Why the United Nations Runs Its Own Airline

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  • @RyanKusuma
    @RyanKusuma 2 роки тому +2545

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

  • @YouAreBreathing
    @YouAreBreathing 2 роки тому +1005

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

    • @braydengraves4655
      @braydengraves4655 2 роки тому +35

      I was thinking the exact same thing!

    • @pratyushjayachandran
      @pratyushjayachandran 2 роки тому +35

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

    • @jamril1936
      @jamril1936 2 роки тому +21

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

    • @EminencePhront
      @EminencePhront 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @ac31o19
    @ac31o19 2 роки тому +1612

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

    • @jonathanshaw6784
      @jonathanshaw6784 2 роки тому +155

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

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 2 роки тому +104

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

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 2 роки тому +23

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

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @androk.
    @androk. 2 роки тому +173

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

  • @filippoformoso9690
    @filippoformoso9690 2 роки тому +265

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

    • @alex_zetsu
      @alex_zetsu 8 місяців тому

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

    • @JamieElli
      @JamieElli 7 місяців тому +1

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

  • @tryxdc
    @tryxdc 2 роки тому +441

    well how else are they meant to unite the nations?

    • @kjl3080
      @kjl3080 2 роки тому +20

      @Rare one silence bot

    • @GameHammerCG
      @GameHammerCG 2 роки тому +10

      Glue and string, like everyone else!

    • @handlemonium
      @handlemonium 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @jonhall2274
      @jonhall2274 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @sirpixel7945
      @sirpixel7945 2 роки тому +1

      Smash tournament, who ever wins owns the world

  • @ssundgaard
    @ssundgaard 2 роки тому +155

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

    • @Nathannorris744
      @Nathannorris744 2 роки тому

      Unless you get shot down

    • @purplerabbit638
      @purplerabbit638 2 роки тому +28

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

    • @magica3526
      @magica3526 2 роки тому +39

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

    • @p00bix
      @p00bix 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @p00bix
      @p00bix 2 роки тому +23

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

  • @squeaksquawk4255
    @squeaksquawk4255 2 роки тому +790

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

    • @adrianhv3083
      @adrianhv3083 2 роки тому +32

      I now want a movie about this

    • @Ginrikuzuma
      @Ginrikuzuma 2 роки тому +72

      because then it would be interesting

    • @thischannelisforcommenting5680
      @thischannelisforcommenting5680 2 роки тому +76

      The Logistics of Airdropping Food in Sudan War

    • @kenos911
      @kenos911 2 роки тому +11

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

    • @ericburton5163
      @ericburton5163 2 роки тому +45

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

  • @jasonselling
    @jasonselling 2 роки тому +71

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

    • @chimpazoo1143
      @chimpazoo1143 2 роки тому +7

      and it also means "Fingernails" in portuguese

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 2 роки тому +12

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

    • @scythal
      @scythal 2 роки тому +12

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

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 2 роки тому +3

      @@scythal Lmao

    • @azlanadil3646
      @azlanadil3646 5 місяців тому

      @@scythal What are they going to do, sit around and watch me commit a genocide?

  • @jammymcjammerson5318
    @jammymcjammerson5318 2 роки тому +73

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

  • @AveryChow
    @AveryChow 2 роки тому +21

    1:50 the vocal chops on this song are INSANE

    • @mlog92
      @mlog92 2 роки тому +1

      Yea. What was that about?

    • @al.j.s
      @al.j.s 2 роки тому

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

    • @Killz4Dayz
      @Killz4Dayz 9 місяців тому

      @@al.j.sthat makes no sense.

  • @HazmatPyro
    @HazmatPyro 2 роки тому +21

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

  • @sporq
    @sporq 2 роки тому +14

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

  • @steavf9455
    @steavf9455 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @BarrettCharlebois
    @BarrettCharlebois 2 роки тому +92

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

  • @killz2liv3
    @killz2liv3 2 роки тому +27

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

  • @mt_xing
    @mt_xing 2 роки тому +163

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

    • @jaredf6205
      @jaredf6205 2 роки тому +5

      You can hear the jet lag at 1:50

    • @heidirabenau511
      @heidirabenau511 2 роки тому +2

      I knew Joseph from RLL would be in the Season 2

  • @ministe2003
    @ministe2003 2 роки тому +77

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

  • @handlemonium
    @handlemonium 2 роки тому +61

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

  • @d33pNacho
    @d33pNacho 2 роки тому +54

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

  • @HitTheFloor09
    @HitTheFloor09 2 роки тому +16

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

  • @robdavy4468
    @robdavy4468 2 роки тому +85

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

  • @technole
    @technole 2 роки тому +30

    Sam is right about Newark-Liberty airport being a warzone

    • @muenstercheese
      @muenstercheese 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @austinthrowsstuff
    @austinthrowsstuff 2 роки тому +20

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

    • @kenos911
      @kenos911 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @TracksideViews
      @TracksideViews 2 роки тому +1

      Was*

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 6 місяців тому +2

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

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 роки тому +12

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

    • @Z_emily
      @Z_emily 2 роки тому

      Thank you supream leader of the real korea

  • @ThePsychicFish
    @ThePsychicFish 2 роки тому +12

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

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 2 роки тому +11

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

    • @user-gb7cl8np3p
      @user-gb7cl8np3p 2 роки тому

      WHY ARE YOUR COMMENTS EVERYWHERE
      sorry

    • @RunawayTrain2502
      @RunawayTrain2502 2 роки тому

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

  • @N0xium
    @N0xium 2 роки тому +14

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

  • @khanra
    @khanra 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @tired1923
    @tired1923 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @MarcTamlyn
    @MarcTamlyn 2 роки тому +4

    That email screenshot was worth pausing for, thank you

  • @kylemcconnaughey4611
    @kylemcconnaughey4611 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @jdatlas4668
    @jdatlas4668 2 роки тому +13

    And back to our regularly scheduled program, plaaaaaaneeees!

  • @patrickhanft
    @patrickhanft 2 роки тому +41

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

  • @mattorr77
    @mattorr77 2 роки тому +8

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

  • @henke37
    @henke37 2 роки тому +45

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

  • @loduk102
    @loduk102 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @12_terabyte57
    @12_terabyte57 2 роки тому +7

    Another video about air stuff! Hooray!

  • @ronjon7942
    @ronjon7942 7 місяців тому +1

    Wait, Sam? Fron Wendover?? Subscribed.

  • @bernadettan6732
    @bernadettan6732 Рік тому +2

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

  • @alexoestreicher1092
    @alexoestreicher1092 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @Tetrahedral-Justin
    @Tetrahedral-Justin 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @HistoricalWeapons
    @HistoricalWeapons 2 роки тому +1

    Lol
    Fangak is my initial

  • @John-Smith02
    @John-Smith02 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @lawrencefriduss8476
    @lawrencefriduss8476 2 роки тому +5

    1:51 ???? What happened there?

  • @Liam_219
    @Liam_219 2 роки тому +1

    4:06 “one Boeing 737” *shows 767*

  • @wbokhari8860
    @wbokhari8860 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @elimin8tor
    @elimin8tor 2 роки тому +3

    1:50 what's happening with the sound here?

  • @needlearon
    @needlearon 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @kjl3080
    @kjl3080 2 роки тому +2

    Yay more plane videos from HAI

  • @killiancogan886
    @killiancogan886 2 роки тому +1

    1:51 *cencered by hooters*

  • @mazincraft1
    @mazincraft1 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @aidanpeairs1967
    @aidanpeairs1967 2 роки тому +1

    At 4:08 you said that’s a 737 but it’s a picture of a 767-200

  • @earthling_parth
    @earthling_parth 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @yoshi-808
    @yoshi-808 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @stepawayful
    @stepawayful 2 роки тому +2

    You don't see Hooters doing what?

  • @SacredDirt
    @SacredDirt 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @qzbnyv
    @qzbnyv 2 роки тому

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

  • @S1mp1l0t
    @S1mp1l0t 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @Lilljehook
    @Lilljehook 9 місяців тому +1

    Hooters had their own airline..

  • @pirunkar
    @pirunkar 2 роки тому +1

    1:50 is just something else lol

  • @mindblown9
    @mindblown9 11 місяців тому

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

  • @TraderPulse
    @TraderPulse 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @TanyaOfMars
    @TanyaOfMars 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @passengersview7479
    @passengersview7479 2 роки тому +1

    4:07 The picture shows a 767, not a 737

    • @justins8802
      @justins8802 2 роки тому +1

      That’s incredibly unfortunate for a channel that’s basically an aviation channel.

  • @patrickm.4469
    @patrickm.4469 2 роки тому +1

    3:48 amazing!

  • @61rampy65
    @61rampy65 2 роки тому +14

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

  • @bluejay731
    @bluejay731 2 роки тому +1

    Weird audio error at 1:50

  • @allaab9385
    @allaab9385 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @ogigami
    @ogigami 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @_Mohit_Joshi
    @_Mohit_Joshi 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @lunalovegood2093
    @lunalovegood2093 2 роки тому +1

    there's a glitch in the audio at 1:53

  • @jetx_47
    @jetx_47 2 роки тому +1

    Keep the Newark Airport roasts coming, Sam!

  • @verylongname8161
    @verylongname8161 2 роки тому +3

    Im most excited for the return of newark international airport slander

  • @pignebula123
    @pignebula123 2 роки тому +2

    What's up with the audio at 1:50-1:53?

  • @adaml2932
    @adaml2932 2 роки тому +5

    I heard someone once say if you want to solve world hunger move people away from places where food can't grow. Some places are so desolate there isn't a chance to cultivate and grow food. Change locations so large resources aren't required to deliver the food, that way you can get alot more food.

    • @techblogger8323
      @techblogger8323 2 роки тому +2

      Have you seen the current refugee crisis and how people are reacting…

    • @aaronmccullers384
      @aaronmccullers384 2 роки тому +1

      Not everyone is able to move or are willing to do so. Heck, that town that Silent Hill is based off of is still populated since the residents refuse to move off land that rests on top of an enternally burning hell mine.

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 2 роки тому +3

      Some people think that it's still normal to never move in your life, so I don't know if this is possible, sadly

  • @iAPX432
    @iAPX432 2 роки тому

    Great answer from the WFP! Kudos!

  • @epender
    @epender 2 роки тому

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

  • @tIhIngan
    @tIhIngan 2 роки тому +1

    Sound clipping at 1:51

  • @gordanbabic8028
    @gordanbabic8028 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @jiajianhou426
    @jiajianhou426 2 роки тому +2

    Love the constant NYC airport roast lol.

  • @Evercreeper
    @Evercreeper 2 роки тому +1

    1:50 is the audio error intentional

  • @Mathtron5000
    @Mathtron5000 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @unraged6004
      @unraged6004 2 роки тому

      I assume you're talking about hetalia

    • @jannikheidemann3805
      @jannikheidemann3805 2 роки тому +1

      There are official UN animes being made?!

    • @unraged6004
      @unraged6004 2 роки тому

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

  • @afatcatfromsweden
    @afatcatfromsweden 2 роки тому

    New Wendover video just dropped!

  • @ChristopherMahn
    @ChristopherMahn 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @victoriaregina8344
    @victoriaregina8344 2 роки тому +1

    🤣
    There was indeed a hooters air.

  • @davidrocamora5109
    @davidrocamora5109 2 роки тому +1

    Audio glitch at 1:54

  • @hoosiervr
    @hoosiervr 10 місяців тому +1

    1:51 10/10 audio

  • @thecasualparry7797
    @thecasualparry7797 2 роки тому +7

    TL;DR:
    Humanitarian Uber Eats

  • @MandoMonge
    @MandoMonge 2 роки тому

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

  • @GhostHostMemories
    @GhostHostMemories 2 роки тому

    I kind of agree with the UN not letting Sam from HaI flying, but being open to having Sam from Wendover fly.

  • @ackelcurns4814
    @ackelcurns4814 2 роки тому +2

    why did the audio at around 1:50

  • @troelsfischerthomsen1892
    @troelsfischerthomsen1892 2 роки тому

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

  • @adityachk2002
    @adityachk2002 2 роки тому +1

    4:20am!!

  • @alex_zetsu
    @alex_zetsu 2 роки тому +1

    2:58 That's kind of funny that the Taliban agreed

  • @stevenfaw8535
    @stevenfaw8535 11 місяців тому

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

  • @bobjohnson7963
    @bobjohnson7963 2 роки тому +1

    That add transition was so bad I thought it was a joke. Then I realized this is a half as interesting video and not a Wendover productions video and looked at the time left on the video.

  • @five-toedslothbear4051
    @five-toedslothbear4051 2 роки тому

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

  • @BrendanGeormer
    @BrendanGeormer 2 роки тому

    This video sounds like it was recorded in Fangak, or on the plane to it.