wondering how many pilots are not much different than an indifferent fast food employee, or the maintenance crew/administration-can’t be many, but they must exist.

I was just about to watch an old viral debrief video, thank you!

I fly hundreds of thousands of miles (well, I did before covid), and had a scary flight incident when I was 10 (L1011 emergency landing in Kansas City, smoke in the cabin, fast descent and jumped out the slide, people puking everywhere), but never discussed with anyone. I always get nervous before a flight, and used to get migraines after the flight. It's gotten better and I have a handle on it. Your channel is really informative, and is a great source of info and has given me answers to quite a few things that previously made me freaked out. You're really likeable and wonder if you provide a personal service similar to the turbulence app?

The worst thing about the single engine power loss is being right over a field, and having to make steep descent or steep banks to get an approach. It just complicates things. He had a good approach slope. I was just reading about a contract proposal for a fighter in 1916, and one part stipulated in the contract was that it be able to operate from "a freshly plowed field".

PK-xxx is an Indonesian Reg. PK-YGW is an Aisan Cargo Airlines B733F. From what I found the plane was performing flight GM515 from Kolkata, India (CCU) to Paro, Bhutan (PBH) on July 12th 2021. Paro is a particularly challanging airport to fly into. The American Airlines incident was N834NN, operating flight AA1005 from Dallas-Ft Worth (DFW) to Nassau (NAS) on May 28th 2021.

Legend has it, 74 gear will show us a video of his early days of flying when he had under 50 hours of flight experience once he reaches 1 million subscribers.

That sink rate video really looks like one of the epic landing challenges in msfs2020... with the large passenger plane and it is hard to line up because of the terrain and you need to swerve around it to line up. Keep it up! Good content!

6:34 I love how the trucks in the foreground just stop and watch when the plane takes down that light pole😅

Absolutely agree with your assessment of this vid

Reminds me of myself in primary school. I was playing flight simulator on a Sinclair QL and one afternoon ran to my mother shouting "Mama, Mama, I managed to crash on the Runway!!!". 😅

He is training landing in Paro airport. He did the last right turn to late and overrun the centerline

Oh, I will try your tricks, alright! Thanks for the tips!

Great videos. One question Where can I purchase the lamp behind you 😆

The really impressive part about the pilot with the engine out emergency landing in the field is he is a STUDENT pilot

Hey, I am a random person interested in aviation and wanted to let you know, that I appreciate the information you put out on here. I like your Viral Debrief videos the most and after watching several videos I came to the conclusion, that I have to subscribe now. Keep the blue side up! Greetings from germany :)

Wow listen to your opening and now ur latest short a year later YOU'RE HIRING A VOLG EDITOR. YOU'VE DEFINITELY KEPT IT GOING. UR SO HUMBLE U DESERVE THIS YOUR HARD WORK AND CONSISTENCY HAS PAID OFF. WTG 👍💯😎🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

Kelsey, got a question for you. Do you recommend using the two tips you gave at the end for GA aircraft whether single or multi engine or were they just for larger planes like you fly?

Great Video, thank you for giving us more knowledge on what to do and what not do, and telling us what is wrong.