You should consider changing the title or at lest have what you would consider a good a landing for this runway for comparison. Theses' guys look like carrier aircraft on approach but the runway is not moving.
I am with Wes Nelson in this. Awful conditions. Caused awful approach and decent. But the landing itself? The touchdown? Brilliant! Even more so given the awful approach and decent caused by the awful conditions. It is about what you identify as landing. When the caption said awful landings, I expected hard touchdowns; like several landings I experienced when it felt like the landing gears hit/"slammed" onto the airstrip with the (is it hydraulics? or that mechanism which gives the gears their "springs") pressed hard to maximum compression. But in this video, the pilots managed smooth landing/touchdown at the final point.
These are not "awful" landings. The approach looks incredibly difficult and there was wind too. Hats off to the pilots for their amazing knowledge and skills.
@David Roberts It actually says "awful landings"... but as others have pointed out, it's more likely a language barrier issue than pilot bashing. But hey, it's the youtube comments, 'quick to judge' is part of the game!
@@ziiofswe I'm from Portugal wich is the country the man who made the video is from, even with a language barrier it still sounds fairly close to what is in English so yes he should change the title, it is disrespectful for the pilots who put years of training to make these extremely dangerous landings
From what I heard, The guy who makes the videos is foreign and writes things in Portuguese. So it’s likely this is just a poor auto-translation by UA-cam.
@6:04 - 6:58: That Condor landing looked like/reminded me of a landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier. As a pilot myself, I can appreciate the difficulty of trying to land in these conditions. Good work from skilled pilots in difficult conditions to bring down their planes safely.
On the contrary. None even *bounced*, so they were absolutely excellent textbook landings. The approaches did look a bit (no, a lot) hairy though... What surprised me the most about this clip is the number of pilots who seemed about to fly the whole go-around with the wheels down. Strikes me as an odd way to do it. And I thought all modern airliners had a "go around" button that does an automatic and very rapid checklist - flaps, throttles, undercarriage, etc etc...?
You can always, go around. If you don't look right, coming down. Don't wait until you're sideways, or sliding on the ground, you can always, go around.
I've been a passenger on an AirBus A320 during a windy day go around (not at this airport) and seeing these videos really helps me put it into perspective! It looks fairly peaceful from the outside, even though as a passenger it was the most uncomfortable flight experience I've ever had. I have so much respect for pilots, especially those who take the time for a go-around. As they said in my fear of flying class, waiting is our friend when it comes to flying. If they wait to land, it's for good reason! Thanks for sharing.
..madeira isnt that big and if you would build it somewhere else it wouldnt be safer because of the hills....at least there is the option of falling into the sea rather than running straight into the cliffs. 😅
That title is an absolute insult to the pilots, there was not a single "Horrible" or "awful" landing in this whole video. You should be ashamed aviationchannel.
These pilots are very talented, skilled, and took their responsibilities very seriously. Facing such strong crosswinds is a tough thing to do for a pilot, and these footages just proved how successful the pilots are in managing not only their career, yet also at landing a passenger plane in tough weather conditions.
That end of the runway is actually elevated (like a freeway overpass). The winds sweep up over the edge and create very difficult downdrafts on the runway. These pilots had their hands full and performed admirably.
Jake Heke there is *at least* heavy crosswind in almost every one of these attempted landings, not to mention what looks like there might be some wind sheer. These conditions are pretty crappy and some pilots might have trouble in these conditions.
I have a friend who used to be a BA pilot and she told me you need lots of flight simulation before you can land at Maderia! So these pilots are highly trained and skilled!
For those who don't know: This is a category C airport - the highest level and it requires special pilot training in order to be granted permission to land there.
@@tututhebudgie2154 more specifically... Crosswinds. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but the opening scene shows a fully extended windsock blowing 90° to the runway. Landing into wind isn't generally a problem, unless it's extremely gusty. Landing when the wind is trying to blow you off the Runway, especially if it's gusty, is very problematic. The the near 90-degree turn necessary to line up with the runway at the last minute isn't helpful either! They must have been very limited as to locations for this Airport.
Ive landed like that coming into saint louis so much wind and turbulence, idk how the pilot did it, we were rocking from side to side and he just set us down on the runway like it was no big deal. Major respect for pilots.
Same here... it was horrible. It seemed as we were going down or something but thank god we made it ok. Awesome skills from our female and male pilot 😄
Its the camera angle. If it was zoomed out we could get a better perspective of the planes angle of attack to the runway. Without any reference to the surrounding area of the plane, it makes it look more intense. That irritated me that I wasn't able to see the planes approach position to the runway.
As a passenger, I can not even IMAGINE how green I'd be after one of these flights. The pilots must dread flying into this place. I'd love to see it from inside the cockpit, but...they have enough problems just trying to land. Unbelieveable job!
Actually I have a friend who used to work at Airberlin on the Airbus A320, he used to fly to this airport a lot, he actually loved flying into this airport because of the fact that it was challenging and unique from others. Also, if you want to see a cockpit landing, search up, "Captain Joe landing Madeira" it's a video from inside the cockpit of an A320 with live Air Traffic Control communications and all the checklists as well. You should definitely chrck it out. He is now a 747 pilot for Cargolux because he lost his job at his old airline and he's got some really good videos on his channel you should check it out!
To be fair that is one of the few areas that you could there, even so the other end of the runway is on stilts out into the sea so it's a really strange landing if your a passenger unused to the airport
Well everything is relative...sitting as a passenger in one of these planes during these types can be a frightening and awful experience, don't you agree?
Christian Saba this is what I was about to say. it should have been awful for the people to be in a plane who is blown away by the wind just like a toy. The pilots did a great job btw,once they managed to stabilize the plane for a good landing:-)
Always amazing , the relief in the aircraft when the wheels are down and the back thrust is felt ,every passenger breaths and claps and cheers . Awsom experience .All pilots landing in Madeira have to have an experienced pilot at their side until they too are competent. Well done,and to do this for a job......must give job satisfaction.
I have a crippling fear of planes and, obviously, plane crashes, and what do I do in my spare time? Well, watch rough landing videos on UA-cam, of course.
My fear is not crippling, but I don't fly anymore--mainly 'cause I'm old and got nowhere to go, LOL. But yeah, my husband and I experienced a really harrowing landing situation some years ago, and we didn't fly much after that. And I love aviation videos as well!
A fear of flying? Why don't you "fly" yourself some time? You can, in a simulator, and there will be a real pilot with you showing you how everything works and what to do :-) These are young people who have to pay off a huge debt after flight school, so I guess a cool job like this is rather welcome for them. After all, they get to do what they love, only in a different setting. ... They'll explain you everything and they can show you that there is nothing to fear. And it's fun, too. ...I "landed" in Anchorage with dual engine failure. Without crashing :-) That was fun.
The title is totaly wrong. Nothing horrible here. It's all normal well managed approaches performed by skilled pilots leading to normal go-arounds or landings, all is weather depending. Rather go-around than crash ! Very goog planes and pilots.
Well, if you had been on any of these flights, I guess you would be of a different opinion! ... Of course the pilots are really skilled and all that. But it's still an awful landing.
Oh yes there are. We hit the runway at Kuala Lumpur one stormy night like an Ivan Lendl served ace! The poor 747's wing tips nearly slapped the ground [quick check to see if landing gear shockies were not protruding out the top of the wing] and it seemed like an eternity before the wheels came to the runway again, whereupon the reverse thrust and brakes were applied like you've never seen before, and all while the nose of the aircraft was lurching wildly to and fro from left to right as we managed to shed speed. There was a full on storm going at the time, and I think the poor pilots got ambushed and slammed by a windshear right on flaring out for touch down. Probably about the most memorable 'hairy' landing I can remember - but then there was that night in the 70's, flying from regional Albury-Wodonga to Sydney in the old faithful Fokker Friendship f27, when coming into Sydney the Pilots could not get a gear lock confirmation on the Port Landing Gear, with us flying around in a hold out over Penrith way for Sometime, and both the Pilot an co Pilot taking turns to come down and look through the windows with a torch as the landing gear was lowered and retracted numerous times. Pilots were unsure if it was properly down and locked or whether it would fold on landing. Best thing was, that the mob from Tallangatta Football Club (and who'd been carrying on like kindergarten kiddies who'd had way too much red cordial for most of the flight) were now seriously calm and silent - you could hear a pin drop in that plane right then. Any way they eventually went for the landing. We came into Sydney from the western St Peter's aporoach (main Runway), everybody leaning forward on pillows, all the pretty flashing lights of Aviation Fire Services lined up along the taxiways, but the landing was uneventful (but possibly Jesus had a bit of a win with a few souls in the football club mob). 🤣
Very skilled pilots versus nature should be the title. Obviously these are skilled AND BRAVE pilots. Its obviously the situation in regard to winds at the landing strip that causes these dangerous flying conditions.
Yeah i was thinking the same thing. AN almost identical approached being attacked by that wind gust pushing the nose down and then to his left badly, and yet he landed the plane like a god. I bet he wasn't even looking out the window when he landed it, i bet he was talking to the stewardess who was asking him if he wanted a cup of Tea while waiting to fly out again. @@EXPHAALPHA
Looked like some pretty competent pilots to me. A go-around is a smart decision when needed. The landings I saw were classic cross wind landings. Madeira is a challenging airport at the least.
It must be noted it, the intense low altitude winds in these events the reverse thrust helped! These planes are trying to land traveling at 200 mph. or more. Pilots are very, very good. Thank you.
Legend has it that the Brussels Airlines flight is still circling today and when the wind is calm you can faintly hear the sound of an airplane applying thrust
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I see no bad landings, but very difficult initial approaches.
I'm a pilot and can see the base to final turn is very tight making it sometimes difficult to line the aircraft up for for landing. These pilots are doing the best they can. Some may not know this whacky airport that well.
I’m sure this airport is rated as one of the worst in the world. No computer landings here. Good to know that there are still skilled pilots out there 👍
atlubeck 👍🇵🇹 I lived in Ponta Delgada (Azores) in '83 & on the main land In 84. I learned Portuguêse with the Açorean "Micalence" (sp?) accent. I spent some time on Madeira as well. This was BEFORE they had extended the runway to almost double what it is today. Landings had to be exact. The same weather problems existed then. Several years earlier a plane attempting to land dropped below the runway and made full impact with the shear perpendicular cliff where the road is. All onboard were killed. Not just Madeira, but all Portuguêse people have a tradition of all passengers clapping upon landing. It was never more appropriate then safely landing here. For takeoff they used a shuttle to back the plane up to end of the runway where they land and back the plane up where the rear wheel were close to the end of the runway. The back of the plane hung out past the end. I was looking straight down with no runway below me. Only a vertical cliff, a road leading to the airport and ocean. The pilot would then set the brakes and throttle up till the brakes reached their limit. They would then pop the brakes and give it all she had. Definitely cool! Just like a Drag Strip. BTW Christopher Columbus's wife was the daughter of the King of Madeira. Also, he was taught how to sail by the Portuguese based in Lisbon.
Joe fregoso. We landed there a few years ago. At the time we had no idea it was so challenging for the pilots, other than it was a short runway! Seeing these clips, I’m astounded how expert the pilots are.
Madeira is fantastic to visit. I've been so many times, and the pilots who do land here are certified specifically to land in Madeira. There hasn't been an accident there since the 1970s.
@@boringperson-zb8vy And it's good to mention that the accident only happened due to bad visibility conditions (fog/lack of lights in the runway - led to poor piloting judgement) and a much shorter runway. It was 1600m back then and now it's 2780m :) So yeah, you might have 1 out of 10 landings where you "dance" a little bit but it's really safe.
Looks like a challanging place to land. I watched acouple and saw pilots under difficult circumstances make good landings, bumpy at first, but when they hit ground they werent in bad shape. Thanks to all the pilots who do this for a living. You have kept me alive.
That Austrian Flight went in so confidently after rocking around with the wind. I was expecting a go around. The way that pilot just went all in. This is why we applaud! 👏🏼
I bet the 'sink rate' warning was annoying that day😉lol. Awesome skills by those pilots though and a bit of excitement on the flightdeck for those approaches 😊
I landed in Madeira this morning and the only reason I’m on UA-cam watching this video is because we had a landing like this! I nearly shit myself! Seems like it’s a common thing, Pilot got a round of applause and came on the mic 20 seconds after landing as cool as a cucumber 😂 plane was in complete silence for last 5 mins of the journey! Don’t mind admitting I was terrified 😂
...well the landings can be 'harrowing' relative to most places, though the extremely few landing incidents (only like 3 or so in the 70s) IMHO certainly speaks to (demonstrates) the superb ability/capability of flight crews despite the often less than ideal landing conditions
Don't know who titled this vid, but with the crosswinds as bad as they obviously were, I'd say all of these were fantastic landings performed by skilled pilots....
We sat on a plane for 5 hours in GR before we took off because of freezing rain in GR and in Detroit (our first destination), and then circled Detroit a couple of hours before the first try. We landed beautifully and were slowing down but then we took off again. Everyone screamed. I’m guessing the runway was solid ice and he didn’t think it was safe or we were sliding or something. It was unnerving because we had slowed down, then all the sudden boom...we were thrown back in our seats and after the initial screaming, it seemed like everyone was holding his/her breath. After we landed (after two attempts) we learned that we had missed our connection to LA because we were so late, even though our plane was still sitting there. They had given our seats away because we weren’t there when they loaded the plane. Detroit had been mostly shut down so there were people everywhere, sleeping on the floor, getting sick in the bathrooms, etc. Very difficult to walk around. It was the holidays and people were headed home. They gave us seats on a different plane because other people had not shown up...probably in the same situation we were in. We had to trade a DC-10 for a 737 for our 4-hour flight. We had to wait a few more hours because cops with dogs removed a woman in handcuffs. When we finally got on the plane everyone was shaken and asked us what was happening. We waited a few more hours, getting de iced twice, then took off. I had the flu, high fever, achy and dying of thirst but they didn’t serve drinks for two hours and I didn’t have any water. The woman across the aisle kept throwing up and thank goodness they had air sickness bags in the front pocket because airlines rarely offer them now. When we landed, our cab driver started fighting with another driver, screaming at each other at the top of their lungs. I was done. I pounded on the trunk screaming for him to give our bags back so that we could get another cab. We finally got home. My temp was 105°. I had a letter waiting from Delta Airlines. They had invited me to come to Atlanta to interview for a flight attendant position. I laughed hysterically. I spent three weeks in bed. I never understood why they didn’t just cancel the first flight. We waited on the plane for five hours (until 11pm) because Detroit had closed temporarily. There wasn’t going to be a break in the freezing rain. They didn’t give us an option. And when we got to Detroit, we still had to circle for another two hours. The plane really stunk from all of the nervous sweat. The flight is only 1/2 hour but it took a total of 9 hours sitting on the plane! The entire trip was 20 hours...Grand Rapids, Mi to LA. Normally around 5-6 hours including travel and wait time. I never flew during the holidays again. I am very claustrophobic and if I hadn’t been so horribly ill and on flu medication, I would’ve been a hysterical mess.
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cut "HORRIBLE || Very Awful landings" from the title. clickbait only gets you so far...
Yea I wasn’t impressed with the title... at all
Jason, any dumb hick rookie can land better. I use de to land cessasse 150 tô 210, piper cubs, etc. In these crosswinds.
You should consider changing the title or at lest have what you would consider a good a landing for this runway for comparison. Theses' guys look like carrier aircraft on approach but the runway is not moving.
@@SLevy-gq4if Are not the Planes, you mentioned, "Trainer" type Aircraft? I'm just givin' you the business. I cannot even buy a Kite.
Those landings weren't "very awful." Those were beautiful under those "very awful" conditions. Bravo for those pilots.
@Lazys The Dank Engineer good landings
But my heart was in my throat while I watched!
I am with Wes Nelson in this. Awful conditions. Caused awful approach and decent. But the landing itself? The touchdown? Brilliant! Even more so given the awful approach and decent caused by the awful conditions.
It is about what you identify as landing. When the caption said awful landings, I expected hard touchdowns; like several landings I experienced when it felt like the landing gears hit/"slammed" onto the airstrip with the (is it hydraulics? or that mechanism which gives the gears their "springs") pressed hard to maximum compression.
But in this video, the pilots managed smooth landing/touchdown at the final point.
Facts
@Lazys The Dank Engineer why don't you be a pilot then mr
These are not "awful" landings. The approach looks incredibly difficult and there was wind too. Hats off to the pilots for their amazing knowledge and skills.
Mathew Choe thats cutest little frog ive ever seen
This is how we haul the mail. Visual approaches always make you look like an ASS. Even with a path indicator, "She works hard for the money".
Pilots landing there undergo special training before they are allowed to land Funchal.These pilots are amongst the best in the business
The "awful" reviews were from the coach seats, although they prob. didn't complain too loudly, at least until they debarked and changed their drawers
@Lazys The Dank Engineer No, any intact landing is good.
Can we appreciate for a minute how much skill this requires
More like horrible crosswinds and skilled pilots
Precisely
@David Roberts It actually says "awful landings"... but as others have pointed out, it's more likely a language barrier issue than pilot bashing. But hey, it's the youtube comments, 'quick to judge' is part of the game!
How about Pilots with huge cojones!
Richard Baer, exactly...which landing was horrible?
@@ziiofswe I'm from Portugal wich is the country the man who made the video is from, even with a language barrier it still sounds fairly close to what is in English so yes he should change the title, it is disrespectful for the pilots who put years of training to make these extremely dangerous landings
Very misleading title. Should be “Skilled Pilots, Difficult Landings”
It also takes balls which many men/women don’t have
From what I heard, The guy who makes the videos is foreign and writes things in Portuguese. So it’s likely this is just a poor auto-translation by UA-cam.
THE FBI Gotcha.
@@Quadraxis1 no? He translated it himself he's just stupid
Agree 100% Person who made title is mentally challenged.
@6:04 - 6:58: That Condor landing looked like/reminded me of a landing on the deck of an aircraft carrier.
As a pilot myself, I can appreciate the difficulty of trying to land in these conditions. Good work from skilled pilots in difficult conditions to bring down their planes safely.
Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing . Remember that.
So very true
Yea!
Unless a queen ant laid eggs in your skull on the flight..🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👸🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜💀🛸🥳🥳
Nice words, man!
Words that Launchpad McQuack knows all too well.
I didn’t see a horrible landing. None crashed, so they were ALL good landings.
On the contrary. None even *bounced*, so they were absolutely excellent textbook landings.
The approaches did look a bit (no, a lot) hairy though...
What surprised me the most about this clip is the number of pilots who seemed about to fly the whole go-around with the wheels down. Strikes me as an odd way to do it. And I thought all modern airliners had a "go around" button that does an automatic and very rapid checklist - flaps, throttles, undercarriage, etc etc...?
I totally agree!
You can always, go around. If you don't look right, coming down. Don't wait until you're sideways, or sliding on the ground, you can always, go around.
@@christopherbedford9897 Nope they don't, as far as I know, there is no 'go around' button.
Wait till your on one of those planes then you will realise
I've been a passenger on an AirBus A320 during a windy day go around (not at this airport) and seeing these videos really helps me put it into perspective! It looks fairly peaceful from the outside, even though as a passenger it was the most uncomfortable flight experience I've ever had. I have so much respect for pilots, especially those who take the time for a go-around. As they said in my fear of flying class, waiting is our friend when it comes to flying. If they wait to land, it's for good reason! Thanks for sharing.
Retitle it to “why this runway and airport needs to be placed somewhere else”
perfect, he hehe he
But where then. Madeira isnt that big.
..madeira isnt that big and if you would build it somewhere else it wouldnt be safer because of the hills....at least there is the option of falling into the sea rather than running straight into the cliffs. 😅
No kidding
tijmen2106 then the title should be....why Madeira doesn’t need an airport 😂
That title is an absolute insult to the pilots, there was not a single "Horrible" or "awful" landing in this whole video. You should be ashamed aviationchannel.
I think English isn't his first language so it was probably just lost in translation
Exactly, Actually the landings were all really nice once an approach was stabilized. This was a REALLY difficult approach to stabilize!
the question is who decided runway like that.
azan subhie probably someone a long time ago when planes were a lot smaller
@@DeployTheDRS karen deejo
These pilots are very talented, skilled, and took their responsibilities very seriously. Facing such strong crosswinds is a tough thing to do for a pilot, and these footages just proved how successful the pilots are in managing not only their career, yet also at landing a passenger plane in tough weather conditions.
This is obviously a horrible landing strip to land on, water, wind sheer etc.these are skilled pilots to bring these boys in. ! 👌
And girls 👍 I like planes🌝
@@auxinre9778 hes calling the planes boys
@@md-80enjoyer95 Airbus/Airgirls is girls 👍 Boeing and MD the boys! Boys shouldn't be holding a stick. That was what i learned from a friend, lol 😂
@@cezarnebun9607 They are not done by the computer, it's a visual approach & landing!
That end of the runway is actually elevated (like a freeway overpass). The winds sweep up over the edge and create very difficult downdrafts on the runway. These pilots had their hands full and performed admirably.
Skilled pilots landing safely,after hell conditions. Let's not insult pilots.
true
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alf vasquez absolutely agree with you!
Jake Heke there is *at least* heavy crosswind in almost every one of these attempted landings, not to mention what looks like there might be some wind sheer. These conditions are pretty crappy and some pilots might have trouble in these conditions.
And they butterize the run way
I think the 'awful' part is for the pilots. Many 'go arounds' but must be one hell of a place to try to land in cross winds. Kudos to those pilots.
I have a friend who used to be a BA pilot and she told me you need lots of flight simulation before you can land at Maderia! So these pilots are highly trained and skilled!
For those who don't know: This is a category C airport - the highest level and it requires special pilot training in order to be granted permission to land there.
Why is it so difficult to land there?
@@tututhebudgie2154 wind
@@tututhebudgie2154 Because the runway is susceptible to strong winds and turbulence.
@@tututhebudgie2154 more specifically... Crosswinds. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but the opening scene shows a fully extended windsock blowing 90° to the runway. Landing into wind isn't generally a problem, unless it's extremely gusty. Landing when the wind is trying to blow you off the Runway, especially if it's gusty, is very problematic. The the near 90-degree turn necessary to line up with the runway at the last minute isn't helpful either! They must have been very limited as to locations for this Airport.
@@tututhebudgie2154 short, curved approach with steep descent.
I would say great landings. In "horrible, very awful" conditions
Why not call it what it is? "Highly skilled pilots, in extremely difficult conditions"
Al Bundy
Oh shut up you armchair pilot.
Al Bundy
Oh shut up you armchair pilot.
that s how a clickbait works
Greg Caesar lol you have 3 accounts?
Agreed Al, clickbait bullshit title.
Very skilled pilots, imagine what the passengers must have been feeling like in such landings.
Ive landed like that coming into saint louis so much wind and turbulence, idk how the pilot did it, we were rocking from side to side and he just set us down on the runway like it was no big deal. Major respect for pilots.
This makes me want to visit Madeira...
Pop eye
Same here... it was horrible. It seemed as we were going down or something but thank god we made it ok. Awesome skills from our female and male pilot 😄
Dramamine, and lots of it.
I thought considering the conditions, the pilots did a tremendous job! Hats off to them for a safe landing!
I have to agree with most people here, greatly skilled pilots in horrible weather conditions. My hat's off to them. Thank you.
The only awful thing is title
Good job man
É isso aí João 👍👍😎😎😎
Aviation Channel, these aren’t “awful landings” or bad pilots, they’re extremely skilled and you could never do what they could do, change the title
I think the Condor B753 landing at 1:58 was brilliant, given the difficult approach. It was awesome, not awful. Thanks for the lovely footage.
It could be the camera angle but it looks like an awfully short short final.
Its the camera angle. If it was zoomed out we could get a better perspective of the planes angle of attack to the runway. Without any reference to the surrounding area of the plane, it makes it look more intense. That irritated me that I wasn't able to see the planes approach position to the runway.
That was awesome no matter that the camera angle!
As a passenger, I can not even IMAGINE how green I'd be after one of these flights. The pilots must dread flying into this place. I'd love to see it from inside the cockpit, but...they have enough problems just trying to land. Unbelieveable job!
Actually I have a friend who used to work at Airberlin on the Airbus A320, he used to fly to this airport a lot, he actually loved flying into this airport because of the fact that it was challenging and unique from others. Also, if you want to see a cockpit landing, search up, "Captain Joe landing Madeira" it's a video from inside the cockpit of an A320 with live Air Traffic Control communications and all the checklists as well. You should definitely chrck it out. He is now a 747 pilot for Cargolux because he lost his job at his old airline and he's got some really good videos on his channel you should check it out!
I think they'd love the challenge and achievement in landing there.
@@cbisme6414 Probably what they say AFTER they have landed.
I believe the pilot puts on diapers before arrival at that airport.
Honestly, the pilot in the first clip did a very good job. You know the conditions are extremely bad when you need a second try but he nailed it
These are how pilots skilled pilots land their aircraft in unforgiving air turbulence. Yet, some of them get crappy pay from airlines.
How much to they get paid / year?
@Kill Me $50k ?
@@listen2french $36k to $180k a year depends on the airline, plane and their flight hours
Pilots are up there with most bankers and some docs with the highest salary's one could get paid
@@SL4US Not true
Feel like condors motto is "we get it on the ground when others cant"
An excellent video. Thank you for not adding music and unnecessary narration.
When you get to walk off an intact aircraft that is an excellent landing. Try to do better yourself, have some respect for these skilled pilots.
I love this stuff! You have to have serious balls to be a commercial or military pilot imo.
“Hey, let’s build an airport where you have to make a U-turn right before you land!”
To be fair that is one of the few areas that you could there, even so the other end of the runway is on stilts out into the sea so it's a really strange landing if your a passenger unused to the airport
In the world u can't build airport everywhere
whats awful about that lol. these are mad skills. more like awful airport in awful location
Hey aviation channel let’s see you land a plane with crosswind
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Kobe Beef I’ve seen your comments in other videos...you still haven’t learned to spell. Go to school and apply yourself.
J L ok boomer
@@denismacfarlane255 since you used haven't in ur sentence, the learned should be learnt.
@@wish6150 - No, it should always be "learnt", it's only our language-mangling American cousins that insist on learned...
AWESOME PILOT.
VERY AWFUL LANDINGS ??? The ones that landed were pretty solid, not awful at all. Maybe awful winds?
Well everything is relative...sitting as a passenger in one of these planes during these types can be a frightening and awful experience, don't you agree?
nothing you can really do about it though. you can't control the wind
Not true. Eat less beans and onion. I find the wind is less volatile.
Awful to have to deal with perhaps?
Christian Saba this is what I was about to say. it should have been awful for the people to be in a plane who is blown away by the wind just like a toy. The pilots did a great job btw,once they managed to stabilize the plane for a good landing:-)
So first off, really cool video. Next, did anyone else think there was a bird in your room?? LOL
Yes I had to stop the vid and go and look lol
Always amazing , the relief in the aircraft when the wheels are down and the back thrust is felt ,every passenger breaths and claps and cheers . Awsom experience .All pilots landing in Madeira have to have an experienced pilot at their side until they too are competent. Well done,and to do this for a job......must give job satisfaction.
I just left Madeira. That's Brussels Airlines plane is still trying.
Idk if this is a Joke or not cuz the vid was made about nine months ago and u posted this 6 mon.. oh I see the plane landed 🛬 and died
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😂😂😂😂 I fear it has burned more fuel in all the landing attempts rather than during the flight itself....😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖
U guys r mean xd
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Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing... at least that's the way I always felt.
Any landing where you can re-use the aircraft without repair is an excellent landing! :-) All those approaches and landings were pretty excellent!
You bet your ass thats the truth
You can tell some of these pilots were like, "Fuck it! This aint gonna work." xD Lol.
I have a crippling fear of planes and, obviously, plane crashes, and what do I do in my spare time? Well, watch rough landing videos on UA-cam, of course.
My fear is not crippling, but I don't fly anymore--mainly 'cause I'm old and got nowhere to go, LOL. But yeah, my husband and I experienced a really harrowing landing situation some years ago, and we didn't fly much after that. And I love aviation videos as well!
LOL! Same here!!
A fear of flying? Why don't you "fly" yourself some time? You can, in a simulator, and there will be a real pilot with you showing you how everything works and what to do :-)
These are young people who have to pay off a huge debt after flight school, so I guess a cool job like this is rather welcome for them. After all, they get to do what they love, only in a different setting. ... They'll explain you everything and they can show you that there is nothing to fear. And it's fun, too. ...I "landed" in Anchorage with dual engine failure. Without crashing :-) That was fun.
Sound's logical 😕
You like feeding your phobias, don't you ?
The title is totaly wrong. Nothing horrible here. It's all normal well managed approaches performed by skilled pilots leading to normal go-arounds or landings, all is weather depending. Rather go-around than crash ! Very goog planes and pilots.
I think it's a lost in translation thing! With a surname like Passos I doubt English is his first language.
boat?
Well, if you had been on any of these flights, I guess you would be of a different opinion! ... Of course the pilots are really skilled and all that. But it's still an awful landing.
Well said Philippe..
Philippe Durand
Amazing footage - absolutely wild seeing a plane like a 757 being thrown around like that. Challenging landings!
footage?
The Condor landing was awesome! Thought he wouldn't make it
Which one is it?
The one where the plane says condor on it in blue
The best !! Agreed
Wow, fantastic footage from this windy and challenging day to fly. I do no think I would have wanted to have been on some of those flights!!
I know I would have wanted to be OFF them! Dreadful ...
Сууупппеееррр шикарно спасибо большое молодцы
There's no such thing as awful landings....
To be honest this were impressive landings.
There's Ryanair landings.
Oh yes there are. We hit the runway at Kuala Lumpur one stormy night like an Ivan Lendl served ace! The poor 747's wing tips nearly slapped the ground [quick check to see if landing gear shockies were not protruding out the top of the wing] and it seemed like an eternity before the wheels came to the runway again, whereupon the reverse thrust and brakes were applied like you've never seen before, and all while the nose of the aircraft was lurching wildly to and fro from left to right as we managed to shed speed. There was a full on storm going at the time, and I think the poor pilots got ambushed and slammed by a windshear right on flaring out for touch down. Probably about the most memorable 'hairy' landing I can remember - but then there was that night in the 70's, flying from regional Albury-Wodonga to Sydney in the old faithful Fokker Friendship f27, when coming into Sydney the Pilots could not get a gear lock confirmation on the Port Landing Gear, with us flying around in a hold out over Penrith way for Sometime, and both the Pilot an co Pilot taking turns to come down and look through the windows with a torch as the landing gear was lowered and retracted numerous times. Pilots were unsure if it was properly down and locked or whether it would fold on landing. Best thing was, that the mob from Tallangatta Football Club (and who'd been carrying on like kindergarten kiddies who'd had way too much red cordial for most of the flight) were now seriously calm and silent - you could hear a pin drop in that plane right then.
Any way they eventually went for the landing. We came into Sydney from the western St Peter's aporoach (main Runway), everybody leaning forward on pillows, all the pretty flashing lights of Aviation Fire Services lined up along the taxiways, but the landing was uneventful (but possibly Jesus had a bit of a win with a few souls in the football club mob). 🤣
In those extreme conditions it's almost perfect landings
All passengers at this airport should be greeted after landing with one of those little bags only this time with clean underwear inside.
Very skilled pilots versus nature should be the title. Obviously these are skilled AND BRAVE pilots. Its obviously the situation in regard to winds at the landing strip that causes these dangerous flying conditions.
"Can you fly this plane and land it?"
---"Surely, you can't be serious!"
"I am serious....and don't call me Shirley."
"Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue........"
Great video! Nice spotting. I really liked the condor 757!
Die AnimalZ , the 757 is a beautiful looking airplane too.
Condor 1 did a great job.
Banch that's probably the best stabilized landing I've seen in a while
I was just about to say anything. Looked to have his sh*t all over the place, but then landed the thing like "So what?"
Yeah i was thinking the same thing. AN almost identical approached being attacked by that wind gust pushing the nose down and then to his left badly, and yet he landed the plane like a god. I bet he wasn't even looking out the window when he landed it, i bet he was talking to the stewardess who was asking him if he wanted a cup of Tea while waiting to fly out again. @@EXPHAALPHA
Appreciated those landings and applaud for the skills and efforts of those pilots.
Always safety first.
Looked like some pretty competent pilots to me. A go-around is a smart decision when needed. The landings I saw were classic cross wind landings. Madeira is a challenging airport at the least.
Oh for sure, there’s a reason why it’s a captain only airport which requires special qualifications
It must be noted it, the intense low altitude winds in these events the reverse thrust helped!
These planes are trying to land traveling at 200 mph. or more.
Pilots are very, very good.
Thank you.
200 mph or more? The reverse thrust helped? How can someone be so ignorant and dare to comment on something he knows nothing about?
Legend has it that the Brussels Airlines flight is still circling today and when the wind is calm you can faintly hear the sound of an airplane applying thrust
I see no bad landings, but very difficult initial approaches.
Some pretty good flying skills. Kudos to the pilots! Thanks for sharing.
5:35 lol after the second try Brussels Airlines decided to give up and just go back home
It probably gone to the neighboring Island, Porto Santo
I'm a pilot and can see the base to final turn is very tight making it sometimes difficult to line the aircraft up for for landing. These pilots are doing the best they can. Some may not know this whacky airport that well.
They do know it well, and are specially trained to land there due to the conditions to be expected.
Yup, avoiding the gpws terrain, the airport location itself make the weather like that
I’m sure this airport is rated as one of the worst in the world. No computer landings here. Good to know that there are still skilled pilots out there 👍
Wow 😮 stunning video, I really liked it 😃
The approach angle and the crosswinds make this a very challenging landing. Not for newbie pilots.
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Concerning the conditions that Condor 757 looked extremely smooth
1:05 Look at the vertical stabilizer, scary
Incredible footage as always at Madeira! Wind-shear is, for sure, nasty! Liked!
no wind shear, wind was low speed , only thermal turbulences+light wind downwash from the relief...common known on mountain airfields...
atlubeck 👍🇵🇹
I lived in Ponta Delgada (Azores) in '83 & on the main land In 84. I learned Portuguêse with the Açorean "Micalence" (sp?) accent. I spent some time on Madeira as well. This was BEFORE they had extended the runway to almost double what it is today. Landings had to be exact. The same weather problems existed then. Several years earlier a plane attempting to land dropped below the runway and made full impact with the shear perpendicular cliff where the road is. All onboard were killed.
Not just Madeira, but all Portuguêse people have a tradition of all passengers clapping upon landing. It was never more appropriate then safely landing here. For takeoff they used a shuttle to back the plane up to end of the runway where they land and back the plane up where the rear wheel were close to the end of the runway. The back of the plane hung out past the end. I was looking straight down with no runway below me. Only a vertical cliff, a road leading to the airport and ocean. The pilot would then set the brakes and throttle up till the brakes reached their limit. They would then pop the brakes and give it all she had. Definitely cool! Just like a Drag Strip.
BTW Christopher Columbus's wife was the daughter of the King of Madeira. Also, he was taught how to sail by the Portuguese based in Lisbon.
What an amazing job by the pilots of that first Condor 757
Respect to the pilots for deciding to go around on time, under heavy crosswinds
Actually all the landings were fine!
Nothing awful here, except for the weather.
Except the weather and your blindness do u not see they did bad at landing
Yes bad weather and runaway, but awesome pilot !
Stunning footage and great work by the pilots, liked :)
Depois da falha na primeira tentativa 0:59 resolveram mudar o nome da cia aérea para "SEGUNDA".
@@hungry4road482 english plz
@@MA-kw3ov 🤣
Good landings.
Scary approaches.
Condor - like a boss !!! Cheers Sam :)
Awful very horrible title for this video
My respect for the pilots 👍👍
your the idiot here. Tell us everything about planes since you think you are smarter than anyone else
The pilots are really courageous.
Congratulations for their's amazing well done work.
If nobody was hurt or injured when the plane came to a stop, it’s a good landing.
Some great pilot skills on these adverse weather landings.
Very good captured mate well done
Not an easy task to land here, well done to all pilots involved in this video!
Joe fregoso. We landed there a few years ago. At the time we had no idea it was so challenging for the pilots, other than it was a short runway! Seeing these clips, I’m astounded how expert the pilots are.
Short? It's 2700 meters!
Great footages, especially those with the spectacular go arrounds. Big like
*JUST ANOTHER CLICK BAIT B.S. TITLE ALERT!*
Also, anytime you touch down in a plane and you weren't hurt or killed, IT IS A GOOD LANDING!
When I was training on Piper Arrows my instructor use to say "any landing you walk away from is a good landing".
Man that Primera go-around was amazing. Superb video mate.
Well filmed. Liked.
The fact that the pilots didn't get arrogant and just plow down no matter the wind or whatever, says a lot of their professionalism. Hats off to them.
I guess Madeira is off my bucket list! 😂😂
"Bucket Lists" are gay
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Madeira is fantastic to visit. I've been so many times, and the pilots who do land here are certified specifically to land in Madeira.
There hasn't been an accident there since the 1970s.
@@boringperson-zb8vy And it's good to mention that the accident only happened due to bad visibility conditions (fog/lack of lights in the runway - led to poor piloting judgement) and a much shorter runway. It was 1600m back then and now it's 2780m :)
So yeah, you might have 1 out of 10 landings where you "dance" a little bit but it's really safe.
It’s crazy how wind can blow such a large plane around like it’s a balloon in the wind. Insane how powerful Mother Nature is.
Looks like a challanging place to land. I watched acouple and saw pilots under difficult circumstances make good landings, bumpy at first, but when they hit ground they werent in bad shape. Thanks to all the pilots who do this for a living. You have kept me alive.
Next time give it the title “Skilled Pilots Land Planes In Hell-Like Conditions”
David Roberts I’m sorry, what.
@@JaketheDawg222 Dw, he's just thinking that about himself.
maximum respects for those pilots. i take my hat off
What kind of hat?
@@CoreyYoungblood Capitan hat 😎
That Austrian Flight went in so confidently after rocking around with the wind. I was expecting a go around. The way that pilot just went all in. This is why we applaud! 👏🏼
I bet the 'sink rate' warning was annoying that day😉lol. Awesome skills by those pilots though and a bit of excitement on the flightdeck for those approaches 😊
I landed in Madeira this morning and the only reason I’m on UA-cam watching this video is because we had a landing like this! I nearly shit myself! Seems like it’s a common thing, Pilot got a round of applause and came on the mic 20 seconds after landing as cool as a cucumber 😂 plane was in complete silence for last 5 mins of the journey! Don’t mind admitting I was terrified 😂
That must've been horrible 🙈 happy that you're alive 🐒👍
Madeira has different sets of weather but it's mostly windy (I've never been there though)
...well the landings can be 'harrowing' relative to most places, though the extremely few landing incidents (only like 3 or so in the 70s) IMHO certainly speaks to (demonstrates) the superb ability/capability of flight crews despite the often less than ideal landing conditions
So did everyone turn green from getting bounced around so badly? I think I would have nail marks in the arm rests by the time the plane touched down
I remember watching a video about the worst airports according to the Pilots, and almost all agree on Madeira airport. It's a very difficult one.
"Awful weather!". Even birds are complaining.
The Airport in Madeira is pretty difficult to land at, so the title should better be something like "skilled pilots landing in Madeira"
Don't know who titled this vid, but with the crosswinds as bad as they obviously were, I'd say all of these were fantastic landings performed by skilled pilots....
Notice how they all approach that runway in the same manner; It’s the wind. Sometimes pilots would have to sacrifice your comfort for your safety.
Rumor has it, Brussels Airlines is circling Madeira still today.
hahahhahaha veery bad pilot not verry confident
gigiboxa Not bad pilot. Bad weather.
Mikosch2 lol
Ur forgetting about fuel consumption
...easy to spot too, because his landing gear is still deployed!!
We sat on a plane for 5 hours in GR before we took off because of freezing rain in GR and in Detroit (our first destination), and then circled Detroit a couple of hours before the first try. We landed beautifully and were slowing down but then we took off again. Everyone screamed. I’m guessing the runway was solid ice and he didn’t think it was safe or we were sliding or something. It was unnerving because we had slowed down, then all the sudden boom...we were thrown back in our seats and after the initial screaming, it seemed like everyone was holding his/her breath.
After we landed (after two attempts) we learned that we had missed our connection to LA because we were so late, even though our plane was still sitting there. They had given our seats away because we weren’t there when they loaded the plane. Detroit had been mostly shut down so there were people everywhere, sleeping on the floor, getting sick in the bathrooms, etc. Very difficult to walk around. It was the holidays and people were headed home.
They gave us seats on a different plane because other people had not shown up...probably in the same situation we were in. We had to trade a DC-10 for a 737 for our 4-hour flight. We had to wait a few more hours because cops with dogs removed a woman in handcuffs. When we finally got on the plane everyone was shaken and asked us what was happening. We waited a few more hours, getting de iced twice, then took off. I had the flu, high fever, achy and dying of thirst but they didn’t serve drinks for two hours and I didn’t have any water. The woman across the aisle kept throwing up and thank goodness they had air sickness bags in the front pocket because airlines rarely offer them now.
When we landed, our cab driver started fighting with another driver, screaming at each other at the top of their lungs. I was done. I pounded on the trunk screaming for him to give our bags back so that we could get another cab.
We finally got home. My temp was 105°. I had a letter waiting from Delta Airlines. They had invited me to come to Atlanta to interview for a flight attendant position. I laughed hysterically. I spent three weeks in bed.
I never understood why they didn’t just cancel the first flight. We waited on the plane for five hours (until 11pm) because Detroit had closed temporarily. There wasn’t going to be a break in the freezing rain. They didn’t give us an option. And when we got to Detroit, we still had to circle for another two hours. The plane really stunk from all of the nervous sweat. The flight is only 1/2 hour but it took a total of 9 hours sitting on the plane! The entire trip was 20 hours...Grand Rapids, Mi to LA. Normally around 5-6 hours including travel and wait time. I never flew during the holidays again. I am very claustrophobic and if I hadn’t been so horribly ill and on flu medication, I would’ve been a hysterical mess.
Great landings, terrible conditions