15 AIRCRAFT NEAR MISSES AND CLOSE CALLS

Air is the safest way to travels but sometimes things can go wrong! Today we'll be taking a look at 15 aircraft near miss and close call events!

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[ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Pilot doesn’t need authorisation for a go-around. It’s a precautionary or emergency manoeuvre.

[stevenwright]

After 25 years with a major airline I can tell you that the comment about the UTAir 767 making an "unauthorized" take off while on their final approach to avoid an aircraft crossing the runway is unequivocally wrong. It's called a go around. There is a TGA or Toga button pre programed which is pushed in the event of a necessary climb at any point in the final landing. Pilots simply press it and aircraft instantly powers up and climbs. Aborting the landing. This is part of the landing process. There is no such thing as doing that "without authorization". Saying that serves to more sensationalize the situation. This landing aircraft performing a go around is exactly how the system is designed. The system/procedure worked exactly as designed in such a situation.

[brandon]

The airplane is not at 13, 000 feet either. It's at 1, 390ft according to the altimeter. If an ultra light is at 13000ft it's a badass ultralight lol

[rich]

When I was in the Coast Guard they put on a show for us where the helicopters got so close I was stunned. As cool as it was, I remember thingking, why take the risk?

[WheelsSometimes]

6:21 pilots apply full power every single time they touch down on the deck, not after they miss or have a failed arresting cable. The pilot and crew would have gone into the ocean if they throttled up only upon trapping an arresting cable. This is why pilots apply full power every time. Just incase they bolter, or an arresting cable breaks, they should be able to recover and maintain flight for another attempt.

[AaronCocker]

8:25 This wasn't a flap setting, it was actually the wake/ wing vortices from another aircraft landing on a perpendicular runway falling over his runway and causing a pocket of lower airspeed right where that first rotation (takeoff) was attempted. They were also way past the V1 takeoff rejection speed, so there's no way they could have stopped in the available space, so they did the best thing and brought the nose down and tried again. Mentor Pilot went through this on his video "Boeing 737 nearly FAILS to TAKE OFF!! Mentour Reacts"

[mattt]

How to turn 25 seconds of CCTV footage into a 18 minute video...sigh

[MrSbionage]

Soooo...we just ignore the fact the air traffic controller at 4:40 beat up Steve from Blue’s Clues and stole his shirt?

[johneastman]

The writer for this video needs to have it proof read by someone more knowledgeable .

[blackstonedaze]

Incorrect assessment on the plane taking off at 8:00. It was actually determined that wake turbulence from a plane landing on an adjacent runway was still lingering in front of this plane, causing it to need more speed. Also, there was no space left to shut down the takeoff as it was too far down the runway. Power and flap settings were also in the correct configuration for take off.

[shinyfacts]

Imagine just driving and then seeing a plane on the road.

[briancarno]

The guys in the van were late for an employee picnic...would love to be a fly on the wall at that post incident de-breifing

[Peter]

They weren’t near MISSES, they were near COLLISIONS

[timothycook]

Around 5:30 the narrator says thirteen thousand feet, but that's gotta be more like thirteen hundred feet (looks less than that actually)

[freedomforever]

All aircraft landing on aircraft carriers are fully throttled up after hitting the deck.

[klyvemurray]

15:26 "it's only a matter of time before a passenger plane collides
with an Unidentified Flying Object object" 🤣🤣🤣


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[muratsarsenov]

Imagine asking ATC permission to go around when you arr couple seconds from hitting another airplane. Or imagine initiating take-off cancelation when you have already passed V1 and have no chance to stop your aircraft before runway ends.
Some of the comments made by author just make no sense

[dicklang]

Many years ago as a student pilot flying a C150, I was on final at Berwick Airfield in Victoria Australia when a C172 decided that he didn't want to stay at the end of the taxiway and moved on to the runway threshold. I called late final and the 172 started moving on the runway, I called going around and added power, my instructor got a hell of a fright as he thought I added power too quickly, which can sometimes cause the engine to hiccup. The 172 proceeded to taxi down the runway and turn off and go back to the clubhouse. Luckily he did so as my biggest worry was that he would actually take off and fly up into us.

[poppabear]

The royal Moroccan jet, ran into wake turbulence from another aircraft which just landed a few moments before.
It was not flaps. This video is either old or didn’t see update. The pilot did an excellent job. If you’re at V2 you cannot stop or abort takeoff.
So many facts are wrong here

[hellfire]

#11 claimed the plane was at 13, 000 ft when it nearly collided with a microlight aircraft. It's clear from the footage he meant 1, 300ft. Plus micro light aircraft usually are not cruising at 13000 feet.