Real Pilot Story: Powerless Over Paris
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Link to certificate of completion and ASI transcript: bit.ly/RPSOver...
An instrument rated, commercial pilot flying through thick IMC at night experiences a full electrical failure. Through creativity and some rule breaking, air traffic controllers are able to get in contact with him, but will he be able to find the airport and land in the current conditions? Hear the story first hand from the pilot and controllers involved.
"Then I get a text from ATC....you're kidding."
Angels. Absolute Angels.
I was thinking holy crap these French men have better American accents than me 😂
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I am French I thought the same lol 😂
Same here. This video was in my recommendes and if it wasn't for that silly commercial on TV with the squirrel with antlers and duck Bill in the DMV saying " welcome to paris" and they lady goes " this is Paris texas!". I would likely still be confused.
Waiting to hear Charles DeGaille airport
I’m English and I thought “what are the chances all these American guys are working overseas in Paris in ATC and flying light aircraft ” 😂
These are the most jacked ATCs I've ever seen!!!!!
Texans who live out in the middle of nowhere, checks out.
@@SpacePrez Dallas Ft Worth is hardly the middle of nowhere.
Right....?!!!
If your name was P. Enis, you'd start hitting the gym in kindergarten...
@@6yjjk Hahaha that is hilarious! I had to double check, i didn't really believe anyone was named that but he was! And he is jacked! So funny, lol. Good one!
He seems humble and compassionate. I bet he's a good doctor.
I bet he's a good father too.
And for sure now he is a good pilot
Seems like a very competent pilot. However, the fact that he was giving up so early, concerns me. He finally came to his senses, but he was going off the deep end for a while!
@@Plisken65 I appreciated his honesty. However, if you tend to freeze up under pressure, maybe the left seat of an airplane isn't the best place for you. Maybe it's a sign of age, or possibly he was never well suited in the first place, and never encountered a stressful situation. However, the fact is, according to him, he went into some very dark distracted places, when he should have been concentrating on flying the airplane. Here's an example of a pro freezing up! ua-cam.com/video/OR0WfTUDj-U/v-deo.html
The pro retired after the incident. Perhaps the good doctor should take notice! 😁
Great work guys
ATC saved that pilot.
Yep. It was the men on the ground not the man in the sky.
Great story. This video doesn't mention the part that pisses me off. The next shift the controller who was communicating with the pilot was pulled aside by a supervisor who wanted to jam him up for using a cell phone in the radar room during the emergency. People have no common sense anymore.
Is this true? If yeah, procedures should be changed to accommodate for supplementary coms methods.
@@nitramwin The controller was interviewed on the Aviation News Talk Podcast, episode 87, 28:00 into the episode he talks about the supervisor pulling him aside about it. Unbelievable.
WOW! That's cooperate thinking for ya!
The other supe probably didn't know what was going on. There are 50+ people in the control room and everybody's dealing with different things. (I work at a center too).
@@astral9872 i looked it up , i just wonder why the supervisory being so bitter about cellphone in the control room? any reason in particular?
Just shows that Air Traffic Controllers really are the guardian angels of us pilots and should always be respected as such and held in the highest regard.
Very well done gentlemen, a proud and special day that just shows what can be achieved when professionals in the aviation industry pull out all the stops in times of need to help each other out.
Absolutely inspiring video.
Agreed, never forget that you are PIC. When you make mistakes, you die. When ATC makes mistakes, you die. Can't be afraid to take control.
As an electrical engineer, I am disappointed that they were unable to determine the cause of the problem. There are definitely some mysteries you never solve but loss of power is a pretty basic problem. The fact that cycling the main breaker off then on again restored power temporarily makes it sound like the breaker was tripping. It could have been tripping due to a true overload or maybe there's a problem with the breaker itself. It seems that the NTSB should have been all over this in case it's a design problem with this aircraft type.
Definitely.
Normally I hate intermittent failures. I suggested in a previous note that he might have turned all avionics off and bring back up one item at a time. Might at least get communications
Yea for me an answer of "I don't know why the electrics all quit"
Is unacceptable
I'd never fly that plane again until a definitive fault is found
I was waiting for the engine to quit, if all the electrics shut down the engine could be running on battery alone
Who knows if the battery is dead from running all the electrics during the flight because the source of the problem is a failed alternator
Dave Shaw, the engine in that aircraft, unlike automobiles, does not require external electrical power to run. A battery is used to spin an electrical starter but the current for spark plug ignition is generated by two engine-driven magnetos. Each mag powers a separate set of plugs; in other words, there are two independent ignition systems both of which run without battery power.
As an engineer, but not as a human?......how 'bout as a narcissist?...
You can't smoke in a bar, but you can still dazzle the ladies with the "as an electrical engineer" thing.
I go with, "As an electronics engineer"....because it make me sound more contemporary...
Good luck with your non-electronic, but electrical plug sockets n' such....Cheers
Rule 1: Fly the airplane!!!
Well done by everybody involved.
Rule 2: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate - in that order!
1. Obviously, excellent work by the ATC crew. Superior teamwork and resource management.
2. Don’t forget about American 1080 - Big brother is watching over you.
3. Don’t think about news headlines or tragedies - FLY THE AIRCRAFT!
Fantastic case study! GREAT team effort to help this guy out.
I mean, it was a simple request for the american and it would've been appalling airmanship to not do it if centre asks you for "a pilot in distress", but they were a small but instrumental cog in the machine that saved this doctor, yes.
@@QemeH they ask a plane to help signaling the runway lights? or
I wouldn't be flying that thing again until I knew what was wrong with it. Soooo happy for the pilot
Yeah! Every fucking electronic route would be followed and refreshed before I accepted not knowing the cause
Same here. If no definite solution, junk it.
Same here...
like marine boats, pull the ENTIRE wiring harness and avionics and start over. Dad had an old RV, for instance, that had a small fire; the wiring and operation just was never the same, even though dad knew Ohms' law and could trouble shoot anything anytime. finally, leaving LA and climbing the Grapevine a fire started, and he made the afternoon news. he got out about sixty seconds before the propane tank blew. and NO, I would be touching that plane again until........
@@haidenmorgan something "intermitant" is usually something really simple, like a wire that has grounded itself or has been damaged by abrasion, rodents, usually in a weird place you never think to look. unlike an auto a plane has disastrous consequences for not finding/doing occasional very THOROUGH inspections. take the time. it's your life.
Great vid. and I would add by the grace of ATC who are consummate professionals dedicated to flight safety! They absolutely deserved the NATCA President's Award. Way to go guys!!!!
I'll take the grace of ATC over god any day!
@@DMS20231 Number 5 chiming in. Our numbers are much larger than you can comprehend. We are not evil. We just rely on facts.
@mdredmond71 I looked to try to send this as a private message(as this is WAY off topic), but couldn't find the link so will post it here. I hope you take the time to read it.
Actually the pilot in this case attributed his safe landing to the "grace of God" instead of the diligent efforts of the controllers. Which is what prompted Stan's original post. I don't know Stan but he seems like a good, logical fella.
I respect your right to speak your mind and will defend everyone's right to speak theirs, even when I disagree. I however, won't shut up and leave things alone, as that is my right. I harbor no ill will toward you. In fact I enjoy respectful, honest, lively discussion. We ALL can learn from each other. There are jerk atheists and jerk theists. I try not to be a jerk, though I'm not always successful. I am human. Good people will generally do good things. Evil people with generally do evil things. It takes religion to make good people do evil things. See 9/11, the Crusades, sexual abuse of children, coverups, protection of rapists withing churches, Salem witch trials, movement of priests to avoid prosecution, refusal to release financial statements etc.
Also worth a look, The Clergy Project.
I try very hard to form my views and beliefs on facts. That said, beliefs are NOT a choice. You cannot choose to believe something you don't think is true. Beliefs are based on the knowledge we attain. If I was brought up in a strict Christian family and chose not to challenge those teachings, I'm certain that I would believe in the supernatural and God/Jesus, talking serpents, an ark with millions of species aboard, a virgin birth, the resurrection, 6000 year old Earth, eternal existence, spirits, ghosts, souls etc, etc. I read a great deal of the New and Old testaments and held their stories to modern scrutiny. I found their foundation utterly ridiculous. A book, written decades and centuries after the described events from word-of-mouth, passed down stories told by uneducated, gullible peasants with not a single eyewitness account? Put any one of those crucial events in a modern trial and they would be found not guilty of occurring every time. In fact they wouldn't even be admissible as evidence as they are all hearsay. But when asked to base one's entire belief system on similar stories, it's an automatic and unequivocal "of course it's true". That is simply indoctrination based on faith. I can believe ANYTHING if I use faith as the justification. Unfortunately faith is confidence without evidence. If one person believes something based on faith, and another person believes the direct opposite based on faith, how do we tell which, if either, is true? We cannot. Therefore faith is not a reliable pathway to truth. When we rely on faith, we stop looking for other answers. There are many good teachings in scripture. They were important codes in their time. So, I truly understand why folks believe. I simply ask them to apply the same logic they use every day to their religious teachings and ask themselves if it really adds up. I never really gave it much thought until I actually READ THE BIBLE. Read it, all of it. New and Old Testament. Your beliefs may change too. Or maybe not. And that's OK too. But I guarantee you'll learn something new. I wish you peace, health and happiness. Have a super week.
mdredmond71 - Um- the dang PILOT in the video was the first to bring up god. A group of professionals, who are Public Employees- paid for by your tax dollars, did everything they could to bring that pilot in safely- The only part you could reasonably ascribe to an act of God was that all his power went out with no explanatory cause.
So, God PUT him in peril of his life- but, as is usual, it was the efforts of his fellow men that saved his life.
Airplanes do not fly by the grace of god- they fly because thinking people stopped ascribing everything to magic and started demanding Proof of why things happen.
And those of us who understand this are just a little sick of folks Claiming every good thing that happens to THEM is by god’s intervention, but every BAD thing God had nothing to do with. Every time a believer hands God the credit for their good fortune- they are implying that those less fortunate must not be right enough with god.
The self absorption of the faithful is staggering.
@@firefoxussr31 So Will I!, last time I tried calling the Heavenly Hotline,, It was BUSY!!!!! So I'll Be an Asshole Also, Look for Kinky Freemans song, Id put the Linkup, but id get slapped On my Pee Pee!, Kinkys song about the " I'm an Asshole from Elpaso!" Song,, Thanks for telling it Like it Is!,,Jack
Was really interesting to watch, reminded me what happened to me a long time ago while i was flying in the mountains in VFR into IMC, ending up in a Spiral Dive and recovering about 200‘ AGL, only because i remembered what my Flight Instructor told me: Always fly the plane first. I should not be here any more. Supremely lucky. After that i got my Multi IFR rating.
Great outcome ..... FLY THE AIRPLANE!!
Would not take that aircraft up again until the fault was rectified.
"We never really figured out why it happened"...... Ummmm yea no thanks, I would never fly that plane again.
I think in its present condition you can rest easy on that.
@Hilz Kitching Either way, if you can't create the failure on the ground, or positively confirm the problem and it's source, not worth the risk with electronics, especially when most of the aircraft depends on it. Cardinal is a lovely aircraft, and I hope to own one in my lifetime, but electric gremlins are death
UFO.???
Yeah, that's pretty frightening. Especially since the problem kept repeating itself while in flight. And I for one wouldn't sleep very well knowing there was no backup system.
Not at night in IMC.
Excellent, a significant learning experience. Controllers are there to help, not just direct and evaluate. The doctor took time in a few instances to stop and "wind his watch". Cellphone importance. So much more. Good video.
Awesome video - interesting to see one of the hazardous attitudes: "Resignation" as the initial response to the situation.
Yes, glad to see he got over it. Start with what you know. He knew that Dallas was VFR, for starters.
Yes, that was awful to hear, especially from someone who works in medicine. I want someone working on me with a can-do approach.
The good thing is he dismisses it quickly saying “that’s silly” to consider
@@k1mgy remember, it's not the thought thats the problem but how you respond and react. Given the level of self awareness and control he exhibited, I'd be comfortable having him as my doctor
Glad I'm not the only one who thought: Paris, France.
So did I.
It’s called click bait
Awesome video. Lots of lessons here. As a student pilot, I value all of these stories as part of my "flight training." Thanks for sharing!
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Great story! The production values of the ASA videos are consistently improving, which is awesome. Props to those controllers for thinking outside of the box! Glad the doc made it out alive; certainly a situation of which we are all fearful.
OBServe Garage oh man, it would have been so much better if it was intentional! 😆😆😆 Good catch sir!!
I believe that the life-saving behavior of these exemplary controllers needs to be the new standard which all controllers should be striving to achieve.
Hooray for you are truly heroes!
Another great lesson. Please keep this great series going. They're a benefit to all pilots.
I really love the format of these Real pilot stories. None of the usual TV exaggerations, just "what happened, how it happened, and what went wrong/right"
Amazing how switched on the controllers were to anticipate what was happening too. Kudos all around!
As these stories are told, I am continually amazed at the resources available for us as pilots. Felt reassured that controllers like this are making things happen behind the scenes. Thanks ASI. To my fellow pilots: ask for help! We are hardly alone up there!
That's because you're in the US. If the same thing would have happened in Argentina or any other "less developed" nation, this would have been a totally different story.
@@TheSaint135 I appreciate the reply. I'm quite aware of how lucky I am to live in the US. Any comment I make pertains to the origin of the video. Despite our imperfections, our freedoms are a rare exception to the rest of the world. Yes, I've traveled......I don't live in a bubble.
TheSaint135 I’m from Argentina and was just thinking about the same thing
@@JuanPablo-wc9ftI live in the US, but a close friend of mine, Diego popowsky, died in a small aircraft accident in Argentina a few years ago, he was a trainer for alas argentinas flight school. Every time I see one of these videos I think of him.
Gents, thank you for the reply. Not sure of your aviation background. I'm a VFR pilot in the U.S.. There is no requirement for me to talk to air traffic control. I can fly through multiple states without being "required" to speak to anyone. It is a luxury to know that ATC is a mic click away, when and if needed. Obviously depends on altitude, etc. But in general they are available.
Super case study. Thanks to all for their absolute honesty here about the emotions and how this unfolded. Have to think you’re saving a life or two by showing it all. Huge kudos to ATC everywhere but especially here.
My dad's a retired electrical engineer (and thus well aware of the frailties of electrical systems) and before he even bought an airplane, he bought a battery powered handheld transceiver (capable of voice and picking up VORs) and battery-powered handheld GPS and we always flew with them in the airplane. It wouldn't be IFR capable during a complete electrical failure but you would at least be able to talk to ATC and navigate to the nearest VFR. Those controllers were heroes for diagnosing the problem and figuring out a way to reach the pilot.
Now we have this technology is Foreflight iPad app. Not only does it pinpoint my exact location on a map, but it also provides backup synthetic vision based on GPS data (including terrain warning based on stored terrain values) - and it doesn't rely on the planes battery supply.
Another wonderful and instructive video from ASI.
And when I saw the Dr received the text I was pretty much crying....!!!! ☺️☺️☺️☺️
Great story. Great guy. So pleased all ended well.
A bit miffed that god gets all the credit in the end!! He landed safely by the grace of 3 dedicated ATC people, his own knowledge and skill, and by keeping a clear head in the ultimate of stressful situations.
Man, Fort Worth Center, those guys are AWESOME. The fact that they figured this out so quick with very little information, that's just incredible.
These guys are absolute heroes, using cellphones seems obvious but man is it brilliant. There have been numerous GA accidents in the past 5 years where I'm sure simply sending some texts could have saved lives - they are professionals and they deserve far more fanfare than they likely received. Everyone involved in this incident did a great job, really fantastic to hear their first person testimony on the matter.
The best part is they just talk about it as if it was just another day on the job. NO, you folks saved a man's life, that's one of the highest honors a man can possibly receive. Thank the lord this ended well, hell, even the aircraft ended up fine.
The video is awesome, too, it really gives you a sense of the drama of the situation. God bless the air traffic controllers - combined, they've probably saved more lives than we could count.
I'm not a pilot or ATC, but it makes me proud to see all these professionals doing what they can to save a strangers life as if he/she was a VIP.
"Not on my watch" works well with ATC:s.
Very well done, it puts you right in the middle of this situation from both sides. An old CFI once told me that before doing anything in an emergency, short of a catastrophic situation, you should take as much time as you would to "wind your watch". That is, slow and steady, thinking out what is going on and what you should do next. That certainly appeared here, with everyone calm and thinking out options rather than just "doing something". Easier said than done, I know, but it worked.
Flew Beech 18s. Scheduled & charter. Guys, always but always, at night, put a friggin' flashlight between your legs. You know instantly where it is. That idea saved my ass one night. These controllers were on the ball! High praise to them!
Thanks for telling this story.
So proud of the pilot and ATC guys.
Wow - talk about teamwork, and the pilot kept his cool and drew on his training.
When they started talking about Texas, I thought he has a long way to France in that little plane.
LOL right??
It’s a really big state.
Incredible story! Thunderous applause to the controllers and to the pilot! Thank you AOPA and ASI for making the video and posting it on UA-cam!
When you can not make a phone call, but texts still gets through the weak signal environment.
Except it's a congested signal environment. The phone is hearing several dozen cell towers at the same time, all handling their respective traffic, leaving very little bandwidth open to get a call to go through, let alone sustain one. Signal strength isn't the issue, it's getting a stable connection because of all of the towers available that really can't hear too much more than the adjacent towers are essentially stepping all over each other from a high altitude perspective.
Correct. Only takes a few milliseconds to get a text through though
Literally 150 bytes or so
As a Physician in trouble, you may note that his approach to his Plane's Power Outage was to stay cool and analytical throughout his "very scary" flight. I felt that many pilots of small planes wouldn't have this same high degree of composure. This should be televised, and it would have everyone "on the edge of their seats". I am not a Pilot, but I like to follow the true Real- Life Stories of why Plane Accidents happen. If this situation had happened to me, the whole Plane Electrical System would have been ripped-out, new Electrical Harness, new Alternator, new Battery and new Main Switch. Maybe even a backup Battery, for vital avionics and Radio. To the Physician, (and the superb work by the ATC) the very best of luck for the future! Greetings from Australia.
What a lovely, touching video, especially when so many of these are an unfortunate outcome.
Well done to all involved. The Doc sounds like a real good guy and I am glad he made it. High five to the controllers going the extra mile and thinking out of the box. The importance of keeping a handheld radio as backup is very important and then always make sure the battery is fully charged too. The issue with the electrical problem will always worry me. If it was not a clear fault or faulty electrical connection or something I would always feel unsure to fly.
This is how good pilots become great pilots from other great pilots... learn from others...
I’ve never needed it... I carry external GDL39 and IPads... head lights... handheld radio and cell phone.. and the grace to carry what we’ve learned, through... I might just add a sat-phone... 😏
I think this was a life changing experience.....you can tell by his voice.
I'm a Pilot with over 10,000 hrs VFR. IFR COM, TWIN. I've always had good support from ATC some pilots don't like to talk to them when they fly, its good to have a second pair of eyes when you fly every when you have traffic on your screens GPS. Just for these occasion's. Keep up the great work there are some pilots that appreciate all of you. Thank you
DITTO!!!
What wonderful teamwork, great job helping this pilot, and good job pilot dealing with a real dilemma.
Power goes out three times: "I'm just a little bit nervous".
Man must have nerves of steel.
This is what makes these people true professionals. Great work.
Those controllers are cool dudes.
Dr. Peter Edenhoffer gave a great interview. Heartfelt, genuine, and unique perspective on the thoughts of a pilot in crisis, and again on the thoughts of a pilot after the crisis was averted.
Amazing video! Outstanding job ATC and Pilot.
It's good to see the teamwork in the skies working in even such extreme circumstances.
Awesome. So glad to see the controllers got the recognition they so clearly deserved.
Dang good video. Thanks to ATC for the effort to make contact by cell phone. I was emotionally involved in this video. These videos generally, being available on UA-cam, are of tremendous value for pilots. They didn't exist when I started flying.
Too bad that the cause of loss of power issue wasn’t found
I love the fact that these ATC guys refused to give up.
Suckered me right in, thought it was Paris, France. Good stuff regardless.
Life affirming story with good guys and humble heroes.
Another reinforcement of how crucial an IPAD can be while flying.
And a cell phone. and backup handheld radio more so!!!!
Yup yup yup
Extra cell phone. Extra iPad. Extra Radio. These tech items cost a bit but are worth it!
With a Garmin GDL 39 3D... best investment yet
And a head lamp
Absolutely one of the best near accident videos I have ever seen. Too often I see and hear poor decisions made by both pilots and controllers during emergencies. These people should be on tour teaching both pilots and controllers how to properly deal with emergencies.
these videos are improving in quality over the last few years... I'm sure fellow pilots are extremely thankfull for the lessons
That was some quality stalking by those ATC to get the phone number. And well done for not presuming he'd just landed somewhere wandered off to a bar.
Magnificent story! Pilots learn from these stories and having this resource is highly appreciated. Thank you
Absolutely! I'm just a brand new PPL student, but I watch these all the time.
That was really a heart-wrenching story.
Of all the government's employees, ATC are definitely among the best!
Awesome teamwork, everyone worked together and lived to see another day. ATC really shined and pilot, remembering the wise words of his flight instructor, aviated first.
It wasn't "god" it was some excellent ATC dudes.
Indeed - the fact as he says they couldn't really nail down an electrical problem it would be better argued that God tried to kill him that day and was thwarted by some well trained controllers.
@@Nuttycomputer well if it is electricity, there is always a culprit... just because they didnt/couldnt find it, does not mean it is/was not there! electric gremlins can be hard to find sometimes... but there is always one culprit no matter how small/insignificant you may think/overlook...
and people always deny what they cant see anyway... if god wanted to kill him, it would only take one breeze/lightning bolt or some sudden unseen turbulent air out of thin air... he was maybe tested... how do you know?
@@mytester6208 I don't as I find the idea of both, and a god in general, absurd. However, if I had to argue that either a mysterious force saved him or a mysterious force tried to kill him... well... his skill as a pilot of 1800 hours with both a commercial and instrument rating... is demonstrable. Whereas the electrical problem was not... so it seems more mysterious to me.
@@Nuttycomputer a god/creator is the most logical and only conclusion to everything in the universe and the universe itself! i dont know why you find it absurd? lemme give a few specific examples... you look at a unique car, lets say mclaren f1, you dont go around and say, if gordon murray didnt design/made it, it would eventually create/made itself, as it is all proton and neutrons and electrons... since many people claiming like atoms randomly can come together and make dna and all the varieties of living creatures on Earth... why on Earth people give credit to gordon for a simple mclaren f1 car? it could eventually make itself? is it because we didnt wait enough? heck even the simplest dna has more amounts and varieties of atoms that came in very specific sequences, than a F1 car? you can design and make an f1 car within a year or two, yet we cant really assemble a dung beetle or a mosquito in a lab from scratch... people keep saying everything was kind of random, but more and more everyday we find very specific rules and requirements for almost everything in the universe... tell me which part of a creator is absurd when everything points to it...
@@mytester6208 What being created god?
Such a great story, those two ATC guys are real professionals, so glad that the pilot landed safe! Fly safe guys!
Thanks for sharing. From a fellow tripple aircraft accident surviver. God is good.
From a survivor of a horrible car crash, I agree. How lucky we are to have know a brief feeling of god's grace mixed in with wild relief and happiness. Most never have that experience.
Excellent emotional story, your narration put me right there w/you. Thank you for sharing your story, and the ATCs'. Your candor comes thru, and will probably save lives. P.S , I usually always fly higher than most do too.
Another testament to the awesomeness of ATC! This real-life re-creation was sobering and hopefully life-altering for the good doctor. These harrowing situations often don’t end well, as these ATC personnel pointed out. So glad they were given the highest honor. It was well-deserved. And, the doctor lived to fly another day!
Glad to hear a good story with a positive outcome!
They called _the hospital_ he works at to find out his private phone number, which means they had to look him up from just his name in the flight plan and his home base. Also, they had to convince somebody at the hospital to give out the private number of one of their doctors (although, you don't argue if the FAA calls, I guess). This is the definition of "above and beyond their duty".
WAY above and beyond. Maybe because the controllers understand the stresses that people in both their positions have other's lives in their hands.
Awsome video. I like how you see through the eyes of all the people involved.
Great! They, the controlers, saved the doctor's life; then he will continue saving others and making lives better for his patients. Touching, emotional story; the hand of the Lord was there to provide guidance to this excellent team of hard working men. Bless everyone involved!
This Dr would have made an amazing airline cpt..ATC chaps i salute you...
Of course the only thing I noticed was that the pilot said he squawked 7600 but the ATC supervisor said he's squawking emergency. This makes me feel like I should be carrying a spare radio, even as a corporate professional.
Because it IS an emergency. 7600 is specifically for loss of communication, which is an emergency. I don't understand your comment at all.
wow so glad it all ended well what a nightmare delighted on the outcome this was a deeply emotional report well done all those who helped him
The pilot said he landed safely by the Grace of GOD? No, he made it because of the heads up, proactive work from the guys at ATC. Great job guys!
And the grace of God.
Good Lord, people. Can't you give the man his faith? He was VERY grateful to the controllers - and God.
@@eracer1111 Why would we credit an imaginary figure for the work and experience of people?
@@czerskip why are you people so salty and disgraceful when it comes to people and their faith.
@@PilotUnknownX Why are you people so fragile when it comes to delusions?
That is why I carry a handheld radio, My iPhone, iPad mini and I bought myself a Stratus S2 overkill? maybe it makes me feel safer though.
Good idea. Especially the handheld radio.
I also carry a big piece of poster board and a big marker.
Kudos to the controllers, great heads up work and improv. How about a simple handheld in your flight bag? And here is a trick to make sure you have fresh batteries. My personal routine is to take the batteries out of my red/white headlamp, my small Maglite, and my hand-held radio and use them to replace the batteries in my old Dave Clarke noise cancelling headset that is powered by a brick with eight batteries in it. Then fresh AA's go into the devices that I need if I lose power at night. Lots of people have told me to upgrade to a newer headset without that self-power brick, but I really like the way it forces me to cycle new batteries into those two lights and the radio. Whatever you do if you fly at night figure out how to cycle fresh batteries into you emergency equipment!
Everybody involved here was really on the ball, applied their initiative, and saved a life. This is the textbook on how to respond to an emergency.
Outstanding job by ATC.
I once took a job in London. London...........Kentucky.
Anyway, I called the power company to have my utilities disconnected in the town I was leaving.
The very nice utility company employee politely asked why I was disconnecting services, and I told him I was "moving to London".
Well, this guy was so excited for me! He was effusive with his congratulations and well wishes! He went on and on about London and the UK!
When I realized he had the wrong London in his head, I just couldn't disappoint the guy, so I just let him go.
Lmao 😂
Amazing video. Many lessons learned here! I would also add to make sure to bring a portable charger because your phone might die as well. If his phone was dead, this would've been a huge plot twist. Just shared this vid with my instructors!
"Than I get text from ATC..."
I have a question about training in the US. Here (Austria) during basic training you learn that during flight preparation you should also write down the phone numbers of ATC, FIS and of all Airdromes you will encounter on route as a backup for radio failure. We also receive a handout (kneepad format) from the national authority in which the most important frequencies and numbers and rules are summed up. I thought that calling the tower via mobile in case of radio failure was common practice.
Is it not so in the US or is it lack of flight preparation by the pilot?
You are absolutely right here in Canada we do the same thing and it is drilled into our heads from day one there are a lot of things that I saw on this video that wouldn't happen over here I think it has a lot to do with the aviation culture in the u.s. being very casual about these things
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Thanks for sharing this video.
Great job.
Congratulations for helping other pilots by sharing your own issues.
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When ATCs stay late for someone so terribly alone, angels bend near the earth to touch their harps with gold.
Good video, I love these, even though I'm not a pilot myself. But I've watched every single one of the mayday mayday, and air crash investigations (like 10-15 seasons) and also another show that is on youtube, with a guy simulating flights with microsoft flight simulator, and simulates all the big crash investigations. There are two channels like that and both are great. The thing I love about them is that they show us all the information about the crash, and a simulatin of it, in just 10-15 minutes, where the TV shows just repeat information all the time to fill out their 45 minutes of a programme. You learn more from them, with less of the drama in the TV shows.
Also, in those small youtube shows, they often play the audio files from the cockpit, and the conversations with ATC. IF the actual audio files are not availible, they play a transcript of it, or atleast prints out the transcript while showing us the simulation at the same time. It's great.
Air crash investigation 2020: ua-cam.com/channels/x3KzsN1CzJfM920llikGRQ.html
The flight channel (the one I was talking about, one of them): ua-cam.com/channels/Xh6VKhioaeEaMQasii7IfQ.html
I HIGHLY recommend the flight channel, if you enjoy watching this channel and learning more about air plane crashes. I've learned so much about airplanes that I know way more than a non pilot knows, I probably know more technical stuff about airplanes than a flight attendant that's worked her entire life in the air. I love learning stuff!
Here is another short youtube show about flight crashes, it's not as good as the flight channel in my opinion but well worth a watch if this stuff interests you, Avination: ua-cam.com/channels/e5mJXzFTqGGABRRCCFOx4Q.html
After watching alot of these documentarys, I downloaded Microsoft flight simulator and actually managed to take off and land on a nearby airport with a 747, at my first attempt. It was a rough landing, of course, and would be a horrible experience for the passengers. I just wanted to show you that you can learn alot from these documentaries, such as what flaps is and why you use them, how to know when you are close to, or in a stall, why there are airspeed limits etc etc.
This guy is good, too. ua-cam.com/users/AllecJoshuaIbay
I think those controllers are benching airplanes.
Hat's off ATC !!! Awesome job.
They should be showing this video to new and current controllers. Great example of going the extra mile and what to do
Remember, always take a head lamp with you on night flights
Resourcefulness, intelligence, positive attitude and creativity. What was lacking in the air, these controllers brought this, and more, to the situation. Our Doctor was spared becoming a statistic thanks to the grace they extended.
So many of these stories end tragically, nice to see a happy ending.
When his radio came back why didn't he assume it might go out again and declare an possible emergency?
He was out of radio contact (center told him they'd lose radio soon which is why they terminated his radar service).
Excellent documentary and re-enactment, with simple, valuable lessons learned.
I'm not crying, you're crying.
This are not atc controllers in my opinion! These are real heroes!
One of the absolutely best GA safety videos I have seen. I really appreciate the fact that you can have thousands of hours and be an otherwise very proficient pilot but when emergency hits, your body's biological response to a stressful situation takes over. This is so important to watch IMO not to see how to react to this type of emergency but to be very aware that if/when it happens to you, you may act VERY similarly and you will have to FIGHT not only the plane emergency but your body as well.