Hi Fly lands first ever Airbus A340 in Antarctica
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2021
- Join us onboard the first ever Airbus A340 landing in Antarctica.
Flight: Hi Fly 801 from Cape Town to Antarctica
Commander: Carlos Mirpuri
2 November 2021
Film by Marc Bow / Speedstream Films
The fact that it's an ex Emirates A340, which used to fly from one of the hottest cities in the world. This aircraft gone through everything. Respect to the engineers.
I believed Emirates used rather A340-642s rather than this 300.
@@julosx Emirates used A340-300s and A340-500s. They have never used the A340-600
Spider-Man - "The fact that it's an ex Emirates A340, which used to fly from one of the hottest cities in the world"...what ? You haven't finished your sentence.
@@Collin2377 Dubai!! You need to understand. From 40°C to -50°C
@@Collin2377 I think by this time, everyone knows where Emirates operates their flights from
This was awesome! I would love to try something like this.
I just unsubcribed from your channel. There's nothing awesome about destroying one of very few unspoilt places. Shame on you.
@@jacquesmertens3369 why does everything always have to be made political? Given that there was actually a runway and people there I’m going to guess that flying on there with a new aircraft was not destroying an untouched part of the world.
If you actually were following my channel you know that I take the environment very seriously and actively work to promote new, green, technologies.
But sure, you can also choose to take it like that. Take care and have a great day.
HiFly is one of the most vocal and active airlines in the world in regards of sustainability and protecting the environment.
List of airports (yes multiple) in antarctica.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Antarctica
I rest my case. 😂
@@MentourPilot Well, I unsubscribed too a long time ago because you showed Catalonian independentism ornaments in your Christmas tree.. You (or your wife) were the one going political in this case.
@@MentourPilot I definitely then want to meet you when you come to Cape Town :) Been a follower of your channel for years and recently Patreon 😁
As the Hi Fly Antartica video reaches 1 milion views, I would like to thank you all for your support. Landing our A340 in that blue glacial ice runway was certainly challenging, but above all it was a unique and unforgettable
Nice video and very nice job !
Thanks for polluting Antarctica. Just what we need.
😻🤍
@@guyfromthe80s92 ok
Parabéns Comandante
WOW!! I was a flight attendant for 29yrs. Pan Am 1977-1991 and Northwest 1991-2006. I've been ALL over but never to Antarctica. This video was the closest I'll ever get to Antarctica so Thank You very much for allowing us to share in this incredible journey with you!!
Cool!! did you ever meet mr. "catch me if you can"?
Cool bless you
Ha I know a lady v well who was there at the same time.. at pan am maybe longer … Linda she’s 75 now.
That is so cool, you experienced some of the remainder of the golden age of aviation. Things sure have changed since 09/11/01.
BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
This all white livery seems to embrace perfectly this beautiful background of the Antarctica. It feels like this A340 belongs with its surroundings .It's really beautiful !
with four engine polution ,indeed nature is not important
@@YoussefYoussef-rg4hw flight plays a very important role. Missions like this help us better fly to places like Antarctica where building a runway isn’t feasible. If you don’t like it, go and be the change.
@@YoussefYoussef-rg4hw You are another one who thinks Aviation is worse than murdering someone, aren't you?
@@YoussefYoussef-rg4hw stop complaining. Aviation is awesome.
@@YoussefYoussef-rg4hw I bet you think all Gitmo prisoners should be released.
The A340 looked stunning with the white contrast!
Europe makes the best planes. No one can compete.
The A340 is perfect!!!
Wow! So glad they made this video. I stay in Cape Town and actually spotted the return of this flight on Flightradar24. It was very out of the ordinary having a A340 coming in from the South like this.I even asked on Reddit for more info about this flight.
It flew right over where we stay and was an incredible sight seeing this all-white A340 pass above me in the sky!! 😁
Also spotted this on F24, I was so confused by the approach as it was unusual. Am glad I came across this video.
Same I saw it on fr24
Nice. A "bit tough" to spot from here in Johannesburg but that must have been a great sight!
Wonderful see this landing on white runway . Congrats to captain and crew who made this remarkable journey
@@zukisanimtyingili9031 BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
It's official Is the airbus A340 is a Contender Is having the safest and cleanest aviation tracks with no accidents claiming any victims, Having one of the longest Scheduled and unscheduled continue Routes And now has made it mark on all 7 continents. This is a proud Moment for the airbus A340
Flawless approach, silk touch and "Holiday On Ice". My respect.
I have been to a talk given by the man responsible for the care of the Australian ice runway at the Davis Antarctic base. There is a massive amount of care that goes into ensuring that the runway is kept in a pristine state; for example, a single drop of oil can cause a hole 1.5 metres across and 0.5 of a metre deep to develop in 24 hours because of the extra heating from the sun that it attracts so all vehicles going to the runway have to be decontaminated before being allowed onto the airstrip precinct. Braking action on the ice runway is actually quite good and the Australian runway does have GPS approaches but they have to be recalibrated every so often as the runway is built on a glacier and it is moving.
I wonder how they kept the runway ice free.
BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
@@ibizenco BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
That is cool, thanks for sharing
Did they talk about how deicing works at all? I would assume they can't deice at all due to the 160°F+ Type I that is typically used, but I'm curious if they have a workaround in case of storms.
That A340 looks so sleek in that overall white.
Four engines always look so much better than two.
BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
@@evaklum8974
Isso é na direção da África do sul não Argentina, distante 8000 km, prova o paredão de gelo
"Obrigado.,. Obrigado.,." 😂 Looks like we Portuguese made it first again
Congrats! The A340 has a special place in my heart
Congratulations on the achievement!
The sheer sight of the A340 on the ice looks magnificent, its such a gorgeous aircraft.
Well done! 👍🏻
40, 30, 20, 10, 5 - what a smooth landing!
As an ex flight coordinator who once handled your flights in CGK, i congratulate hifly for this wonderful achievement.
Keep fly high for hifly 👍
beneran mass? wahh pasti sangat berkesan sekali
@@arivantart7944 betul mas, waktu itu hifly ke CGK sbgai charter flight utk umroh under flynas
BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
Thank you for keeping these beautiful A340’s alive!
A340. One of my favourite commercial plane.
Congratulations to Hi Fly for one more achievement. What a great and beautiful flight. Capt. Mirpuri and his crew all my respects.
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
@@evaklum8974 que?
I do love that all white livery, I can´t imagine how many sim hours this very experienced crew has gone through. Text book landing for everyone!
BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
This is why I love aviation
What a moving achievement. Bravo, you’ve shown that a large and heavy man made machine can be gentle on the Earth.
Congratulations captain Carlos. Portuguese aviation in the top again.
The RAAF has landing aircraft there for decades.
@@AUmarcus Get a grip. Not this kind of plane.
@@miguellemos4669 True, just C-17s instead.
@@AUmarcus C-17 is good for hard landing and quick stops. They say it can land anywhere
@@vk2ig and C-130s as they are not gentle like these airliners
So well done and presented to all of us. Would have been a lifetime adventure to be on that flight. A big high-5 to Hi Fly Airlines for creating this wonderful video log!!
ANGLO SAXONS DESTROY ALL
Great job, guys! Sincerely, from Russia.
A tip of the hat to you captain and your crew for the great challenges you face every day and make everything look so easy, it takes a special person to do what you pilos do, much respect.
Amazing video! Congrats HiFly on a historic flight to Antarctica. Long live all 4 holer aircraft.
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
EXTRAORDINARY !
This comes as a tribute to the magnificent Airbus A340, at a day and age when almost everything in the skies has become a twinjet, and the quad-jet is becoming extinct.
Thanks to HiFly, the Great European that is the A340 has left its mark in faraway Antarctica. Like She had her own peak experience before retirement.
Thanks for Sharing!
This will be the best moment in the pilots life!!!
congratulations Hi Fly and crew for this great step in history
Absolutely fantastic video, the A340 is my favorite widebody aircraft and this video truly exemplifies why I think it is an amazing jet.
They should be ashamed of doing something like this...
Bye bye nature!!!
@Marvin Walter Aviation only accounts for 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, planes are constantly getting more efficient and cleaner. Meanwhile, cars and trucks account for 10% of emissions and we are still judging cars by how powerful their engines are.
@@lennystalks422 Yes, I know and 2% is still to much and in order to save the earth we have to change our way of living.
But people tend to find themselves more important then the bigger problems we are all facing when we continue doing this all just for our ego and fun.
This is a shortcome of humanity. It's hard to change things that we used to do for years. We still find it normal to have cars with big engines and stuff like that...crazy when you think of the impact...
It is an amazing machine for killing environments...
@@marvinwalter3713 If people would stop flying all of a sudden, the planes would stay as dirty for the environment as they currently are.
To make technological advancements we have to experiment with the technology that we already have.
Imagine if people stopped flying in the 50's, then we would still have planes with extremely dirty piston engines flying today.
Aviation has come a long way to try to make flying cleaner, so trying to stop aviation is the same as trying to stop cleaner technological advancements.
People are talking about Electric Planes, but how are we supposed to get there if we stop inventing and upgrading aviation?
And by the way:
What are the options?
Travelling long distance overseas is done by either plane or ship.
Try to figure out which one of those two is the dirtiest.
@@marvinwalter3713 Save the Earth, LOOOOOOL
Well done Hi Fly team! Separate thanks to the Captain for mentioning the tremendous effort the Flight Operations department done to arrange everything, from permits to ground handling and flight planning! Superb achievement 👍👍
LOS FELICITO A UDS PILOTOS, BUEN TRABAJO, ES UN EXITO, FELICIDADES
What a beautiful aircraft it was nice to see it fly
Fantastic! Can we please join you for the next one? 😃
Woah are you the original ?
@@dangerous1a200 yeah, they are, that’s funny 😂
What a great adventure. Nothing outside that Hifly is capable to achieve! Congratulations!
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
Congratulations! Beautiful flight and WOW! What a "greaser" of a landing! Loved watching as the spoilers fully deployed how that big port side wing unloaded. Fantastic! You bring advancement in a responsible way to mankind. Thank you for that and pay no attention to the detractors here.
Carlos, you are a 21st century Aviation Pioneer. Congratulations on such a momentous feat. Parabéns
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
Beautiful video!! I’ve already travelled on Hifly’s A340 and think it’s one of my favorite airplanes. Congratulations on this achievement!
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
The A340-600 was the longest commercial jet in the world (until 2010 when the 747-8 took that title). It's my favorite plane cause the cabin is incredibly comfortable. Seats are spaced 2-4-2 in economy. And Lufthanza has it set up with the bathrooms and a bar downstairs so that economy passengers can take a break from their seats.
Lufthansa.
@@Golftime123 Luftwaffe*
this is not a -600 though
Yep, this is A340-300 (same plane, just different stretch). And thx also to Fabian for Lufthansa correction - make that mistake all the time. Though Andrzej correction only one that made me lol.
What a BEAUTIFUL video! Congratulations to everyone on this achievement, and thank you for allowing us to be a part of it by seeing this video
RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN ARGENTINA
Fantastic experience! Congratulations to Hi Fly and the operating crew!
Pouso perfeito!
Super corajosos!
Um abraco dos irmãos BRASILEIROS!!
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
Pilotos brabos esses hehe
Ainda farei esse voo!
Thank you captain and thanks to your crew for sharing this historic experience…. I as an aviation enthusiast can only wish to have been with you!
CHINESE BASE IN ARGENTINA
@@evaklum8974 I didn’t quite get it! What do you mean?
First and foremost, this is an incredibly beautiful video. Beautiful Capetown, beautiful Antarctiva, beautiful views in flight and a beautiful aircraft. It's also soo incredibly feel-good somehow. This is UA-cam at its best. Thanks for showing us this!
CHINESE MILITARY BASE IN ARGENTINA
This video, from the images to the music, was breathtakingly beautiful.
Flawless landing : Well done again, Hi fly !
and knowing your plane has 4 great engines and fuel to even turn around and go back home safely is just great..!!!..This AIRBUS is just a marvel ,the French Army just sold two older of them at an auction ,started only at 80g"s..!!! and they sold for only 400 g"s each..!!!..they want the new A330 now..i think that for such extreme flights having 4 engines is the way to go..
Congratulations HI fly. Wish you and the entire team more feathers to the cap. Brilliant 👌
Beautiful video of an amazing journey and achievement. Kudos to the ancient DC3 in the background, giving reliable service for decades.
Parabéns Comandante, parabéns a toda a sua tripulação !!! Este é realmente um voo memorável que qualquer piloto gostaria de fazer pelo menos uma vez na vida.
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
@@evaklum8974
PORTUGUÊS
Magnifique, atterissage superbe, bien joué Hi Fly.
BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
Agree! Absolutely fantastic destination, and stunning shots. Thank you that we were allowed to be on this trip ;-)!
RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE IN ARGENTINA
WOW!! Nice landing!!! Beautiful Video!
I think that's pretty cool. However, at 4:45 into the video, down at the bottom left of the screen, what should we see but an ancient Douglas DC-3. While I can't really see all that close up, I'm going to suggest that it's probably a Basler conversion. Flying since before WWII into the 21st century. Sure, it's cool to see the A340 being there, but the DC3 speaks volumes in and of itself.
Muitos parabéns senhor comandante :) magnifico o trabalho ( como sempre )
Não esperava menos da HiFly e do senhor. abraços de Portugal a todos os envolvidos nesta magnifica operação :)
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
Deram sorte de nao terem batido o aviao no domo da terra plana... sim isso e sarcasmo e ironia haha.
@@evaklum8974 What's wrong with you bro? nonsense comments.
@@evaklum8974 what????
@@evaklum8974 nonsence wt you said
Well done Hifly! Proud to be Portuguese 🇵🇹
Wonderful! Just Awesome! Thank you for sharing!
Parabéns! Os irmãos portugueses explorando a velho continente gélido!
Saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷!!
País pequeno de GRANDES pessoas. Parabéns.
Great video HiFly! Enjoyed taking the trip with you! Fabulous!
Thank you for sharing this with us! I was following your flight on Flightradar24 and being able to combine that experience with this video is amazing.
Wow, very smooth landing. I’ve never heard 5 feet called out on the landing sequence before. A greaser.
Parabéns ao Comandante Carlos, HiFly, e toda a equipa por continuarem o legado Português da exploração. É mais um nome que ficará na história da aviação e na história Portuguesa.
How the fuck is this "exploration"? They went to a place THAT ALREADY HAD A RUNWAY to land on. That's "exploration" is it, flying to somewhere already discovered then flying back home, while dumping out pollution all the way there and back. FFS.
@@TheOneTrueSpLiT Sure. Let us know when you get there. And I expect a pollution report.
@@TheOneTrueSpLiT Calm down annoying kid.
We understood that you are one of the brainwashed guys who think Aviation is worse than murdering someone
im sorry but, that landing was CLEANNNN
Amazing footage & beautifully presented. Awesome job HyFly!
What a beautiful journey and what a proud moment for HiFly and Airbus. So nice. Thanks so much for the video!
Fantástico . Muitos parabéns aos Portugueses que realizaram este enorme feito . Que orgulho todos temos na nossa bandeira 🇵🇹. Desejo muito sucesso ao comandante Carlos Mirpuri e restante tripulação. Abraço
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
@@evaklum8974 you ok?
Conheceu a,borda da terra?
wow that music matched the landing beautifully! So elegant! So smooth!
USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
God it's a feeling like we are in heaven when flying high above the sky
A perfect video, congratulations - really great. All the best...! Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹.
I never thought this would be possible with an A340, this is insane....WOW!!!!
Too fabulous. I felt quite emotional over this and I'm neither a pilot nor worked on the ice.
Wow! The white of the aircraft on the white of the surroundings is mindblogging. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this.
I'm 22 years old in aviation, but I've never experienced a flight as adventurous as this one. Congratulations Captain Carlos Mirpurir, congratulations HiFly. Greetings from Brasil. Stay Safe! Vaccine Now!
Wonderful. Congrats to the crew and to HiFly!
This is simply breathtaking flight, congratulations!!
Tourism in Antarctica- just what the planet needs!!
Muitos parabéns para estes pioneiros, felizmente ainda temos feitos portugueses para nos orgulhar, mais uma vez parabéns ao comandante e à sua tripulação.
RUSO ESPAÑOL LENGUAS POLARES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
Portugal pertence aos cerca de vinte países(são 19 ou 20) que fizeram o primeiro acordo internacional acerca da Antárctica. Fiquei a saber depois deste vôo histórico.
Wow ! That's awesome first A340 landing so beautifully in Antarctica ! Congratulations , Captain and the aircrew ! Perfect touchdown.
he owns that plane and also a A380
That was amazing. Nice airplane A340
Well done ! Absolutely beautiful ! Thank you for sharing !
Well done Mister Carlos Mirpuri !! I see you still like very special operations like this one .
No diversion possible : It make me think of those great flights to Ascension Island with Air Luxor.
Very very good job .
Thierry
Wow thats amazing, bravo to all of you! A perfect flight and so well presented too. I dont necessarily hope for many more, id like to see less pollution and the few remaining pure places on the earth left alone, but I love that we explore and know everything too. Explore without damaging. What an amazing scene, white, white and white, and also its the first time ive seen an airliner land normally with no airport, terminal, support or anything. Its like a new world, like HiFly landing on Mars. Historic flight and historic video too.
Wonderful! Thank you for this Video!
This just shows how brilliant the Aribus machines and its pilots are ;) happy landings!
This can be considered to be a victory of technology over the nature. I would like to congratulate the airline and the the pilots for realizing this flight. Thank you very much for the video.
Very nice video to watch. Wish the sound engineers had mixed it so that the music was softer, as it overpowers what the captain is saying.
i think the taking sound was dubbed. Those engines sounded like turbo props.
@@giths19 I don’t know… planes I’ve been on have sounded like that but I’ve also heard turboprops sound like that lol
@@giths19 USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
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@@Dmcjixjdndncnc USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA AURORA AUSTRAL
What a historic and proud moment...Congratulations to the whole team
thank you for sharing this with us. well done
me in my mind.......
"so hey guys, welcome back to another swizz zwero zwero one videooo"
(those arent misstypes, it is the way he pronounces it)
I fully get your pride. Last time I met HiFly was at SCIP, back in the fall of 2018. Different a/c though. And you guys had three more engines than us, and the right fuel available locally. Good job, and many more happy landings on supply flights and tourism with your four engine widebodies.
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Great clip; thank you guys for sharing it with us.
The aviation industry never stops to amazing us.Great job
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Great post production too. I can relate to the crew’s excitement. Back in 1980 I flew a helicopter crew from Winnipeg to an ice strip just northwest of Flin Flon (CYFO). Can’t remember the name of the lake but it was a gloriously cold blue day in January with perfect weather conditions. It was my first ice strip landing in a light twin - an older model PA-23 Aztec. Again, congratulations to all concerned and thank you for publishing this unique flight.
This was a unique flight to have a commercial jet like the the Airbus A340 fly to Antarctica. As a rule there are various flights to Antarctica to support the various research bases on that continent. Those airplanes are commonly specialized airplanes for use in Antarctica.
BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
Amazing video! Thank you!
It’s kind of ironic to FLY into the Antarctic and land on its ice and celebrate it. It’s like sawing up the branch your sitting on and having a great party while doing so