Air Crash Investigation S13E10 - Titanic In The Sky - Qantas 32

[Badgersj]

I love it when videos like this include interviews with the people on the plane. It means that the worst did not happen.

[GoofyAhhNoobie]

“Yeah just uhhh, don’t crash.”

And he kept that. What a great way to sort out a situation.

[Hydrogenblonde]

I like the first officers ability to tell the captain in no uncertain terms and with complete authority what the captain needed to do:
"Brakes Brakes get on the Brakes"
"I am"
"No full Brakes, get into it"
Many an air crash has occurred because first officers were unable or afraid to tell the captain what he needed to do. Good cockpit communication saves lives.

[ChuckLeCluck]

It makes me proud to be Australian, knowing our aviation personnel are trained to an incredibly high international standard.

[Boom]

I was serving National Service in 2010, and the Air Force base I was stationed at was just close by Changi Airport. For a long long while, Qantas 32 was parked across the fence from the office. It was surreal seeing it. One time I remarked to my colleague "I can't wait for this to be an episode of Air Crash Investigation..." Kudos to the crew on this incredible feat of flying.

[Deevo]

The one aspect they failed to mention was de Crespigny's handling of the post incident situation. He made himself personally available to all of the passengers in case they had any issues and in general was a credit to Qantas as an organization. He gained a lot of respect from his passengers from that.

[Acanofbeer]

What a humble pilot and brilliant crew. Saved hundreds of lives and in doing so let other airlines check their 380’s and do the same. Heroes 👍👌

[jeremy]

I flew with the captain tagging along with my father when they were flying the QANTAS 747s together. Back in those days I use to spend half the flight sitting in the cockpit hanging out with my dad and the crew. He was a really nice guy, but also all business when flying, with a eye always focused on his job. You can see how this pays off here :)

[medicus]

The Quantas pilots are even in Europe highly appreciated for their skills. The cousin of my mother has been Quantas Captain. He has started his career after emigrating to Australia from the scratch with post flights. He flyed to Papua Neuguinea distributing the mail. In his home country he began flying with 16 years with gliders. He was a typical pilot who could fly everything with wings and had the feeling for it. Once he had an emergency landing due to technical failure and had survived. The new generation of pilots might be good in technique and electronics, but the feeling for flying man get only starting with low tech planes. So it fits into the picture that the captain of the flight was before a military pilot. An interceptor man fly as well without autopilot!

[mikef.]

You have to say that absence of pride and ego in the cockpit is what saved the day.

[Kamohelomokhati]

The narrator is in his own league..., best narrator of all time, give the guy his flowers

[dishaganguly]

What an amazing set of pilots. Kudos to them

[PaulScholtes]

You know... These are obviously pilots you can trust your life with when it comes to traveling by plane.
All them did one heck of a job. Much respect to all of them.

[medler]

So I assume the Captain passed his performance evaluation? 😁

[sibongile]

I like the officer's response after getting the report that the engine blew apart and cut through the wing....after a moment of silence he just said "good to know" 😀😀😀

[lukethomas.]

This is an increadible display of airmanship and crew resource management (CRM)

[kidbraxyricky]

The pilot, De Crispgny, and his co made wise decisions with every passing moment. Kudos to them

[cchillaaaoooo]

Salute to the crew, their inputs and presence of mind, and working as a team matters all at the end. Saving 100's of lives.

[tonyhorn]

I strongly recommend the book QF32 written by the pilot. It fills in so much more detail and is a fantastic read. One of the key background features was his time in the Air Force. He was the sort of pilot who didn't just ant to know what he was doing but wanted to understand why he was doing it. That carried over to commercial aviation.

[retiringinparadise]

I flew with Qantas for decades and often on that QF32 route. I always felt very safe. My last 2 trips were on the majestic and comfortable A380. I still got many frequent flyer points to enjoy soon I hope.