The 1,088 Passenger Busiest Flight Ever

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  • @halfasinteresting
    @halfasinteresting  4 роки тому +1547

    1) Find a good HAI topic
    2) Suggest it to your suggestions form: forms.gle/bFpjvf5E6SmUA9Wp7
    3) ?????
    4) PROFIT (aka get a free HAI t-shirt if we use yours)

    • @gustavrisager8939
      @gustavrisager8939 4 роки тому +81

      So can I suggest bricks?

    • @John.0523
      @John.0523 4 роки тому +29

      Stone bricks?

    • @simply_cake
      @simply_cake 4 роки тому +14

      clay bricks?

    • @ultrainstinctgarfield2661
      @ultrainstinctgarfield2661 4 роки тому +27

      Maybe you could do a video on planes

    • @synscient7446
      @synscient7446 4 роки тому +7

      @@ultrainstinctgarfield2661 yeah I heard about this one flight to Israel with a bunch of passengers on it, maybe HAI should look into it

  • @offwithhishead2556
    @offwithhishead2556 4 роки тому +5146

    The flight attendant's safety talk must have been hilarious.

    • @dougthedonkey1805
      @dougthedonkey1805 4 роки тому +454

      “Fasten your, uh...”

    • @gildedbear5355
      @gildedbear5355 4 роки тому +610

      @@dougthedonkey1805 "You know what? Just hold onto your butts. Also, in case of a water landing, we're probably all going to die, but that's less likely than you all dying if you stayed in Ethiopia so bonus!"

    • @superdave186
      @superdave186 4 роки тому +125

      What flight attendant?

    • @pilum3705
      @pilum3705 4 роки тому +167

      GildedBear To be fair, there wasn’t too much water between Addis Ababa and their destination, so the chances for a water landing probably wouldn’t have been too high. On the other hand, I don’t think that a non-water landing would have been much better.

    • @gildedbear5355
      @gildedbear5355 4 роки тому +63

      @@pilum3705 true, but when I fly between chicago and portland there isn't much chance of a water landing but it's still in the safety briefing. That is why I thought it would be funny.

  • @SalveMonesvol
    @SalveMonesvol 3 роки тому +680

    Imagine being the captain of that flight... must feel good when you finally land and 1.000 people are finally safe

    • @schmollanski
      @schmollanski Рік тому +42

      Just imagine someone entering the cockpit saying "2 babies have just been born"

    • @totallynotatree8718
      @totallynotatree8718 5 місяців тому

      Huh? ​@@schmollanski

  • @Chalky.
    @Chalky. 4 роки тому +4193

    Must be what inspired the business model of Ryanair.

    • @dyingearth
      @dyingearth 4 роки тому +61

      You should've seen the Emirate Air executives when they contemplate Haj pilgrimage configuration for Airbus A380. That ultimately never came to pass.

    • @Maple-Sizzurp
      @Maple-Sizzurp 4 роки тому +50

      I've used RyanAir a few times holy hell the first time.. it's a flying bus. 😂

    • @ollynathan1024
      @ollynathan1024 4 роки тому +1

      😂

    • @alastairbrand5821
      @alastairbrand5821 4 роки тому +22

      If it was Ryanair, they would have spent longer than they had (on preparing for the flight) in calculating what surcharges they could have added.

    • @User31129
      @User31129 4 роки тому +11

      That philosophy of "you wont get shit, but you wont pay shit either" works in other industries so its clearly sustainable.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +2316

    *"Two babies were born on the flight"*
    Oh god, I can only imagine

  • @autumnspring1573
    @autumnspring1573 4 роки тому +2094

    first thought on the 1,088 flight: it was a Ryanair plane. probably got a special CRJ-100 for the occassion.

    • @thealpaca18
      @thealpaca18 4 роки тому +13

      Lol yup

    • @darraghmartin7326
      @darraghmartin7326 4 роки тому +58

      No probably a cesna caravan

    • @user-ld6is4ni3d
      @user-ld6is4ni3d 4 роки тому +3

      @@darraghmartin7326 brruuuuuuuh wdym, they got an 2 for that

    • @jur4x
      @jur4x 4 роки тому +38

      Can you imagine what would it be like if Ryanair was flying A380's instead of 737?

    • @arandomphotographer
      @arandomphotographer 4 роки тому +5

      @@darraghmartin7326 a Cessna 172 should make it

  • @AtricosHU
    @AtricosHU 4 роки тому +1818

    Today:
    - A Wendover video WITHOUT planes,
    - An HAI video WITH planes.
    What is up with that??

    • @Cabalex
      @Cabalex 4 роки тому +41

      Don't worry, at 5:47 in the video ua-cam.com/video/NtX-Ibi21tU/v-deo.html he talks about planes, don't raise the alarm just yet

    • @tabrakpohon
      @tabrakpohon 4 роки тому +25

      Self collab

    • @wnphn7653
      @wnphn7653 4 роки тому +10

      It's called taking a risk

    • @maruftim
      @maruftim 4 роки тому +1

      uh oh

    • @astroknight5
      @astroknight5 4 роки тому +1

      He was subconsciously telling people that they should fly more because flying is not risky.

  • @gcamachom1805
    @gcamachom1805 4 роки тому +2150

    Imagine the babies crying in that plane

    • @theevildrummingsithlord1492
      @theevildrummingsithlord1492 4 роки тому +29

      Oh no...

    • @sohopedeco
      @sohopedeco 4 роки тому +36

      Lol. Never fly Air China.

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 4 роки тому +33

      Imagine the line to the bathroom....

    • @claymiller9707
      @claymiller9707 4 роки тому +80

      Especially considering the ones that were born on the flight...

    • @ParkerDai
      @ParkerDai 4 роки тому +16

      @@michaelmccarthy4615 Since it's Ethiopia, I don't think anyone required the bathroom

  • @ljdeypalubos3026
    @ljdeypalubos3026 4 роки тому +1443

    "What's the difference between an airplane and a truck?"
    *One's expensive and one's really expensive*

    • @omarmunoz398
      @omarmunoz398 4 роки тому +6

      I should call 911 cause I almost fucken died of laughter

    • @justsomeguy5470
      @justsomeguy5470 4 роки тому +4

      This time, it also turned out better than when they were all crammed into trucks

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 4 роки тому +18

      One is a fast way to move things...
      The other is a much faster way to move things...

    • @P7777-u7r
      @P7777-u7r 4 роки тому +5

      Difference between an airplane and a truck?
      Environmentalists arent constantly bitching about airplanes

    • @P7777-u7r
      @P7777-u7r 4 роки тому +10

      @@michaelmccarthy4615
      One has heavy regulations and the other has even heavier recgulations

  • @magiclentilsoup2375
    @magiclentilsoup2375 4 роки тому +752

    "airports used to be places people went" lmao

  • @wgrandbois
    @wgrandbois 3 роки тому +210

    Relative to payload, that one C-17 that left Kabul with 823 passengers was the equivalent of a 747 carrying 1,710 people.

    • @Richardlizhu
      @Richardlizhu 2 роки тому +3

      I think it was 640ish passengers

    • @alinaqirizvi1441
      @alinaqirizvi1441 Рік тому +1

      ​@@Richardlizhu So, still tonnes more than that 747

    • @Richardlizhu
      @Richardlizhu Рік тому

      @@alinaqirizvi1441 You're right, I was not disputing that

  • @airplanewhat5316
    @airplanewhat5316 4 роки тому +494

    4:39 ''they had the option to fly with United, but they decided that this would be more comfortable'' that made me laugh

  • @collectpanda3350
    @collectpanda3350 4 роки тому +511

    This was actually an incredible story. I can’t believe I had never heard of it before

    • @neby_nebs
      @neby_nebs 2 роки тому +8

      you'd be surprised how many other ethiopians don't know this story
      -an ethiopian

    • @vdm5873
      @vdm5873 2 роки тому +2

      @@neby_nebs yup, it called a secret for a reason

    • @mesiroy1234
      @mesiroy1234 2 роки тому +1

      Cause you not Israeelii

    • @timmccarthy9917
      @timmccarthy9917 Рік тому +1

      This one was 3/4 as interesting

    • @collectpanda3350
      @collectpanda3350 Рік тому

      @@timmccarthy9917 banger comment

  • @vencelwagner4014
    @vencelwagner4014 4 роки тому +4719

    I won't show the borders of Israel.
    5 minutes later: He shows it.

    • @yakithekaki2769
      @yakithekaki2769 4 роки тому +218

      Yeah and he even shows the wrong ones

    • @matthijsdeboer9932
      @matthijsdeboer9932 4 роки тому +409

      Also, acknowledging its existence and showing its flag should be enough to piss off its opponents.

    • @k3kboi665
      @k3kboi665 4 роки тому +234

      @@matthijsdeboer9932 i thini every one accepts it existance. Many and maybe even most dispute its legality though.

    • @hanseinarfuglum8858
      @hanseinarfuglum8858 4 роки тому +142

      He actually showed the border when he zoomed out and showed the whole world.
      This is a joke, I dont think Jews are taking over the world, in case anyone with the powers to kill me is reading.

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 4 роки тому +16

      @@yakithekaki2769 I believe those are the de jure borders.

  • @Solumno
    @Solumno 4 роки тому +397

    2:22 Actually, there is a Taco Bell in Ramstein, Germany. But you cannot simply go there due to the US Military.

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 4 роки тому +64

      was it there in 1991 though?

    • @billydinsdale1785
      @billydinsdale1785 4 роки тому +26

      Theres also one in Brighton, on England's South Coast, that would be closer than the one shown in London.

    • @markonikolic7957
      @markonikolic7957 4 роки тому +5

      There definitely is in Spain to but don't know about the 1991 though

    • @anothernoob9110
      @anothernoob9110 4 роки тому +1

      Was it there in the 90s tho?

    • @SteveInScotland
      @SteveInScotland 4 роки тому +6

      The UK one only opened a year or two ago, so much for fact checking!

  • @ninjaplays9619
    @ninjaplays9619 4 роки тому +824

    Did this guy really take the time to see where the nearest Taco Bell to Ethiopia was?!

    • @Photosounder
      @Photosounder 4 роки тому +91

      There weren't many Taco Bells in the Old World in the 1980s so that would be quick to figure out. Even now there aren't many.

    • @ihatethesehandles
      @ihatethesehandles 4 роки тому +35

      Not quite, there's one at the Ramstein Air Force base which is closer.

    • @AaronOfMpls
      @AaronOfMpls 4 роки тому +61

      @@ihatethesehandles But was it open yet in '91?

    • @charlesjumonville1771
      @charlesjumonville1771 4 роки тому +31

      With the KFC reference as well, it was probably sneakily sponsored.

    • @Mggggssss
      @Mggggssss 4 роки тому +4

      its an important fact

  • @joeym5243
    @joeym5243 4 роки тому +363

    If they had flown on United they probably wouldn't have gotten the record since half of them would have been forcibly dragged of the overbooked flight

    • @alexglikman8629
      @alexglikman8629 4 роки тому +4

      I don't think getting the world record was the main reason for the flight

    • @AlphaGeekgirl
      @AlphaGeekgirl 4 роки тому +10

      @@alexglikman8629 r/whoosh

    • @andrewpinedo1883
      @andrewpinedo1883 Рік тому +1

      ⁠@@AlphaGeekgirlr/itswooshwithfouros

    • @thatdamncrow9197
      @thatdamncrow9197 11 місяців тому

      @@andrewpinedo1883its actually r/woosh which is the original

  • @lekroc
    @lekroc 4 роки тому +896

    2 babies born on the flight?
    What a flight that must have been!

    • @mylinkmujeb5741
      @mylinkmujeb5741 4 роки тому +41

      Ikr not just one but two

    • @thomashuang5053
      @thomashuang5053 4 роки тому +46

      The 2 babies as soon as they're delivered: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *inhales some air* WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA@AAAAAAA

    • @3of11
      @3of11 4 роки тому +43

      Probably a record in of itself too.

    • @guillermogutierrez-santana4446
      @guillermogutierrez-santana4446 4 роки тому +37

      Some people complain hearing babies cry on planes, while Ethiopians had to stand through two actual births!

    • @ashleyshim2078
      @ashleyshim2078 4 роки тому +1

      @@thomashuang5053 🤣🤣🤣

  • @DrumBum561
    @DrumBum561 4 роки тому +472

    2:45
    >AAEJ
    >says AAEG
    I cannot tell you how many times I've confused my Gs and Js

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 4 роки тому +15

      Everytime you watch a GIF, right?

    • @mrmimeisfunny
      @mrmimeisfunny 4 роки тому +36

      American Association for Ethiopian Geuse

    • @bigchap5794
      @bigchap5794 4 роки тому

      Had to do a double take there

    • @shootingskelly17
      @shootingskelly17 4 роки тому +2

      Probably part of Mistake Correction Video #3

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 4 роки тому +2

      It’s even worse when you speak English and try to learn the alphabet in French

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому +423

    3:14 Ah yes, the United States of Kentucky. Or should I say the Kentucky Fried States of America

    • @alextown56
      @alextown56 4 роки тому +11

      Definitely the latter

    • @cokeforever
      @cokeforever 4 роки тому +11

      The United Fried States of Chicken ;)

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 4 роки тому +6

      Thank God the whole US isn't like Kentucky. You think there's problems now? Lol my fellow Kentuckians are something else. It is a beautiful state though.

    • @thesalandarian3314
      @thesalandarian3314 4 роки тому +1

      That’s the Canadian flag just with the kfc logo

    • @ronashman8463
      @ronashman8463 4 роки тому

      @@KdubbleYT you mean your state has a KFC *and* a Taco Bell? Lucky fellow...

  • @shinygoldcoin4661
    @shinygoldcoin4661 4 роки тому +261

    HAI's addiction to planes is getting out of hand

    • @hunterhewko5350
      @hunterhewko5350 4 роки тому +21

      NEVER TOO MUCH PLANES

    • @wow1983
      @wow1983 4 роки тому +3

      Am I the only one not complaining though?!

    • @alexanderlieberman2109
      @alexanderlieberman2109 4 роки тому +4

      And the problem is?

    • @cyclingcycles7953
      @cyclingcycles7953 4 роки тому +3

      1:53 he even built an airport miniature. This is getting out of hand.

    • @scythal
      @scythal 4 роки тому +2

      I'm fine with that, if he keeps the quality good. It's planely important that he makes his videos with quality.

  • @samcavanagh7993
    @samcavanagh7993 4 роки тому +100

    "Fun" fact, El-Al planes come automatically equipped with anti-missile countermeasures

    • @Raheel2006
      @Raheel2006 4 роки тому +4

      Dang

    • @spoperty4940
      @spoperty4940 3 місяці тому

      They haven't always, and only in the remodel(you can see this by the different livery, except for specially painted legacy liveries on the TLV-JFK flights) the new jets got the countermeasures, it wasn't a thing in 1991 yet. Specifically it was installed and verified in 2004.

  • @banjobongle
    @banjobongle 4 роки тому +44

    Very topical that this is posted today, as the Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews who perished on their way to Israel was commemorated yesterday (Thursday) in Israel

  • @invader45
    @invader45 4 роки тому +490

    "The fastest mass departure untill audiences walked out of Rise of Skywalker."
    Bruh Lmaoooo I lost it. Coming from someone who liked TROS.

    • @Forkester
      @Forkester 4 роки тому +7

      I liked it to

    • @Devan-he4kr
      @Devan-he4kr 4 роки тому +1

      Me too.

    • @ppaaccoojrf
      @ppaaccoojrf 4 роки тому +61

      I'm so sorry you did.

    • @MatthewCobalt
      @MatthewCobalt 4 роки тому +5

      I can see why people can like it, but even they would admit that the plot was mismanaged.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 4 роки тому +6

      I liked it and I genuinely have no idea why people dislike it.

  • @chaimf1974
    @chaimf1974 4 роки тому +70

    Lol I clicked on the video and before it even started I was thinking, "but those flights with the Ethiopian Jews were the most!"

    • @SabaRaba1913
      @SabaRaba1913 4 роки тому +11

      Me too, I guessed it was one of my nation operations to get our Ethiopian brothers back to israel and i was right

    • @elliotfineberg9503
      @elliotfineberg9503 4 роки тому +7

      I remember raising money for Operation Solomon in school.

  • @depthhistory
    @depthhistory 4 роки тому +133

    I remember that Saturday well. Here in Jerusalem, we heard planes flying overhead all day long, very unusual for a Shabbat in Jerusalem. When we found out what happened, it seemed like a miracle. The ingathering of the exiles.

    • @prozergter2
      @prozergter2 4 роки тому +12

      I....I never really thought there's such a thing as Ethiopian Jews. Are they and the Jews in Israel culturally similar? What is the attitude towards Jews from different parts of the world? This is all very fascinating stuff to me.

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 4 роки тому +14

      @@prozergter2 Apparently, they claim they are descendants of the lost tribe of Dan. The former royal house of Ethiopia also claim to be descendants of King Solomon.

    • @elliotfineberg9503
      @elliotfineberg9503 4 роки тому +3

      I would NEVER have expected a pikuach nefesh reference in a Wendover/HAI video.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 роки тому

      That's a great anecdote. It makes me happy to hear about a community being so supportive of working hard to help other people.

    • @julius-busch
      @julius-busch 2 роки тому

      @@prozergter2 Unfortunately European Israelis make life pretty hard for them, as far as I've heard.

  • @saadamansayyed
    @saadamansayyed 4 роки тому +387

    When airports used to be places where people used to go to.. xd.

    • @Capellix0001
      @Capellix0001 4 роки тому +9

      rip

    • @NuclearTopSpot
      @NuclearTopSpot 4 роки тому +11

      Ah yes... the good ol' days. Only 20s kids remember

    • @anthonyscarborough3813
      @anthonyscarborough3813 4 роки тому

      It’ll be like that again some day. Give it a couple of years. It might seem like a while, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s not.

  • @NotAmira_
    @NotAmira_ 4 роки тому +469

    Let's talk about a different topic that we haven't done before:
    Planes!

    • @launchpending
      @launchpending 4 роки тому +6

      Jews

    • @muscovymapping8896
      @muscovymapping8896 4 роки тому +1

      @@launchpending i was gonna say something but then decided against it

    • @elmajore4818
      @elmajore4818 4 роки тому +1

      One Half is Planes and the other Interesting?

    • @launchpending
      @launchpending 4 роки тому

      @@muscovymapping8896 HAI more like HAIFA

  • @sonofsisyphus5742
    @sonofsisyphus5742 4 роки тому +89

    Good thing the Ethiopian Jews had to travel through 400 miles of jungles and temperate climate, if it was the desert they would have never made it on time!

    • @y.vinitsky6452
      @y.vinitsky6452 4 роки тому +1

      Many died on the journey

    • @poohgaze2338
      @poohgaze2338 4 роки тому +4

      @@vikkran401 Well, considering the significance of the number 40 in Judaism, that would have been very fitting.

  • @medilyesoudhini7411
    @medilyesoudhini7411 4 роки тому +419

    That useless Taco Bell fact is the stuff my silly brain lives for

    • @maayanranson3251
      @maayanranson3251 4 роки тому +3

      Med Ilyes Oudhini same 😂

    • @matthijsdeboer9932
      @matthijsdeboer9932 4 роки тому +9

      I'm pretty sure Taco Bell would not be kosher though.

    • @NineEyeRon
      @NineEyeRon 4 роки тому +1

      We have one? Who knew

    • @timalexander1811
      @timalexander1811 4 роки тому +3

      But it‘s actually wrong. Some US Airbases have Taco Bells so maybe there‘s a closer one in the middle east. And if there isn‘t the ones in Germany are still closer than the British Taco Bell

    • @medilyesoudhini7411
      @medilyesoudhini7411 4 роки тому +5

      @@timalexander1811 you had to ruin it didn't you

  • @tigerxiao8412
    @tigerxiao8412 4 роки тому +68

    Netflix has a really good movie called Red Sea Diving Resort that talks about this

    • @matanamar
      @matanamar 4 роки тому +19

      That’s about one of the earlier operations, “Moses”

    • @ThePlanetProject
      @ThePlanetProject 4 роки тому +2

      One of my favorite movies

    • @spoperty4940
      @spoperty4940 3 місяці тому

      That mostly talks about the Sudanese resort partly operated by undercover Israeli agents that sneaked out Ethiopian Jews by boat at night.

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings 4 роки тому +138

    Flight: *Has 1000 people*
    Virus: *Its free real estate*

    • @webforder4201
      @webforder4201 4 роки тому +4

      *AIDS: it’s free real estate

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 4 роки тому +2

      @@webforder4201 AIDS is caused by a virus. Also, it is sexually transmitted.

  • @rafiahaspagi1165
    @rafiahaspagi1165 4 роки тому +83

    Every other airline :Have enough space for people
    Ryan air: let's have people standing up on planes.

    • @ThatGuy-te9wh
      @ThatGuy-te9wh 4 роки тому +2

      that's a total galaxy-brain/chad move.

    • @ladofthedamned7796
      @ladofthedamned7796 4 роки тому +2

      I mean standing up for more than 5 hours is no big deal right?

    • @ala0284
      @ala0284 4 роки тому +4

      For Ryanair these numbers are nothing, pretty sure my flight to Lanzarote a few years ago had 10,000 people on board. And 99% were crying babies

    • @tigershark2328
      @tigershark2328 4 роки тому +1

      @@ladofthedamned7796 Yeah! They can get the retail workers to do that cus that's what they do for a living and they're used to it!

  • @yankee3875
    @yankee3875 4 роки тому +67

    “The fastest mass departure until audiences walked out of Rise of Skywalker” lmao

  • @acasualcactus5878
    @acasualcactus5878 4 роки тому +102

    At least this wasn’t a united flight.

  • @ccpr
    @ccpr 4 роки тому +116

    **says El Al 747**
    Dad: why are you crying so damn loud

    • @tomney4460
      @tomney4460 4 роки тому +5

      I’m the only one who really gets this joke.

    • @armanbajwa4199
      @armanbajwa4199 4 роки тому +3

      @@tomney4460 no

    • @jonathangazit4739
      @jonathangazit4739 4 роки тому +3

      @@tomney4460 is it because el al only got 747s in 1994?

    • @michaelpflanzer7390
      @michaelpflanzer7390 4 роки тому +9

      Jonathan Gazit they got rid of them very recently

    • @tomney4460
      @tomney4460 4 роки тому +1

      Jonathan Gazit IKR

  • @michaelcherokee8906
    @michaelcherokee8906 2 роки тому +49

    The thing I love the most about Jewish law is its respect for life. From what Ive seen, there are barely ANY Jewish laws that cannot be broken if it would preserve life. It's like all their laws have an asterisk after that reads "unless it would save a life". (Obviously, this generalization doesnt apply to the Ten Commandments or laws regarding the handling of the Ark of the Covenant.)

    • @cpotter1theravenclaw337
      @cpotter1theravenclaw337 2 роки тому +1

      There are a few that aren’t followed any more that have the death penalty, such as insulting or assaulting your mother or father

    • @mordechaisanders7033
      @mordechaisanders7033 Рік тому +6

      Actually they do cover the 10 commandments and the handling of the Ark of the Covenant.
      The only exceptions to the "unless it's to save a life" clause are Murder, Adultry, and Idolatry.

    • @sevret313
      @sevret313 11 місяців тому +1

      Jewish law is really strict, the only reason to make a point of "saving lives" being an exception is that it would be disasterous without that exception.

  • @MrIansmitchell
    @MrIansmitchell 4 роки тому +96

    4:09 uh oh he showed the borders, internet gonna get mad now huh

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 4 роки тому +7

      reeeeeeeee

    • @macaroon_nuggets8008
      @macaroon_nuggets8008 4 роки тому +6

      I am angry.

    • @Tomer_Zaitsev
      @Tomer_Zaitsev 4 роки тому +3

      He fucked it up as well.
      Israel controls the west bank, but doesnt control gaza.
      He drew gaza inside israeli borders, but left the west bank out.
      You can draw the borders in many ways depending on your ideology, but the way he drew the borders doesnt make any sense

    • @Tombwithaloom
      @Tombwithaloom 4 роки тому +3

      @@Tomer_Zaitsev"internet gonna get mad now huh" here's the first pissed off person under this comment

  • @joeym5243
    @joeym5243 4 роки тому +97

    Baby: *gets born on plane*
    United: well we're landing with the same amount of people that we took off with one way or another

  • @LapisPebble
    @LapisPebble 4 роки тому +97

    "Airports used to be places people went to"
    I don't know why but this hit me hard, like it's not even a joke it's reality.

  • @benhoresh9122
    @benhoresh9122 4 роки тому +35

    Thank you for posting this today, on the memorial day for the Ethiopian Jews that died during the journey to Israel.

  • @tobyfarman
    @tobyfarman 4 роки тому +204

    The first *1088* people to sign up...

  • @masonfuller9823
    @masonfuller9823 4 роки тому +139

    Good job, really enjoyed it. Keep it up.
    Also you mispronounced AAEJ as AAEG.

    • @SardineBreath28
      @SardineBreath28 4 роки тому +16

      American Association for Ethiopian Gews

    • @razia3508
      @razia3508 4 роки тому +4

      American Association for Educational Guns

    • @awhjoyy
      @awhjoyy 3 роки тому

      American Association for Every Gay

  • @GrafEisen1
    @GrafEisen1 4 роки тому +79

    I wish you briefly mentioned that Ethiopia after the fall of the Derg ended up having far more stability than what was feared; the country gets enough bad press.

    • @dannyhershtal1247
      @dannyhershtal1247 4 роки тому +20

      Yes. Now one of the most stable African countries and flights from Tel Aviv to Addis Ababa are regular.

    • @aviaspotter32
      @aviaspotter32 3 роки тому +13

      @@dannyhershtal1247 aged well lol

    • @dannyhershtal1247
      @dannyhershtal1247 3 роки тому +13

      @@aviaspotter32 what can you say? When I wrote this Tigray was quiet while half the cities in the USA were on fire.

    • @billyosullivan3192
      @billyosullivan3192 Рік тому +1

      @@aviaspotter32 war is basically over now.

  • @holasoyalejandro9822
    @holasoyalejandro9822 4 роки тому +177

    will he put planes into this vid ?
    edit: 1 second in, he did

    • @cochleari3245
      @cochleari3245 4 роки тому +5

      no, it's actually 14 seconds in. you have to remember about the beginning sponsor part.

    • @zkbrhodas8753
      @zkbrhodas8753 4 роки тому +12

      Well, it's in the title...

    • @coolkids374
      @coolkids374 4 роки тому +14

      Will he put planes in a video about planes? 🤨

    • @jamespigeon1399
      @jamespigeon1399 4 роки тому +1

      would like, but you have 69 likes and i dont want to ruin it.

    • @BearDownAZ
      @BearDownAZ 4 роки тому

      @@jamespigeon1399 169 now lol

  • @M0ntezuma300
    @M0ntezuma300 4 роки тому +38

    2:15
    The beacons are lit! Gondar calls for aid!
    And Israel will answer

    • @saptsagn3697
      @saptsagn3697 4 роки тому +1

      Where was Gondar when Israel called?

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 4 роки тому +1

      Actually, there's a very good chance that that is where the name comes from. Tolkien was in to Jewish history, and the Jews of the Gondar region manged to defend themselves for a long time.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 4 роки тому +1

      An alliance once existed between Ethiopians and Israelis. We come to honor that allegiance.

  • @gabrielguimaraes8967
    @gabrielguimaraes8967 3 роки тому +10

    It's really strange that this video is being recommended after the recent events in Afeganistan.

  • @vlogerhood
    @vlogerhood 4 роки тому +46

    "Neon crop tops were in"
    *shows picture of a sports bra*
    Close, but no cigar.

  • @ТомасАндерсон-в1е
    @ТомасАндерсон-в1е 4 роки тому +26

    that star wars joke was as brutal as Disney's murder of everyone's nostalgia for the franchise

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +35

    KFC? I’d like to have a deep fried NY with a side of Florida

    • @tonyman1106
      @tonyman1106 4 роки тому +1

      How many palettes would you like. i can start you off with 100

    • @tangomango3642
      @tangomango3642 4 роки тому +3

      I thought your dead Kim Jong-un

    • @davidliu2243
      @davidliu2243 4 роки тому

      Tornado Alley as desert?

  • @xlyflw
    @xlyflw 4 роки тому +94

    “He was on the verge of falling”
    sounds like a old person that got pushed

  • @yoavhofstein3658
    @yoavhofstein3658 4 роки тому +29

    When aviation is in trouble, so Sam brings out old aviation storys

  • @kingblob17
    @kingblob17 4 роки тому +43

    Never before have I went to the comments so quickly

  • @Frichickenisha
    @Frichickenisha 4 роки тому +7

    Wow! I'd really love to hear from someone, or a descendant of someone, who was on this flight and how their lives are now. Incredible video!

    • @dannyhershtal1247
      @dannyhershtal1247 4 роки тому +5

      Our (Israel's) current Deputy Minister for Internal Security, Gadi Yeverkan came in 1991. Don't know if he was on that specific flight but he was among the 14500 and all the planes were crowded to capacity. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadi_Yevarkan

  • @BerndVonTrollhausen
    @BerndVonTrollhausen 4 роки тому +6

    Finally I spotted a mistake in one of you videos. In 1991, at least one Taco Bell was nearer to Tel Aviv than the store in London: The one inside the US Airforce Base in Wiesbaden, Germany.

  • @sophie9419
    @sophie9419 4 роки тому +5

    This sounds like a brilliant concept for an action blockbuster, or just a really interesting full length documentary.

    • @yihezkel
      @yihezkel 4 роки тому +1

      Red Sea Diving Resort with Captain America

    • @hanasikova8634
      @hanasikova8634 4 роки тому +1

      @@yihezkel that is about operation Moses earlier, but the story and action lines are even better!

  • @JakeLikesTech
    @JakeLikesTech 3 роки тому +7

    I can see why this video is now being shown after the 800 passengers on the flight from Kabul to Dubai flew on a 150 passenger plane.

  • @kazikian
    @kazikian 4 роки тому +5

    “The Red Sea Diving Resort” is an amazing movie!

  • @dunamoose3446
    @dunamoose3446 4 роки тому +6

    4:09 Finally someone said it

  • @yoavhofstein3658
    @yoavhofstein3658 4 роки тому +19

    I once flew with EL AL, the flight was so crowded, I thought we had more than 1088 people on board

  • @def8332
    @def8332 4 роки тому +6

    I cried a little when said , “...or in this case 14,500 lives.” Didn’t expect that.

  • @nunyabidness117
    @nunyabidness117 4 роки тому +3

    "What??! You want to pack us standing up on a flight of 1088 refugees, 2 of which are about to give birth?? I don't think so"
    "Well...we could put you on a United flight.."
    "Uhh...we're good"

  • @theevildrummingsithlord1492
    @theevildrummingsithlord1492 4 роки тому +4

    "The fastest mass departure until audiences walked out of Rise of Skywalker." - I think you should extend that to all of the sequels.

    • @juancodina7842
      @juancodina7842 3 роки тому

      Which sequels?

    • @theevildrummingsithlord1492
      @theevildrummingsithlord1492 3 роки тому

      @@juancodina7842 Star Wars sequels. The entire sequel trilogy has received a ton of hate for an inconsistent story, poor character development, apparently being ultra-feminist, weak characters, and stealing ideas from the expanded universe.

  • @mrmimeisfunny
    @mrmimeisfunny 4 роки тому +6

    You forgot my favorite fact.
    They made the initial measurements with Israelis and expected to fit 800 odd people in the plane but, and I quote "Because the passengers were so light, many more were squeezed in."
    Also my mother happened to work as a flight attendant at the time and saw small chairs being crammed into a cargo plane and was wondering why the heck were they doing it. (Eventually they didn't need the chairs and just crammed everyone in)

  • @karnowo
    @karnowo 4 роки тому +9

    Thank you for not being afraid of the backlash that could be received for covering this topic.

  • @cantiibrazil
    @cantiibrazil 3 роки тому +8

    Afghanistan soon: And I took that personally..

  • @VJ-bn1qg
    @VJ-bn1qg 4 роки тому +35

    Half as interesting :
    Me : I’m gonna head towards COMMENTS

  • @sjsharks0510
    @sjsharks0510 4 роки тому +8

    2:44 I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve said ‘gee’ for the letter J. You are forgiven for this slip lord Sam

  • @kolinmartz
    @kolinmartz 4 роки тому +109

    I feel like there’s too many jokes at this point and actually get in the way of the information. Like at this point I couldn’t tell if you’re serious or not about the option to fly United. I know it’s a joke but so much actual information has already been said in a joke format that it muddies it.

    • @SuperSMT
      @SuperSMT 4 роки тому +22

      He's been pushing that line in the past few videos especially

    • @gderu6109
      @gderu6109 4 роки тому +13

      I quite like it. If you want to learn new information about random facts, this really isn't the channel for you. This channel is entertaining first and foremost, with the facts only being the background. I watch these videos to have a laugh, and I've really liked the past few vids.

    • @WanJae42
      @WanJae42 4 роки тому +7

      Welcome to infotainment, the backbone of UA-cam.

    • @columbus8myhw
      @columbus8myhw 4 роки тому +4

      Well, the information is only _half_ as interesting…
      (as what? as anything else, I guess)

    • @kl3321
      @kl3321 4 роки тому +2

      I agree, he should tone it down a bit.

  • @jesseverbeek3777
    @jesseverbeek3777 4 роки тому +2

    Rise of Skywalker joke was the best one I've heard in years

  • @aidan7376
    @aidan7376 4 роки тому +9

    Do you know what's really busy...
    Brilliant because you can learn something new every day

  • @_usaball
    @_usaball 4 роки тому +88

    Every top comment:
    Has this format:
    I am sick of it

    • @airwipe1639
      @airwipe1639 4 роки тому +1

      Yes

    • @minoreror9961
      @minoreror9961 4 роки тому

      Y tho

    • @mariovanderwal1695
      @mariovanderwal1695 4 роки тому

      It's because:
      10 year old kids think it's funny:
      And kids have the time to watch 10 hours of UA-cam each day

    • @flavoursofsound
      @flavoursofsound 4 роки тому

      ☝️ well they’re not in school and can’t go outside, what else are they going to do?
      I like this format anyway, but the Am I A Joke To You?, Hold My Beer and It’s Free Real Estate jokes are getting really old now

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 4 роки тому +90

    You think that's busy?
    How about waiting in line for toilet tissue in 2020?

  • @youngpistol6117
    @youngpistol6117 4 роки тому +1

    A modern day exodus to a promised land. It's almost enough to bring tears to my eyes

  • @wadyz
    @wadyz 4 роки тому +3

    that plane could fit my entire town 2 times over

  • @DonAlejandro94
    @DonAlejandro94 3 роки тому +2

    I was just listening to this and for a few minutes I really was wondering what „ethiopian juice“ is 😂😂😂

  • @deezeedrone
    @deezeedrone 4 роки тому +4

    The Israeli embassy is near my home. It is one of the most secretive and guarded compounds in the country. Even once the security team intercepted my neighbor from being robbed while on duty.

  • @orengery16
    @orengery16 4 роки тому +1

    Over 4000 Ethiopian Jews died on their journey from Ethiopia, due to hunger, murder, exhaustion, and more.
    Today, here in Israel, we remember those brave souls who had only one dream - to get to Jerusalem.
    I don't know if you uploaded this video on this date on purpose, but anyway, it is very appropriate.
    And we insist that everyone understands that it was not only a great effort from the Israeli government, but even moreso a brave and fearless journey that the Ethiopian Jews chose to lead, mostly because of their zionism, and not because of the political situation in Ethiopia.

  • @edvaira6891
    @edvaira6891 4 роки тому +15

    There was a recent movie about a similar effort in 1979 starring Chris Evans on Netflix (Red Sea Diving Resort)

    • @Gameflyer001
      @Gameflyer001 4 роки тому +1

      That one was about Operation Moses.

  • @ateneo282223
    @ateneo282223 2 роки тому +1

    Just found this channel and cant stop watching your videos. As a history and geography buff I find this so entertaining and hilarious HAHAHA

  • @the_changerang
    @the_changerang 4 роки тому +6

    They were actually originally offered to by flown out on United Airlines planes but it was decided that these people had already suffered enough so it wasn't done 🙃

  • @foreyfriend145
    @foreyfriend145 2 роки тому +1

    My next door guy was in that flight, we was the guy who looked at the person on his side and said " It wasn't me".

  • @elh93
    @elh93 4 роки тому +21

    Pikuach nefesh is very important in judaism (saving lives), and right now that does mean, staying inside and wearing PPE.

    • @elliez.3561
      @elliez.3561 4 роки тому

      Yes! Thank you for saying it. I just wish some other of our communities would listen and agree.

    • @elh93
      @elh93 4 роки тому

      @@elliez.3561 Most luckily have, but a few have not and have been publicized.

    • @netsch20
      @netsch20 4 роки тому

      Exactly. In fact (for those who don't know), it is the single most important thing. You can break every single law of Judaism if it means saving a life. Tbh I don't know why that isn't just a thing that everyone in the world follows.

    • @yosefcoleman
      @yosefcoleman 4 роки тому +1

      @@netsch20 except for the big three.

  • @JaketheEmpoleon
    @JaketheEmpoleon 4 роки тому +1

    This is very heartwarming

  • @Jacob-qx5mn
    @Jacob-qx5mn 4 роки тому +20

    Anyone else think that Operation Moses would've been a better name?

    • @drewros
      @drewros 4 роки тому +34

      Like stated in the video, Operation Moses was already used.

    • @KuK137
      @KuK137 4 роки тому +9

      @@drewros Also, Salomon had relationship with Sheba, queen of Ethiopia, so it would be better name anyway...

    • @drewros
      @drewros 4 роки тому +1

      @@KuK137 Exactly

    • @dannyhershtal1247
      @dannyhershtal1247 4 роки тому

      The first rescue mission was called operation Moses until the Ethiopian Kessim (Rabbis) pointed out that this was ominous because Moses never made it to Israel. At which point the Military Planning Board renamed it Operation Joshua.

  • @Neojhun
    @Neojhun 4 роки тому +1

    Woh stuck at home has made Wendover extra snarky. There was extra dose of shade in this one.

  • @matanamar
    @matanamar 4 роки тому +7

    Israel- the country that DOES NOT mess around with taking care of it’s people.
    RESPECT

  • @Tomoyo0827
    @Tomoyo0827 4 роки тому +2

    Ok, 2400km flight, 1088 people on board, with no seat, no toilet and no safety features of any kind
    That’s hell

    • @siphodlamini5301
      @siphodlamini5301 4 роки тому +1

      Almost as bad as a United flight

    • @Gameflyer001
      @Gameflyer001 4 роки тому

      And, as flights between Israel and Ethiopia travel today, they weren't able to use the most direct route, which would've overflown Saudi Arabia and Jordan (relations with the latter only resulted in 1994). They had to travel the full way up the Red Sea from Ethiopia, turning into the Gulf of Aqaba between Israel and Jordan, then nearly due north to Tel Aviv.

  • @maeam
    @maeam 4 роки тому +7

    UA-cam: There are 41 comments.
    Me: Can I see them?
    UA-cam: NO.

    • @theashtray607
      @theashtray607 4 роки тому +1

      What an original and creative comment.

    • @maeam
      @maeam 4 роки тому +1

      The Ash Tray finders keepers, Homie

    • @theashtray607
      @theashtray607 4 роки тому +1

      maeam that phrase does not really work in this situation.

  • @aleksbalazic
    @aleksbalazic 3 роки тому +1

    Ryanair: Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers up

  • @wolfrust0
    @wolfrust0 Рік тому +4

    Ryanair taking notes

  • @EverythingScience
    @EverythingScience 4 роки тому +1

    Great content for an aspiring small UA-camr to look up to!

  • @Rerbun
    @Rerbun 4 роки тому +12

    "Airports used to be places where people went to."
    This video isn't gonna age well. I hope.

  • @twirlsandcurls9511
    @twirlsandcurls9511 4 роки тому +1

    In fairness, stripping out all the SkyMall magazines from a plane really will free up a lot of space.

  • @PatSmashYT
    @PatSmashYT 8 місяців тому +3

    Still more legroom than Jetstar

  • @HarrisonBorbarrison
    @HarrisonBorbarrison 4 роки тому +1

    This guy is funny

  • @wlmsprt
    @wlmsprt 4 роки тому +4

    "And, the nearest taco bell was here, ..."
    Damn, that must have saved a lot of deaths

  • @gregessex1851
    @gregessex1851 4 роки тому +2

    On 29 December 1974, Qantas flew 675 passengers on a "normal" (ie seats not ripped out) B747 from Darwin to Sydney as part of the evacuation of Darwin after Cyclone Tracey wiped it off the map on Christmas Day 1974.

  • @random.123
    @random.123 3 роки тому +3

    Well this record was probably broken

  • @renoeC31
    @renoeC31 4 роки тому +1

    never seen someone curb that israel issue so smoothly