This Pilot Made an Emergency Landing in a Shallow River

It's January 16, 2002 and Garuda Indonesia Flight 421 is struggling with a loss of power. The captain decides to perform a maneuver few other pilots have ever attempted: to land his Boeing 737 in water.

[rendiramadiyantoutomo]

He also saved his crew in Palu Tsunami 2018. Respect capt

[kuliborgeopilot]

The co pilot is my uncle, hariyadi gunawan, he passed away in 2017 in jakarta, RS polri kramat jati. A very humble person, rides his old rusty yamaha force 1 to mosque everyday, visits family and friends everyday, to find out if theres anyone in need for food or need money to go to doctor or if their children needs money for school..., when he passed away, we found many photographs of my late father (his elder brother) under his shirt in his cupboard, who passed away in 1994...he always missed him, now they both gone, i lost 2 good men of my life...

[tomdevries]

Sully is marked a hero for landing on a wide straight canal wirh tons of room meanwhile thid guy lands in between 2 bridge on narrow river with lots of turns and twists and you never hear about him

[alphazulu]

Every pilot that saves their passengers lives are a hero, but this guy deserves recognition and a medal

[rizkyhiday]

the pilot / captain is my father, he still flying until now, me and my brother become a pilots too in the same company, unfortunately the first officer just passed away on 2017

edit : thank you for your many responses, i appreciate the opinions and appreciations from all of you

fyi : on last june 2020 my father retired from flying and the first officer / co-pilot died because of sickness not from this accident, thank you

[fredbarker]

RIP to the 1 who didn't survive, also bravo to the pilot for saving nearly everyone from death

[RizalBatheki]

Later in an interview capt. Rozaq said before the plane hit the water he was praying. He had already thought that it was time to go, but he tried to land it till the end. Then he had a vision of a long line on the water, telling it was where he should land the plane. He also said that the river's depth varied from deep & shallow and he was very lucky that he landed on the shallow point. Truly an amazing story.

The only one who died was a flight attendant, namely Santi Anggraeni.

Fyi the flight number 421 is still in service today but it has a different route; it flies between Ngurah Rai airport Denpasar & Soekarno-Hatta airport Cengkareng whereas previously flew from Mataram to Jogjakarta.

The survivors hold a reunion with capt. Rozaq every year and there's an article about the 2013 reunion. Not everyone involved was present at that time but the crash strongly connects the people who barely knew each other before the flight. They still keep in touch to this day.

[terrabyteminer]

This Indonesian River Landing = 2002
Sully River Landing = 2009
Woah

[snowyconfession]

You forget to included TWO important things:
1. Actually, the pilot planned to land it on some sort of field but abort the plan since there were some village kids played soccer on the field at that time.
2. The pilot land the plane opposite the flows. Means, the plane actually had a time to turn so it opposite the flows of the river. By landing opposite the flow, it will help to stop the plane.

[zetothesharkwolf]

And he just survived from collapsed Hotel building where he stayed with his flight crews, when the multiple earthquake & tsunami hit Palu City

[TwinkleToesLorna]

this captain deserves a medal or something. I watched this on the tv few days ago and i am still so impressed by the captain's level-headedness. as i remember he even did a circle around the spot to perfectly align the plane and the altitude for a river landing... he saved all those people 's lives by his amazing knowledge and reaction. mad respect to him. Hope he is doing well.

[Sguness]

“Indonesian Sully”
No, more like “American Abdul Rosaq”

[Super-chad]

Very experienced pilots they were... God bless them

[jasonc]

I always feel such relief in these videos when there is an eye witness account because then I know that not everyone died

[hkphysics]

Landing between the 2 bridges that too on that narrow has got to be the best crash landing in the aviation history. I pay my respect to captain sullivan, but captain abdul rozaq did a much more commendable job and needs much more recognition. All hail to the hero.☺✌🙌

[drewsep]

I don't know if the captain, first officer, family of them, or acquaintances will see this...but, you two men are certified badasses. I'd fly with either of you anytime.

[christianbuczko]

That's a much harder landing than sullys landing on the Hudson. Landing between two bridges, on a narrow river which was bendy at higher speed. That's more miraculous than anyone survived at all, never mind the fact only one person died.

[routedrubix]

The way they were so cooperative with each other makes me proud.

[deadeyecpt.]

As soon as I saw the pilot being interviewed I felt so relieved

[ahmetyusufbalc]

I liked how co pilot close to captain,
"Yes sir, "
"250 sir"
"170 sir"