Airliner Runs Out of Fuel & Can't Land

The pilots are about to finish a 15-hour flight when what happened next would challenge the crew to save the lives of the 370 passengers onboard.

The flight began like any other typical flight. A 777 aircraft was scheduled to fly to John F Kennedy airport in New York. Weather in the New York area consisted of low clouds. Normally, this would not be a problem for such an advanced aircraft as the 777. However, as the pilots make their first attempt to land, they encounter multiple instrument failures. Low on gas and running out of options, the pilots are pushed to their limit to try and find an option to land and save all 370 people onboard.

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[arcticmorning]

Pilot is off the charts incredibly focused and calm

[susanmhowell]

This pilot kept his composure the whole time under much distress!!! His confidence and focus saved all their lives

[glennlesanto]

An airline pilot once told me that his job was hours and hours of boredom, followed by a few minutes of terror. This video backs that anecdote up perfectly.

[Stinking]

What a pilot!! The great situational awareness till the last second. He evaluated the risks every step of the way, explored all options and lamded safely.

Brilliant!

[brianmacdougall]

Man, I'm loving this channel, and I don't even fly. This was a real suspense story. I'm just imagining the passengers getting annoyed at the delay and the redirect, and never really knowing how close they came to oblivion. This is some first-rate storytelling my friend.

[paulz]

Pilots have to be absolutely cold blooded under such intense pressure! Hats off to this pilot for how well he handled such a stressful emergency

[markthompson]

we never really know the stresses a pilot endures getting us down safely. Huge respect.

[DreamAsylum]

One of your best debriefs. The awareness you showed regarding jargon, and clarifying certain aspects of the scenario that your audience may not be able to understand or visualize, really brought this one up a notch.

[jamestreible]

It amazes me how both the pilots and controllers seem to remain so calm in times like this. I was getting really anxious just watching as everything was unfolding, not knowing the outcome. I was so relieved to know they made it down safely.

[coldisle]

This pilot sounded like a true professional…as did the guy in the tower. Those passengers were very lucky to be in such capable hands.

[mpmansell]

I really felt for him as his voice broke slightly when he heard about the emergency vehicles. A very brave and professional man.

[gailpeterson]

Oh, man, that pilot did an amazing job keeping his stuff together and getting his precious cargo down on the ground safely. Much respect to the entire flight crew of this airliner.

[luigi]

I was on the edge of my seat listening to this. The poise and professionalism of the flight crew and controllers in this terrifying situation was remarkable.

[jnauttube]

This pilot sounded calm and professional the whole time.

[cthncthn]

3 takes on this: 1. This channel is amazing 2. That pilot was freaking amazing 3. Since I’m not a pilot and was totally unaware of everything I’ve learned from binge watching this channel, I will never fly again with the same comfortable mindset. Nature + natural mechanical failures always looms. Not to mention the large spectrum of human error.

How eye opening…

[mikefendel]

Just a couple of points. So many professional aviators seem to have a fobia about declaring an emergency. One of the most important items that gives you is to deviate from any regulation to the extent needed to meet the emergency. Very unlikely but they could have been violated for decending below mins or accepting the ILS when they know they were unable to shoot that approach. Had they declared an emergency they would have avoided all that and also received special handling. Now the controllers in this case treated them as if they were an emergency aircraft but they never declared it. Possible explanation for much of their comm being not that clear is the 15 hour flight time and fatigue. Most of their comm was very professional and I have the impression that these were great aviators. The controllers also handled this flight in a calm and professional way giving them all the support they could. Final comment is realted to your narration of this video. You did a wonderful job of relating the entire event. Your explanation of technical items were clear and understandable to all who may have watched this video. As a retired airline pilot with over 40 years of experence, I found this video to be excellently presneted and very imformative of the event that took place. I look forward to more of your videos and have subscribed to your channel.Thanks again!

[eric]

This may be unrelated, but I flew the ILS 4R dozens of times at JFK when I was New York based. This was ALWAYS a problem; we would lose the localizer almost completely more than a mile out. There used to even be a note about it on our approach plates. I always dreaded going in there with weather less than about 500 feet. These pilots may have never been to JFK before, so they didn't know about the wonky localizer. Combined with all of the other failures in their aircraft, they got way closer to disaster than they should have. I have no idea why JFK's localizer was so bad.

[jimbo]

The pilot did say very early on that he lost his instruments. What he didn't stress enough early on was how critical his fuel was. However, both he and the ATC did a very professional job, cool under immense pressure, and saved the lives of 370 people who probably never knew just how close they came to deaths door.

[jagged]

I wonder how many if any passengers knew how close they came to crashing that day. I can’t imagine being a commercial pilot having so many lives in my hands. These pilots did a great job

[blackbirdpie]

Even after the surprise of a dead stick prop he didn't panic, and just dealt with it. Landing well and that's the making of a good, level headed pilot.