TERRIFYING flight | Engine STUCK on full power! | Cathay 780

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On April 13th, 2010, Cathay Pacific flight 780 began experiencing a series of critical problems with its engines, miles above the South China Sea. This was a situation the pilots of this A330 had never trained for. Would they be able to bring the aircraft to a safe landing in Hong Kong, or would they end up crashing into the sea? The lives of 309 passengers depended on their making the right decisions under immense pressure.

This episode uses the official report to piece together what happened on board Cathay Pacific flight 780, on its flight from Juranda international airport in Surabaya, Indonesia, to Hong Kong.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:06 Aircraft and Crew background
02:51 Departure and Trouble
05:43 Descent into Danger
07:29 Pan Pan
11:10 MAYDAY - Emergency Approach
13:02 Landing
14:16 Evacuation
14:58 Aftermath
15:31 Investigation
18:26 Salt water source
18:45 Recommendations and Improvements

[dgale]

this is the clearest, and most understandable channel on aviation. First class narration. No garbage no melodrama. Thank you

[SuperLordHawHaw]

One thing I've learned from watching aircraft failure/crash investigation videos is that if the pilot announces they have an "issue" during flight you can assume it is 10x worse.

[JFKgaming]

The funny part is that the passengers were probably so oblivious to the event, until they finally touched the ground, they probably thought that the captain was a terrible pilot, considering that they slammed into the ground. Little do they know he saved all of their lives.

[fluxerflixer]

That captains skill, including the first officer, saved that airplane. I couldn’t imagine the stress knowing your landing at twice the speed, one engine stuck at high power while the other is not working, only one T/R operative, and the scariest of all NO OVERRUN at Hong Kong, just the sea. Kudos to that flight crew!

[hmae]

Not me, a 21 year old girl without a sliver of knowledge about aviation watching every single one of these videos. I’ve learned so much, I watch so intently it’s as if I’m going to be writing a test on it 😂. It’s just fascinating, and the descriptions are clear and concise. This is the best channel I’ve come across honestly 👏🏻

[zvisger]

I really do love this channel. This guy has put me to sleep so many nights, with his calming voice and the cozy little stories about dying in an airplane crash.

[mayanightstar]

I'm OBSESSED with learning about airplane incidents like this! I don't know anything about flying, I'm just a civilian, but I love learning and I love hearing stories about amazing flying skills and improvising in an emergency

[ericnekli]

The subtle irish accent is soo pleasant to listen to! I think one of the cardinal reasons I like this channel so much is the excellent narration.

[priyacharichakravarti]

Brilliant cooperation, clear communication, cool heads, presence of mind, clear understanding of the aircraft and truly diligent training by each of the pilots averted danger to everyone aboard. True heroes.

[frank]

Excellently narrated. Really compelling without melodrama or sensationalism.

[johnfisher]

How the engines managed to run for as long and as well as they did for most of the flight is a miracle in itself

[lianasmith]

Absolutely in awe of both the skill of the pilots and the fault finding and alert technology on this plane

[cdudeNYR]

Between you and Mentour Pilot, I don't need any other content. Great stuff and a serious situation treated respectfully.

[simplelifelost]

It was a wonderful display of flying skill and a very well deserved award.

[saldun]

A tragedy unfolded in the worse ways and the commended pilots saved the lives of all. Amazing work from the flight deck and the back and forth from ground engineers. Truly in these times a seasoned pilot and copilot. Today I wonder in 2022 do we have the experience flying and would the outcome be the same. Great research, commentary without bias in investigation. Thank you.

[Yosetime]

I so appreciate a voice narrated aviation video. Many other aviation channels use text instead of voice narration and that makes it so hard to watch it. I think if you continue to voice narrate so well like you did for this video, your channel will grow past those who currently have more subscribers but are still using text only. I think you're gonna gain some traction and start gaining more subs at a pretty good rate of you keep it up. Good job!

[angiemorgan]

So I agree with everyone on how amazing the production value is on the channel. The voice, presentation, graphics, and storytelling...top-notch.

But something I don't see anyone mentioning is how refreshing, on a couple of different levels, the choices and balance of the stories he shares. What I mean by that is yes, he shares the more known stories where there was a big explosion, or it breaks up in the air, or the crash is devastating with a large loss of life (at least known for us who love listening to plane crash/aviation channels) but he also shares emergency landing stories, or crashes where most or all survive.

It's not only refreshing to have a happy ending to these every so often, but also I'm finding many stories shared that I havent heard before, which is becoming harder nowadays.

I think many other channels focus on the "devastating" ones, if that makes sense, which tend to be the most well known. A few I've heard many times from different channels (Japan 123, Tenerife, TWA Flight 800, etc) so I just really appreciate and enjoy hearing ones I'm not as familiar with, and find myself cheering when there are amazing pilots working together to be able to land a crippled or malfunctioning plane!

Anyway, favorite channel...one of the few where I dont think I would change one thing about it.

[DaveWhoa]

Australian pilots seem to be some of the best in the world, i mean you only need to look at Qantas' impeccable safety record - not a single fatality after WW2

[RipRoaringGarage]

Very nice presentation. I never worked on Airbus, but I did cringe at that mechanic that kept pumping. Thats a big no no for other reasons too, as pumping fuel at higher pressures can lead to statis electricity, which can ignire the fuel in the tanks, as well as rupturing fuel lines, o rings, fittings, etc. Just a terrible ...mistake? Is it a mistake? I can almost guarantee that he didnt care and just wanted to sign off on the fueling. Sad thing is, that I have come across such mechanics, that would do a repair knowing it was wrong, just to get 10 extra minutes on their lunch break.

[mattoc]

Always suspected that the airbus optimal glide was the green dot inspiration! Classy. We’ll done another superbly produced and informative documentary video.