WHY did the Captain Do THIS?! Air Liberté Flight 930

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What happens when a snap decision made in the cockpit turns a routine landing into a roller-coaster ride?

In today’s video, we break down the chain of events that led to Air Liberté flight 930 careering off the runway, sideways, at high speed.
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[shom]

Love this channel. I was on a flight to Texas a few weeks ago and the pilot did a go-around. The nervous flyer seated next to me said "what is going on? I said, "something wasn't right so the pilot is going around. The pilot is on his/her game!" I then met the pilot as I exited, so I asked him what happened? (We chatted for a while he was gracious and friendly) And simply said, "the plane in front of us was just too close. It didn't feel right so we went around!" He was a real professional!!!

[RisingChaosWriting]

honestly, as a non pilot, these videos have had an effect on me. I am significantly more confident about the safety of air travel than I ever was before. It's perhaps a strange thing to be reassured by the reports of accidents, but seeing just how many things had to go wrong for these accidents to happen tells me so much about the robust and healthy safety culture among pilots. Thank you for being a good ambassador, I guess? your videos are good.

[triox]

I'm a French guy training to be an ATC and I've been a subscriber to your channel for quite some time now. I've never written a comment, but I really have to pay tribute to all the work you put into each of your videos. They're a delight to watch, and help me to maintain my "aeronautical English"

[GiacomoBoschi]

I would like to say that in my opinion this channel is useful also for non-pilot people, I feel like it gives me a sort of "cultural baggage" of safety in everything i do, both in my work (I am an engineer, but it could be anything) and in my general life. For example, I understand now clearly the importance of things such as speaking up, recognizing the onset of stress or fatigue, the importance of questioning anything out of the ordinary, sharing a mental model of what's happening, always assess and plan before acting during a crisis, make plans in advance for a likely emergency, and so on. I am far from perfect in all of this but this videos are a good reminder on how to improve myself.

[greenockscatman]

I lived in Lapland for 25 years and never even heard of this accident! What a remarkable channel!

[Simple_But_Expensive]

Power plant operators are also subject to arousal states. It especially becomes a problem on the graveyard shift. You have been sitting and monitoring equipment for the last three shifts with absolutely nothing happening, and suddenly having to deal with an upset. The problem is that your butt is glued to your chair by a peculiar form of gravity measured in lethar g’s. Successful operators are able to overcome this g force and do what they have to to control and correct the problem. My job was to answer my phone at 2 AM when an unsuccessful operator called me without ever getting out of the chair to attempt to handle the situation. I made a lot of overtime money over my career because of them.

[sharathpaps]

I am a paediatric cardiac anaesthesiologist and it amazes how similar the jobs of an anesthesiologist and a pilot are. Both professionals need to be eternally vigilant, well trained with procedures and be familiar with mental checklists for a large variety of adverse events. There are a lot of things from the pilot training curriculum that I wish we could adopt into the medical field.

Anyways, I am a big fan of yours and have enjoyed every video thoroughly. Thank you for the excellent work that you do.😊

[philltchigiya]

I am stunned on the “silent cockpit” rule.

[michelletilley]

Thank you Petter for helping me cure my fear of flying! I was more than just a nervous flyer, I was a terrified flyer. Now I somewhat enjoy flying! You explain the way airplanes work so well. You're so calm and knowledgeable, and you don't sensationalize things which is much appreciated. You and your team put out amazing content, and I can't thank you enough!

[azaph_yt]

I like that you are focused on the chain of events and not on assigning blame. Outside of aviation, the focus is often on finding "who screwed up", so an accident gets classed as "human error" while the focus should really be on WHY someone made a mistake, so that it can be avoided in the future by e.g. design changes or procedural changes.

[jenboz]

For non pilots watching these videos, I can tell you as a Boeing 757/767 type rated pilot that Petter knows his stuff! You can trust the information you hear because he is absolutely spot on with the technical aspects of each accident/incident he speaks of! This content is gold and it's incredibly insightful and of course, riveting! Thank you to Petter and his staff for all the hard work that goes into bringing us this world class content! INCREDIBLE!

[KeoTheUndamaged]

"have you ever had your plans changed last minute" - well that certainly applies to over 90% of what you cover in Mentor Pilot

[gregoryknox]

My first solo was September 1969 at 16 C150, and my first jet was the MD80 in 1990. I had fun landing, but I did have a problem landing on my last OE trip. The check airman didn't like my Go-around decision and took over, forcing the nose gear down first just as TOGA kicked in, I pulled the spoilers out as he deployed the reversers, and the mains SLAMMED to the pavement. No injuries but he lost his Check Airman slot "GO AROUND COMMANDED BY EITHER PILOT MEANS YOU'RE GOING AROUND" the Chief Pilot told us. 30 years later I retired as an Airbus Captain with American Airlines. That one landing event always stuck with me. Years later, we flew again, on the 757 and he didn't say much to me, it was just one leg, SFO to PIT and I never saw him again. I love your channel, keep up the great work.

[davidshakespeare]

In CANADA it’s called Mandatory Frequency but it is the same service and not actual control while many foreign pilots are confused by it.

[danceswithmules]

-9C "a mild winter day" ... Meanwhile, in Tucson, AZ our population breaks out the arctic survival gear when the temp drops below 10C (50F).

[AirSafetyInstitute]

Always impressed by your production values, Petter! Keep up the great work.

[cedricaron]

We don’t call it officially AFIS in Canada, just uncontrolled, despite the existence of personnel in the tower speaking on a UNICOM frequency.
The airport CYRQ of Trois-Rivieres is a good example with a runway of 9’000 feet where you don’t get official clearances.

[AshishKulkarni]

Good LORD the tyre marks on the runway are harrowing!
They practically tested the entire structural integrity of the landing gear, and some more!
As always, great video, Petter.

[lucabernardi]

In 1994 I and my girlfriend flew for vacation in Tunisia with Air Liberte Tunisie, from Bologna (BLQ) and return. During the return flight, with an MD83, at the beginning of the descent on Florence, the right engine start to make a strange noise like a washing machine in spin cycle, and was clear hearing the other engine pushed to full power. After a very quick landing we desembarked from the rear exit river of oil was dropping from the right engine. My father was in the terrace of the airport to wait us, and told us that the MD83 was followed from a dense trail of white smoke, and obviously he was terrified we passenger a little too, with the plane suffering immense vibrations and crabbing due to the asymmetrical think that this airline have had not only this problem, but many many

[ScottLovenberg]

It's worth noting that most of these stores have a common element, in addition to the usually mentioned safety concepts : In non-trivial systems, failures cascade. Even when redundancy is taken into account. Your first problem isn't anywhere near the magnitude of the final resulting problem. Be vigilant of identifying when a simple problem is heading towards "no solutions". You'll wish you had a "not ideal" solution or had taken the "not ideal" bailouts you had along the way once they're gone. This pattern applies to pretty much everything in life. It's taken me years to fully internalize this reality.