North Korea's Tiny, Terrible Airline

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  • @grace24690
    @grace24690 5 років тому +1412

    "..the USSR was North Korea's sugar daddy"
    ...its so bad but it's so true oh my god

  • @janikowski264
    @janikowski264 5 років тому +7514

    *Wendover doesn’t make a plane related video
    HAI: It’s showtime

    • @idndyzgaming
      @idndyzgaming 5 років тому +44

      The admin's excellent in roleplaying and tune the video's tone. Admit it. [of no relation to the gag but]

    • @roadrunner6224
      @roadrunner6224 5 років тому +98

      Technically there was a plane part in his epidemic video

    • @theseed2199
      @theseed2199 5 років тому +18

      Real life lore: am i a joke to you

    • @pacodelazyfucc6344
      @pacodelazyfucc6344 5 років тому +19

      The are the same person who control each Chanel I think

    • @cellokid5104
      @cellokid5104 5 років тому +26

      Why does everyone hate him for doing aviation videos. Planes are awesome and Sam can choose whichever subject he wants and if he likes planes, let him be

  • @benjicool2808
    @benjicool2808 5 років тому +1304

    wait what?! I read in North Korean Aviation Weekly that it received the world number 1 rank 35 years in a row.... i'm so confused

    • @David-zl4wf
      @David-zl4wf 5 років тому +97

      @Antimatter mapping and the American Civil War

    • @rudrasingh6354
      @rudrasingh6354 5 років тому +64

      @Antimatter mapping and the Russian Revolution

    • @Chenso2099
      @Chenso2099 5 років тому +69

      Congrats on beating Thanos!

    • @kablamo9409
      @kablamo9409 5 років тому +8

      Antimatter mapping how are these replies related to the comment. im just really confused

    • @ALocalFolf
      @ALocalFolf 5 років тому +29

      @@kablamo9409 Because in North Korea, they teach that they are the best, have won every war possible and everyone else can go suck it.

  • @justanotherweirdhumanbeing6862
    @justanotherweirdhumanbeing6862 5 років тому +782

    I love how it's set to _one way flight_ at 5:20

    • @Skeke
      @Skeke 4 роки тому +81

      Also "Adults (12+)"

    • @patricksedler9697
      @patricksedler9697 4 роки тому +10

      Skeke Lol I'm 14, now i can say I'm legally an adult in korea.

    • @kryboard1723
      @kryboard1723 4 роки тому +19

      o n e w a y

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 роки тому +55

      Why waste money on a round trip when you're just going to end up in a prison ca- I mean, offered a life of luxury as a token of good will to attract other wealth elite international tourists?

    • @thefrenchguy6300
      @thefrenchguy6300 3 роки тому +8

      For some reason I thought it was the plane

  • @leonelleyva8785
    @leonelleyva8785 4 роки тому +1345

    Person: *gives flight 1 star*
    North Korea: 50 year sentence

    • @calvinscarvings.66
      @calvinscarvings.66 3 роки тому +16

      WaYZfnm more like life in had labor or death.

    • @DrR.
      @DrR. 3 роки тому +9

      One of the stupid reasons to be arrested

    • @seamusmckeon9109
      @seamusmckeon9109 3 роки тому +10

      He gave it one star to symbolize juche! Self dependence!

    • @Bobomb1000
      @Bobomb1000 3 роки тому +5

      seems generous 😄

    • @seamusmckeon9109
      @seamusmckeon9109 3 роки тому +7

      The one star represents the flag of the glorious DPRK so maybe not

  • @K61r
    @K61r 5 років тому +3485

    "Made possible by my declining audience retention statistics"
    Quality Content :D

    • @mohssenkassir431
      @mohssenkassir431 5 років тому +11

      I totally missed it where is that

    • @dimag.9517
      @dimag.9517 5 років тому +19

      @@mohssenkassir431
      0:51

    • @jensdevos6464
      @jensdevos6464 5 років тому +4

      Woke 100%

    • @josef1610
      @josef1610 5 років тому +2

      I screamed

    • @roycarlo54
      @roycarlo54 5 років тому +15

      I got so distracted by this that I had to restart the video after 5 mins of watching (read: staring) at it. 😂

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 5 років тому +6227

    My airline is amazing, we have Antonovs and it’s the origin of the hamburger

    • @VexSG
      @VexSG 5 років тому +348

      Kim Jong-un I knew you’ll be here, supreme leader

    • @kimjong-oink6217
      @kimjong-oink6217 5 років тому +429

      My airline, Air Porkyo, is better and we invented bacon.

    • @user-bw9jo2iz5s
      @user-bw9jo2iz5s 5 років тому +41

      My airline air hatekim flies Mia pynyonyang we invented Havana oh naa naa

    • @markcalton6717
      @markcalton6717 5 років тому +36

      I see u everytime on Swiss001 videos

    • @thorgodofthunder5086
      @thorgodofthunder5086 5 років тому +11

      Nah, I’d rather fly with Air Mjolnir or Stormbreaker

  • @duchi882
    @duchi882 5 років тому +1484

    *It won't be terrible*
    _if no one is there to review it_

    • @strangent404a7
      @strangent404a7 5 років тому +27

      *yeah... Its big brain time*

    • @aibpresto
      @aibpresto 5 років тому +2

      Yeah but I hear that Air Koryo sells the best burgers this side of the Berlin Wall.

    • @AaaK-n1s
      @AaaK-n1s 5 років тому

      Is Air Koryo really 1 Star Worst Airline? ua-cam.com/video/9461RASt2Zg/v-deo.html

    • @sailaab
      @sailaab 5 років тому

      that! is a fairly debatable albeit appealing thought

    • @itsjustjoel28
      @itsjustjoel28 5 років тому +2

      700th like

  • @colinvespa4709
    @colinvespa4709 4 роки тому +1531

    I flew from Beijing to Pyongyang in 2008, it was probably the scariest flight I've ever been on, the plane was clearly underpowered, it was like flying in the 1960s, glad I was returning to Beijing by train.

    • @supersoober
      @supersoober 3 роки тому +46

      May i ask why/how you went there?

    • @colinvespa4709
      @colinvespa4709 3 роки тому +218

      @@supersoober Why not ? Curiosity and to travel back to 1956, there are specialist tour companies that will organise trips to the country for you.

    • @supersoober
      @supersoober 3 роки тому +50

      @@colinvespa4709 i was just curious since getting there is hard but thanks for replying :)

    • @kingofrivia1248
      @kingofrivia1248 3 роки тому +71

      @@colinvespa4709 Wellllllll im also very intrigued by it it really is a fascinating country but every cent spent goes directly into one mans pocket and i dont wanna support that…but i also wanna go😂

    • @zk8738
      @zk8738 3 роки тому +47

      @@colinvespa4709 people shouldn’t go to North Korea even just for a holiday because it funds their regime, n we all know what that’s about

  • @teriyaki_wings
    @teriyaki_wings 4 роки тому +188

    1:00 “The USSR was North Korea’s sugar daddy” lmaooo

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 5 років тому +740

    Plane video, must have been sponseed by Wendover

  • @C.I...
    @C.I... 5 років тому +4852

    You missed a golden opportunity to say "U.S.S.Aren't"!
    (1:36)

    • @9NineVolt
      @9NineVolt 5 років тому +200

      Ahh for fucks sake I was gonna comment this

    • @304gunner
      @304gunner 5 років тому +28

      Ah shit! Lmfao

    • @harsiddakbedi8999
      @harsiddakbedi8999 5 років тому +9

      I dont get it...

    • @diamondjolt
      @diamondjolt 5 років тому +115

      @@harsiddakbedi8999 Before 1991: U.S.S.R
      After 1991: U.S.S.Aren't
      When Soviet Russia broke up.

    • @samculver9852
      @samculver9852 5 років тому +8

      C. H. YYNOT

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 5 років тому +5536

    I asked my friend from North Korea what life was like there
    He said he couldn’t complain.

    • @COWP
      @COWP 5 років тому +24

      Sub to me if you’re not gay

    • @hereintheair1839
      @hereintheair1839 5 років тому +39

      Lol

    • @Tay775
      @Tay775 5 років тому +10

      ha I see what you did there

    • @jebdunkins6796
      @jebdunkins6796 5 років тому +2

      Heh

    • @bediosoro7786
      @bediosoro7786 5 років тому +26

      Under such sanctions for life there is no country who can survive easily. And I sure your friend understands what is going on. UN a criminal organization it has never defend the weakest only enforces its rules against the weak in favor of the strongest.

  • @TS6815
    @TS6815 4 роки тому +80

    1:30 "Then the USSR became the USS Not"
    you missed a golden opportunity to call them the USS(a)R(en't)

  • @OfficialAvijitDas
    @OfficialAvijitDas 5 років тому +188

    “Their planes are getting old, and only getting older, that’s how time works” I dunno why that made me laugh so much.

  • @kfraser3783
    @kfraser3783 5 років тому +816

    Their slogen should me "Fly to North Korea and you will never leave again"

    • @quintiax
      @quintiax 5 років тому +63

      "The best airline for all your one way trips!"

    • @Anon72005
      @Anon72005 5 років тому +5

      King YTP No because that would be false advertisement which is illegal. People do return after flying North Korea, unless they die or get sent to prison due to a convicted crime under the Law of the DPRK. So no, their slogan should not be of what you have recommended

    • @AlxzAlec
      @AlxzAlec 5 років тому +1

      King YTP stop north Korea is not that bad snd you go Bsck home overrescting idiot fuck

    • @dancoghlan8729
      @dancoghlan8729 5 років тому +5

      A trip that will last a lifetime

    • @kfraser3783
      @kfraser3783 5 років тому

      @@dancoghlan8729 Lol

  • @jacoblyman9441
    @jacoblyman9441 5 років тому +170

    The whole "what are trains good for" segment in the opening sounds like my dad (an avid aviation fan) and myself (an avid railfan) in a casual conversation. ;P

    • @RaidsEpicly
      @RaidsEpicly 5 років тому +16

      I'm an aviation fan in the sense of it being awesome and sometimes the best option, but rail travel can and should be used in place of many domestic flights in the US

    • @RM-bv1xm
      @RM-bv1xm 5 років тому +9

      Rail is simply the best mode of transportation.

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 5 років тому +1

      The,"What are trains good for" sounds like my cousin.

    • @rosiefay7283
      @rosiefay7283 5 років тому +1

      Yes, what have trains ever done for us?

    • @kiwianimationssolomonsharp6250
      @kiwianimationssolomonsharp6250 4 роки тому +1

      Im a rail-fan and aviation fan so yeah

  • @lamhkak47
    @lamhkak47 5 років тому +264

    4:01 So, Best Korea is sanctioning Himself? And apparently, Antarctica can freely trade with Best Korea.

    • @penand_paper6661
      @penand_paper6661 5 років тому +47

      Well I for one didn't know Adélie penguins were communist sympathizers. Then again, it does make sense, with the Emperors always stealing the spotlight.

    • @mxn1948
      @mxn1948 5 років тому +9

      well nk is part of the un, and un sanctions call for all un members to not sell them planes....so basically, yes

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 5 років тому +2

      Antarctica is not a country

    • @Eule153
      @Eule153 5 років тому +4

      Does "Best Korea" refers to North Korea?

    • @justsomeguy5470
      @justsomeguy5470 5 років тому +6

      @@Eule153 Yes it does

  • @iangarner8094
    @iangarner8094 4 роки тому +187

    I flew in and out of Pyongyang a couple of years ago... a truly bizarre experience. Brand new modern airport with literally just a handful of people there. The planes though...wow...how lucky I was(n't) to experience both the Tupolev and the Antonov. Actually, to be fair... they are memories I won't ever forget!

  • @martinbudinsky8912
    @martinbudinsky8912 5 років тому +57

    And we wonder why Kim is acting like little angry little boy with his rockets... You took him his toy planes!

  • @cpufreak101
    @cpufreak101 5 років тому +49

    This is a perfect video from you, Air Koryo is quite well known among airline enthusiasts and is often seen more as a living museum, as it's the only way to fly several old Soviet planes, and they make sure to have plenty of photo opportunities.

  • @matouspalecek8208
    @matouspalecek8208 5 років тому +468

    4:01 And that's when the Vatican started supplying NK with aircraft.

    • @sundhaug92
      @sundhaug92 5 років тому +19

      From the wording, it seems like it'd have to be someone who isn't a national of a UN nation, and they can't go through Italy

    • @RohanGuptarg
      @RohanGuptarg 5 років тому +66

      I like how he also accidentally highlights North Korea itself, which means it can't buy planes from.... itself.

    • @Simon-ow6td
      @Simon-ow6td 5 років тому +22

      @@RohanGuptarg North Korea is a member of the UN and I think that is what the map was listing?

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 5 років тому +21

      @@sundhaug92 so the Pope could so it. as king of Vatican city he is also citizen of Vatican. he could wrap a airplane in a diplomatic pouch and just claim that he is just transporting a entire church in one go.
      (i do wonder what kind of airplain the vatican could build?

    • @sundhaug92
      @sundhaug92 5 років тому +5

      @@sirBrouwer In theory, he's also an argentine national, so would be covered by the ban. Also, the EU ban includes airspace, so they flying it through Italian airspace would be a violation (not to mentiont he pilots etc)

  • @Jdizzle111
    @Jdizzle111 5 років тому +1168

    "the USSR became the USS Not", more like the USS Aren't

    • @Qiyunwu
      @Qiyunwu 5 років тому +42

      missed chance

    • @Coolsomeone234
      @Coolsomeone234 5 років тому +18

      Way to steal a comment

    • @silveriorebelo8495
      @silveriorebelo8495 5 років тому

      what about the USAren't? because they are a federation of states in a country that has no name

    • @bmxscape
      @bmxscape 5 років тому +18

      @@silveriorebelo8495 no u killed the joke

    • @diogenes8177
      @diogenes8177 5 років тому

      The uss returing soon

  • @nickyoung630
    @nickyoung630 4 роки тому +580

    United Nations: North Korea you’re grounded for a week.
    North Korea: *misbehaves more*
    United Nations: Two weeks
    North Korea: *Misbehaves even more*
    United Nations: Three Weeks

  • @TomKellyXY
    @TomKellyXY 5 років тому +32

    Something else that’s interesting about Air Goryeo is that it’s named about the historical kingdom that united the entire Korean Peninsula, not specific to North Korea. This is something North Korea does a lot to assert itself as the true Korea with historical ties. North Korea calls itself 북조선 (but South Korea doesn’t). In Japanese and Chinese, it’s 朝鮮 (Joseon). This isn’t a translation of DPRK or North Korea, it’s the old name of Korea. So basically the old Korean and new Korea. Making Air Goryeo, literally Old Korean Airlines, fitting considering their fleet.

  • @transorm987
    @transorm987 5 років тому +108

    I just realised how strange the music choice is.

    • @turq1824
      @turq1824 5 років тому +1

      Lmao what the hell am I listening to

  • @abandonedchannel281
    @abandonedchannel281 5 років тому +1209

    Air Koryo is better than Ryanair. Last major accident was in 1983

    • @TijmensAviation
      @TijmensAviation 5 років тому +54

      Rehan Zainul Abdeen Ryanair never had an accident so....

    • @abandonedchannel281
      @abandonedchannel281 5 років тому +43

      TIAviation Actually they had a bird strike that resulted in a overrun and the loss of a airframe in Rome back in 2010 or 2011

    • @80sfreak14
      @80sfreak14 5 років тому +53

      @@abandonedchannel281 2008, no one died so I don't think it's anything to be freaking out about.

    • @martincamilleri7444
      @martincamilleri7444 4 роки тому +3

      Well ryanair dosent crash (well.....kinda)

    • @keirandunwoodie8138
      @keirandunwoodie8138 4 роки тому +6

      martin camilleri just rough landings

  • @shmokej
    @shmokej 5 років тому +103

    i love how the bass drops right as you mention "North Korea launched a ballistic missile" 3:09

  • @cxaviation3313
    @cxaviation3313 5 років тому +321

    Me: “mom can we get a 757?”
    Mom: “we have 757 at home”
    757 at home: 2:27

    • @dianacamacho9575
      @dianacamacho9575 4 роки тому +1

      But thats an airbus

    • @mjp9149
      @mjp9149 4 роки тому +1

      diana camacho huh?

    • @ohok6
      @ohok6 4 роки тому +5

      Its a tupolev

    • @zgamerz1232
      @zgamerz1232 4 роки тому +8

      *no its an airbus 747*

    • @electric7679
      @electric7679 4 роки тому +2

      Ah yes, mother, could i get a $200 Million aircraft?

  • @stugreen721
    @stugreen721 5 років тому +180

    0:42
    Trains should try some Red Bull.
    Cus Red Bull GIVES YOU WI-

  • @KasabianFan44
    @KasabianFan44 5 років тому +650

    Not gonna lie, as a plane geek I’d still like to one day travel on this airline just to experience the Il-62s.

    • @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447
      @oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 5 років тому +26

      Classic Ilyushins? They have my vote.

    • @Felixkeeg
      @Felixkeeg 5 років тому +74

      Make sure it's the last one on your list, you might not be able to complete it if it is not.

    • @cpufreak101
      @cpufreak101 5 років тому +44

      A lot of avgeeks quite like air Koryo for that reason, from what I've seen they're probably one of the most avgeek-friendly airlines out there, they literally have no problem with you walking around the planes for photos before/after landing

    • @DudeFromHere
      @DudeFromHere 5 років тому +24

      Afaik there are special aviation tours in North Korea with flights with different planes and a look on all

    • @robinmorgenstern9927
      @robinmorgenstern9927 5 років тому +18

      True. But sadly they retired most of their aircraft. Today they are only flying 2 An-148 and 2 Tu-204. The Tupolews are from the 90s and the Antonows from 2013 and 2015. So their current active Fleet is quit the opposite of what you would think after seeing the video.

  • @Heikki360ES
    @Heikki360ES 5 років тому +418

    Great video as always. Another idea for Wendover Productions, i don't know if you have in your list: what if a non Air Kyoro aircraft has an emergency and the only possible airport it can reach is in North Korea? I don't know if it's possible (maybe in a flight from Japan to Russia?), but at least i'd love to know what would happen in theory.

    • @pascoekieran6180
      @pascoekieran6180 5 років тому +47

      I mean there is seoul which is close

    • @BiggerbyteNet
      @BiggerbyteNet 5 років тому +61

      I dont think they ever go over NK airspace and the nearest airport would then be Seoul probably... I think they most likely 'ignore' it as if the airport didnt exist.

    • @12frederice
      @12frederice 5 років тому +31

      A similar issue happened with a Norwegian flight over Iran (I think they'd lost an engine and had to land). Even worse was that it happened during the relatively recent and long US government shutdown, so getting an exemption from the sanctions in order to pay for repair there was even harder

    • @Radi0he4d1
      @Radi0he4d1 5 років тому +8

      Flight from South Korea to Russia regularly fly around the NK's no-flight zone, right alongside the shore. The only problem is, most of North Korea is just forest, which is not very easy to land on. Might as well land on the sea.

    • @davidmescher2526
      @davidmescher2526 5 років тому +40

      The area where only a DPRK civilian airport could be reached (instead of reaching a civilian airport in China, South Korea, or Russia) is pretty small. Most of the civilian airports in the DPRK are in the northeast, which is fairly close to Vladivostok. (Yanbian, PRC is also quite close.) And if you're more than 50-70 miles from Pyongyang (the only international airport in the DPRK, and the only one not in the northeast portion of the country), you can either land at Dandong, PRC, Seoul, ROK, or Yanbian, PRC.
      Using your theoretical example (Japan to Russia), the geodesic route between Narita (Tokyo) and Sheremetyevo (Moscow) goes to the east of the DPRK, so you'd land in Russia. If we go from further south in Japan (let's say Nagasaki), the geodesic route goes west of the country. So, if you can't land at Seoul or China (due to the emergency), you're not going to be able to reach the DPRK, either.
      Going from Seoul to SVO does go over the DPRK (and pretty close to Pyongyang), that window is still pretty tiny. The Boeing 767 is only going to be closest to Pyongyang for, at most, 15 minutes of its flight. And with its given glide ratio (20:1), it's going to be able to make a safe landing outside the DPRK if it's above 30k feet when the emergency occurs, and the emergency is not a catastrophic loss of structural integrity (i.e. your plane is still in one piece).

  • @utkarsharyan
    @utkarsharyan 5 років тому +791

    Still somehow better than Spirit Airlines.

    • @Aviatial
      @Aviatial 5 років тому +67

      Or Ryanair

    • @nethascotx24
      @nethascotx24 5 років тому +39

      Because the air koryo doesn't always crash on landing

    • @busfan9874
      @busfan9874 5 років тому

      No spirit is better they got newer planes

    • @owenb-r5271
      @owenb-r5271 5 років тому +32

      airplanefan 987 Tis a joke, good sir.

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 5 років тому +10

      @@busfan9874 if you crash the older once you always need a new one.

  • @chronos13
    @chronos13 5 років тому +17

    I visited North Korea in August 2010, and I flew to Shenyang to Pyongyang on a Tupolev-154. The flight was filled with North Korean students/residents from Osaka, Japan. Interesting experience.

    • @Alez_slayz
      @Alez_slayz Рік тому

      was it funny? i heard that NK is fun Korea

  • @NorthPoleSun
    @NorthPoleSun 4 роки тому +16

    I keep watching this every time I see it in recommended. Something addicting about it.

  • @pegeonpera
    @pegeonpera 5 років тому +495

    "They flew exclusively Soviet planes which sometimes didn't crash"
    HAI is back with its top notch sense of humour

  • @xxsirfartalotxx8597
    @xxsirfartalotxx8597 5 років тому +854

    Incase you were wondering you guys are invited to my island on February 31st 2020

    • @Nacho-xr1zn
      @Nacho-xr1zn 5 років тому +39

      you absolute madlad

    • @matro2
      @matro2 5 років тому +23

      Were you Epstein?

    • @Versuffe
      @Versuffe 4 роки тому +3

      March 2

    • @vibce
      @vibce 4 роки тому +2

      16 days left

    • @brokkrep
      @brokkrep 4 роки тому +10

      Coordinates i'll cum

  • @HTPCYMC
    @HTPCYMC 5 років тому +136

    What if the North Korean airline owns giant birds which are used to fly across the country, and simply use the airplanes as cover up

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx 5 років тому +4

      those are the storks that fly in the kim dynasty's babies from mt paektu

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 2 роки тому +1

      @@xXxSkyViperxXx Just check the logo!

  • @jakubpalinowski123
    @jakubpalinowski123 5 років тому +61

    "North Korea's Tiny, Terrible Airline"
    *Boom, roasted.*

  • @merriellegatlin2714
    @merriellegatlin2714 5 років тому +15

    I watch these videos when I’m having a really bad day. They help me destress and calm down. Thank you for them!

  • @skizzik121
    @skizzik121 5 років тому +111

    Hey the TU-154 is no joke a plane with a surprising safety record given its Soviet pedigree. Well surprising to the West

    • @mikeoxsmal8022
      @mikeoxsmal8022 5 років тому +32

      It has better safety record then the 727-western equivalent. Il 62 has a better safety record then both it's American equivalent the dc9 and 707

    • @mikeoxsmal8022
      @mikeoxsmal8022 5 років тому +5

      @@solid477 yes it does

    • @Behemoth29
      @Behemoth29 5 років тому +14

      @@mikeoxsmal8022 Also bare in mind that they predominantly operated in far worse conditions that typical western aircraft. Tu154 and Il62 are slandered unfairly far too often.

    • @ayymao1017
      @ayymao1017 5 років тому +2

      @@Behemoth29 Everything russia related is always slandered. Westerners like to praise them for vodka and prostitution only.

  • @hahanamegobrrr6667
    @hahanamegobrrr6667 5 років тому +59

    4:01 so NK can't buy planes from their own country like how does that work

    • @Emptiness_Machine_2001
      @Emptiness_Machine_2001 5 років тому +6

      They are a UN Member. So yes, the government couldn't buy a plane from itself.

    • @KimbaCookie
      @KimbaCookie 5 років тому +2

      Are there private companies in North Korea, though?

    • @floydlooney6837
      @floydlooney6837 4 роки тому +1

      @@KimbaCookie nope

  • @thor-axetheimpaler989
    @thor-axetheimpaler989 5 років тому +89

    I've actually flown on this airline before, they play propaganda videos on little flip down screens during the flight.

    • @LandofBobiness
      @LandofBobiness 5 років тому +2

      Why were you flying Air Koryo?

    • @thor-axetheimpaler989
      @thor-axetheimpaler989 5 років тому +10

      @@LandofBobiness Went to the DPRK last September on a tour

    • @HB45175
      @HB45175 5 років тому +1

      @@LandofBobiness Presumably to get to or from North Korea. For being a very niche tourist destination it's fairly popular, not to mention all of the diplomats and support staff for the 24 foreign embassies there that also needs to get to and from their mission.

    • @LandofBobiness
      @LandofBobiness 5 років тому

      @@thor-axetheimpaler989 Dang, litt. How was the tour?

    • @CarrotConsumer
      @CarrotConsumer 5 років тому +2

      @@LandofBobiness He died.

  • @The_Beast_666
    @The_Beast_666 4 роки тому +10

    North Korea: Farts
    United Nations: There's a sanction for that too!

  • @american3502
    @american3502 5 років тому +54

    "but what is it interesting for?"
    Wendover: "nothing! Because it doesn't have wings!"

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 4 роки тому

      One of the reasons why trains aren't popular in the US, just like the metric system is not

    • @UnDeaDCyBorg
      @UnDeaDCyBorg 4 роки тому +2

      @@pulkitmohta8964 The metric system doesn't have wings? Damn, my life has been a lie.
      Also, that's the first time in months the reply button actually worked. 0.o

    • @pulkitmohta8964
      @pulkitmohta8964 4 роки тому +1

      @@UnDeaDCyBorg of course!😁😂 Otherwise one would have seen the metric system being used in the US

  • @chrissytheconqueror7049
    @chrissytheconqueror7049 5 років тому +13

    It's a good thing that Sam got to make at least one plane-related topic this week.

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z 5 років тому +38

    3:49 - North Korea can't even import prams or wheelchairs. 🤦 Great job Kims; keep up the great work. 👍🙄
    (Can they import skateboards, ice-skates, or Heelys? Those are as much "transport" as a wheelchair or baby-buggy. 🤔)

    • @Roaether
      @Roaether 5 років тому +6

      No. These are classified under HS Code 95: www.foreign-trade.com/reference/hscode.htm?code=95, toys and sporting equipment.

    • @Steveinthailand
      @Steveinthailand 4 роки тому

      Sanctions dont seem to be working... plenty of imported buggies, skies and wheelchairs etc...according to other recent DPRK videos uploaded.

    • @nicopavvi8494
      @nicopavvi8494 4 роки тому +1

      Can they import toy trains?

    • @Steveinthailand
      @Steveinthailand 4 роки тому +1

      @@nicopavvi8494 DPRK can import everything via China

    • @nicopavvi8494
      @nicopavvi8494 4 роки тому

      @@Steveinthailand thank you

  • @WanJae42
    @WanJae42 5 років тому +16

    You're speaking more naturally and less cadenced / modulated, and I like it.

  • @IbisGuy
    @IbisGuy 3 роки тому +12

    A few years ago as part of an extended tour I flew domestically from Pyongyang to Orang Airport (near the north-eastern city of Chongjin) aboard Air Koryo, and I swear to God there was an actual escape rope. Great soda though 🤠

  • @jackcarlisle2
    @jackcarlisle2 4 роки тому +15

    North Korea accidentally launched a ballistic missile at japan barely missing it
    The music: 😁🥰🤩😍😜🤪😇🤑🥳

  • @tylervillegas2608
    @tylervillegas2608 5 років тому +15

    Tbh if North Korea produced a reality tv show called "Keeping Up with the Kims" I would be parked in front of my tv to watch it every single tuesday evening

  • @X314-l8f
    @X314-l8f 5 років тому +17

    4:02 can’t even buy an aircraft from themselves

    • @kadennelms8419
      @kadennelms8419 4 роки тому +2

      The guy there who can get it for them off the black market charges too much lol

  • @BreadAccountant
    @BreadAccountant 2 роки тому +8

    his voice sounds so much deeper here. feels weird

  • @JoshLin17
    @JoshLin17 4 роки тому +31

    HAI: Barely any economic activity with the country
    Me: There’s economic activity in North Korea?

  • @Wurfenkopf
    @Wurfenkopf 5 років тому +30

    "Just forget I ever mentioned Kosovo"
    ROTFL I hit the like button at that xD

    • @lzh4950
      @lzh4950 4 роки тому +2

      4:06 _Taiwan has entered the chat?_

  • @yurikimjongil
    @yurikimjongil 5 років тому +19

    What Are You Talking About? Air Koryo has zero incident rate and zero delays and you feel like you are flying in the 1980's My father and me took effort to make and improve this airline

    • @ALLEN-kf7cb
      @ALLEN-kf7cb 5 років тому +2

      You're right dear leader Air koryo is the best!!!!!!!!!!!
      Now can you free me
      Or at least feed me

  • @msmx9088
    @msmx9088 4 роки тому +3

    i mean the government over there don’t want anyone to leave so it makes sense why the airline is horrible

  • @peilunxie4011
    @peilunxie4011 4 роки тому +4

    Hey HAI, there's a mistake on your highlighting of the UN resolution 2397. Although the resolution did state that it will ban the DPRK of all transportation vehicle imports, the part you highlighted at 3:28 was about the banning of crude oils imports. The part about transportations comes later at point 7 of the resolution.

  • @nathanholmes-king3827
    @nathanholmes-king3827 4 роки тому +7

    2:02 Errors on this map: European Turkey, Kaliningrad, and the Faroe Islands are shown as part of the EU (when they aren't).

    • @arcaipekyun4232
      @arcaipekyun4232 4 роки тому

      Also southern Cyprus should be added

    • @arcaipekyun4232
      @arcaipekyun4232 4 роки тому

      Mistjor doesn’t matter because
      1- its still not a part of eu
      2- no part of cyprus was shown in eu here

  • @fifervonpiper6707
    @fifervonpiper6707 5 років тому +27

    UN: we need North Korea to change and make peace with us.
    Also UN: make them suffer

  • @TheGreatCooLite
    @TheGreatCooLite 5 років тому +12

    At least Wendover's plane videos aren't dull and _plain_
    *wheeze*

  • @MrHelpingHand
    @MrHelpingHand 5 років тому +28

    I've been on this airline before, it's honestly not that bad. Spirit Airlines is way worse than Air Koryo.

  • @TomTM_ST
    @TomTM_ST 5 років тому +11

    2:03 Slight mistake! Croatia extends more southern all the way to Dubrovnik. Great video, love from Croatia!

  • @CavCave
    @CavCave 4 роки тому +29

    Me: Mom can we get an airline?
    Mom: We have an airline at home.
    Airline at home:

  • @carlmora22
    @carlmora22 5 років тому +7

    5:33 wow hit me with that SEAMLESS TRANSITION, legit high five for that one man gat dam

  • @poweroffriendship2.0
    @poweroffriendship2.0 5 років тому +30

    _With this technology, we will make America... BOW DOWN TO ITS KNEES!!!_
    *~ Kim Jung Un 2019*

  • @TheECSH
    @TheECSH 5 років тому +8

    @4:01 Taiwan is not a member of the UN. Though they passed their own legislation to ban trade with North Korea. On the other hand, many countries only follow the UN sanctions on paper, but still continue to trade with and supply to North Korea, such as their neighbors China and Russia.

    • @unitrader403
      @unitrader403 5 років тому +1

      also according to your Map North Koreas Trade with itself is sanctioned...
      Edit: fixed missing "Map"

  • @jdsonical
    @jdsonical 5 років тому +36

    HAI: we're the airplane's front of korea! what have the trains ever done for us?
    tries to insult trains but fails

    • @hogndog2339
      @hogndog2339 5 років тому +1

      He wasn’t trying to insult trains

    • @jdsonical
      @jdsonical 5 років тому +1

      @@hogndog2339 he wanted to but listed all their good things

    • @benhuang2773
      @benhuang2773 5 років тому

      I think it's a joke about how Wendover is obsessed with planes.

    • @hogndog2339
      @hogndog2339 5 років тому

      jdsonical He’s being sarcastic

    • @jdsonical
      @jdsonical 5 років тому +2

      @@hogndog2339 it's just a Monty Python reference bruh

  • @foxopossum
    @foxopossum 4 роки тому +7

    Many of their planes are old and only getting older. That’s how time works. 😂😂😂😂
    Excellent video!!!!

  • @KnakuanaRka
    @KnakuanaRka 4 роки тому +1

    Hey, I like the music, but it’s way louder and more intrusive than usual, especially starting at 2:48 and even more at 2:56; what’s up with that? Did you leave Crash Fever open while recording?

  • @thomasturner6980
    @thomasturner6980 5 років тому +5

    *North Korea has direct flights to New York with a chance of mushroom at the destination*

    • @TheRibbonRed
      @TheRibbonRed 5 років тому

      That's a cool way of saying a one-way trip.

  • @Youtuber-sq2fj
    @Youtuber-sq2fj 5 років тому +7

    American Airlines and Spirit: Why do I hear boss music?

  • @winstonwright8374
    @winstonwright8374 5 років тому +7

    3:09 weird music choice to use while talking about rockets being flown out of North Korea...but ok...

  • @brianstockwood6635
    @brianstockwood6635 Рік тому +2

    I flew Air Koryo in 2014 from Beijing to Pyongyang and quite enjoyed it. Especially the inflight entertainment, which consisted of an endless propaganda video of a military nurses orchestra concert playing on the overhead screens and piped into the bathroom speakers. A sandwich and soft drink were provided. All in all, it was a much more comfortable experience than flying domestic in the USA...

  • @vdub4utube
    @vdub4utube 5 років тому

    Still loving your videos! Thanks as always!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 5 років тому +15

    I wouldn’t describe North Korea as a dictator’s Disneyland. That title goes to Turkmenistan. Just look at their capital Ashgabat

    • @ooooneeee
      @ooooneeee 5 років тому +1

      Actually Singapore has been called "Disneyland with the Death Penalty"by William Gibson.

  • @mikaxms
    @mikaxms 5 років тому +6

    I heard that passengers had no remarks, they couldn't complain...

  • @THEFIRE360
    @THEFIRE360 5 років тому +10

    "Made possible by my declining audience retention statistics"
    0_o really?

  • @kowa8846
    @kowa8846 2 роки тому +2

    These airplanes are more useful in a museum than on the air

  • @lynnlo
    @lynnlo 5 років тому +1

    Last time I was this early, HAI talked about something other than planes.

  • @NVFlyer
    @NVFlyer 5 років тому +6

    I've flown on Air Koryo on an IL-62 and thought it was fine.

  • @evansun3406
    @evansun3406 5 років тому +6

    they could save a lot of money by just taping passengers to their "nuclear" missiles.
    or just... use geico

    • @justsomeguy5470
      @justsomeguy5470 5 років тому

      For 15% or more off of their nuclear insurance!

  • @PAWTeamUnited
    @PAWTeamUnited 5 років тому +15

    They Have First Class
    Just Ride an ICBM

    • @AgentH8voc
      @AgentH8voc 5 років тому +4

      North korea’s Concorde.

  • @hoangho4080
    @hoangho4080 4 роки тому +2

    Legend has it that Air Koryo uses dangerous planes to prevent people from entering North Korea

  • @aerospacerules1883
    @aerospacerules1883 5 років тому +1

    The only 1 star airline has 1 star planes that are totally not advised to fly on.

  • @RaidsEpicly
    @RaidsEpicly 5 років тому +3

    Glad to see Wendover shares my love of trains despite all his plane videos

  • @Weeee439
    @Weeee439 4 роки тому +4

    "the USSR became the USSNOT" underated joke.

  • @kayleighlehrman9566
    @kayleighlehrman9566 5 років тому +11

    This just in: The SADR and Somaliland are creating a joint aircraft company to sell to the DPRK

  • @p1nkfreud
    @p1nkfreud 5 років тому +1

    CuriosityStream: The only endemic YT sponsor that isn't a lootbox or a webtool

  • @axmoylotl
    @axmoylotl 5 років тому +1

    Great video, wendover!

  • @onupirat
    @onupirat 5 років тому +5

    now now, don't criticize soviet planes, Boeing planes are also sometimes not crashing.

    • @hawkproductions7674
      @hawkproductions7674 5 років тому

      you mean the ones getting fixed by top engineers right now

    • @onupirat
      @onupirat 5 років тому

      @@hawkproductions7674 no, i mean the ones designed by top engineers.

  • @duynguyencong6990
    @duynguyencong6990 5 років тому +3

    What is the background music on 2:58

  • @muzza307
    @muzza307 5 років тому +6

    Your pronunciation of 'buoys' caught me massively off guard

  • @juancruzmarquez5502
    @juancruzmarquez5502 5 років тому +1

    this is the peak wendover/HAI video ever

  • @oceanstaiga5928
    @oceanstaiga5928 4 роки тому +2

    Never thought about the fact that they don't have an airforce really then

  • @vladimirputin583
    @vladimirputin583 4 роки тому +5

    Damn.... I love that background music

    • @Park_Place
      @Park_Place 3 роки тому

      I'm still trying to figure out what they're called

  • @1brianm7
    @1brianm7 5 років тому +6

    Did you post this on the wrong channel?
    And you also spelt Macau wrong

    • @COWP
      @COWP 5 років тому

      Sub to me if you’re not gay

    • @SentryWill
      @SentryWill 5 років тому

      There are different spellings of "Macao"

  • @Krackerlack
    @Krackerlack 5 років тому +15

    got fitMC for old anarchy server in minecraft content, got Wendover Productions for plane content

    • @syrialak101
      @syrialak101 5 років тому +5

      T H E O L D E S T A N A R C H Y S E R V E R I N M I N E C R A F T

    • @Krackerlack
      @Krackerlack 5 років тому +4

      @@syrialak101 B A R I T O N E I N V A D I N G T H E O L D E S T A N A R C H Y S E R V E R I N M I N E C R A F T

    • @malcolmmacinnis247
      @malcolmmacinnis247 5 років тому

      FITMC

  • @edelzocker8169
    @edelzocker8169 3 роки тому +1

    Air Koryo uses Tu-134! These things can only be found in museums these days.

  • @stefan6785
    @stefan6785 5 років тому +2

    I loooove how he roasted Kosovo! You just got a new subscriber.