One of the SCARIEST Flights in UKRAINE...

Hello and welcome back to Ukraine for a very interesting flight today!

We'll be travelling from Zaporizhzhia up to Kyiv in the only Antonov AN-140 that still flies for the airline (at the time of filming) so let's go and check it out together!

Date of Filming: 24/7/21
Camera: GoPro Hero 7 Black
Operator: Motor Sich Airlines
Departure: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Arrival: Kyiv, Ukraine
Cost: 1,810 Ukrainian Hryvnia (£37.11, €43.15, $47.35)

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00:00 - Intro
01:12 - Arrival at Zaporizhzhia Airport
01:45 - Airport Tour & Security
03:00 - Route Map
03:25 - Walk to Plane & Info
04:00 - Boarding!
04:48 - Taxi & Take Off
06:12 - Seat Tour!
07:16 - Onboard Service
07:40 - Toilet Tour!
08:30 - Antonov History
09:15 - Approach & Landing
09:42 - Trip Summary
10:18 - Alighting the Plane
10:40 - Outro

[zakelwe]

Very good dead pan humour. The best was the flight attendant on acid though who demanded a lot, including that you have a nice flight.

Back in the 1970s I was coming back from holiday in Yugoslavia, as it was then, on a 727 of JAT airlines. We taxied out to the end of the runway and spooled up the engines, only for them to be cut. As we taxied back to the apron the pilot came on the blower and said " Due to bad weather over Manchester the plane has had to return to the terminal" which was the most unconvincing excuse ever.

When we parked the doors opened and a mechanic, in overalls carrying a toolbox and looking the spitting image of Fidel Castro, got on and went into the cockpit. After 20 minutes or so he left. The captain came back over the tannoy and said that the bad weather over Manchester had cleared up and we were ok to

Willpower and prayer got us home.

[persjofors]

On the long gone, tiny airline Busy-Bee on a Fokker F27 (similar to this AN140) from Oslo to Gothenburg around 1984. As we walked over the tarmac to the plane, a technician hacked lumps of ice from the plane. All around the plane were these lumps, some as large 30-40cm cubes. Immediately after takeoff, we entered freezing fog and incredible turbulence. Once in clear air, the flight was fine. But as we descended to Gothenburg, back into that same freezing fog and severe turbulence. After a very long approach in this soup, we missed the approach, went up in clear air, turned a few times, and made another failed attempt. Back in clear air, we circled for an hour this time, waiting for better weather before trying again. Same soup. Same severe turbulense. Same long approach and the same failure to land. So we are back into clear air. But at this point, the flight attendees walked up and down the aisle, white in their faces, handing out all the alcohol they had. Because they said, "you need it." We circled again for 30 minutes. (Now, this was supposed to be an hour-long flight, and we had already done the one hour and waited for another one and a half hours, plus the failed attempts to land. How much spare fuel do they have?) Next landing attempt. This time to an alternate airport. Same soup. Same severe turbulence. Behind me sat a guy who was so scared he was sweating through his jacket. People were crying and shouting. Same long approach. Eventually, the gear was lowered, and I could hear from the engine sound (nothing to see out the window) that we were close to land. But, then, full throttle again. Even at full throttle, the plane sank another few, maybe 10 meters, making it low enough for the pilot to see the runway lights. Engines off. Very hard landing. A woman on the other side of the aisle fainted, was not strapped in, and fell into the aisle. As the plane was braking hard, she skidded forward hitting her head on the legs of the seats. This alternative airport was a military and general aviation facility with no resources to care for a commercial airliner. It took maybe 45 minutes before we could deplane. The woman who had fallen into the aisle was still unconscious.

[TogetherForever-mgmh]

It's good that you show people who you really are. Let the people know that you stand with Ukraine. Moreover, there's no critic of your position in the comments section. So, you block uses like that Polish dude. "Nice going" on both accounts.

[arnonuehm]

Oh man, I wonder what that lovely new and modern airport looks like today. :/

[poljanski]

Ооо како су добре те летелице, волим их. Онај "кукурузар" AN-2 је много готиван. Поздрав вама свима!

[jasonschmelter]

My only turboprop airline experience was in a weird route between San Francisco and Antelope Valley regional airport about 15 yrs ago. The building for the AV airport still exists but no one lands there anymore. The building is right next to the old Lockheed skunk works hangar. Weirdest part of the flight was when they asked the handful of passengers to move to the back for better weight distribution.

[Tirana]

Good video. I’d happily fly on the Antonov An140. Back in 1986 I flew from London Gatwick to Tirana Albania on an Interflug Il18. It was quite an experience. Sitting just aft of the trailing edge with the black sooty engine trails was quite something. The passenger sitting next to me was convinced we were on fire. Return flight was on a Tu134A.

[reaperx]

I really enjoyed this. It was nice to see Ukraine from better times.

[DouglasDC.]

Amazing videos as always! I would LOVE to go to Ukraine after the war.

And by the way, you think 23 years old is old? Well here in Australia we have a few Saab 340s that are over 30 years old!

[deepwoodguy]

Rather scary flying with that turbo prop that close to your window....good to see how Ukraine looked before the Russian for the journey....Viva Ukraine..🔵🔵🟡🟡

[ABCantonese]

I was really really really excited when the An-132 came out... Another offspring of the An-24 and more impressive IMO. But that project died too...

The An-70 is gone but at least it lives on in the Y-20 somewhat.

[LazyDaisyDay]

I'd have kissed the tarmac on arrival 🙂 Good trip report - thanks!

[NiranjanJoglekar]

Hey, not questioning you but if you are uploading videos which are filmed in 2021 in 2024, will the videos filmed in 2024 be uploaded in 2027??😂😂😂

[nivardofloresperez]

Given the terrible safety record these old planes have, it wasn't that bad. So glad you reached your destination safe and sound. They might not be able to give service after the war. Long live Ukraine...!! 🙏🙏🙏

[jetstream]

I miss Kyiv, I miss Ukraine, I miss Motor Sich❤ Hope they will be back in business soon.

[paulbradley]

So, not really so scary then. Nice review, but the title is a bit misleading! 😋 Worst flight experience I've had is quite tame - severe bouncing around in a Twin Otter totally immersed in cloud between LA and Grand Canyon Airport. It really felt as if the wings might fall off at I've taken many flights but never as bad as that one....

[maxart]

You mentioned that you could see whether the propeller was still there. Well, actually you were seated in the most dangerous row on any turboprop. It happened before that the propeller decided to go its own way and it ended up on the lap of a passenger (not necessarily on the Soviet era plane). Not a pretty experience. As to the scary flights, what about this one: I had the privilege to fly a B732 owned by Global Air, then leased to Aerocaribbean (later absorbed by Cubana), which crashed a few years later (while flying for Cubana) killing all but 1 (one) person. And when I flew it, it was already visibly falling apart. The one you flew looked to me in good condition.

[rezaalan]

Great flight. Bit curious, how many Airports serving the Ukraine Capital, since I only knowing the Boryspil one.

[MHG]

I'm pretty sure you've never flown on an ATR42 (or similar turboprpo) built 25 yrs or more ago.
Because then you would never complain about the rattling / general noise level of an AN-140.
So, you're even lucky they didn't substitute it by an AN-24 of much greater vintage ...
Despite trying I never managed to catch a flight in the AN140 but always ended up in an AN-24 or YAK-40.
In my experience Motor Sich is/was an airline that did not cut corners on maintenance or crew training - which are crucial to safe flying.
Unfortunately the accident/crash statistics mentioned are of little use in order to judge whether an aircraft/airline is safe or not.
Most incidents in the former USSR happened due toe adverse weather conditions/corruption/poor maintenance/generally poor safety culture.
All this does not apply to Motor Sich.
... but I fear Motor Sich will not restart once the war is over.

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