Terrifying Moments as Both Engines Failed on Approach to Hong Kong | Cathay Pacific Flight 780

Find out what happened to this Cathay Pacific Airbus A330 with the crew unable to control both engines on final approach to Hong Kong.

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[BigDaddy_MRI]

Good to see that all survived. Thank you for the great video. Love your channel. I appreciate when passengers and crew survive a difficult problem, and shows the professionalism of the flight crew. Keep up the great work. Your channel is one of my favorite on YouTube.

[thomasmichaelschwarz]

The pilot is a hero. As far as I know he asked dispatch to turn back when the problem first showed up but dispatch denied as they did not want to have delay. Later near to Hong Kong dispatch told the pilot to "ditch" the plane in the water. Fortunately he did not follow and landed the plane at 10 Knots over the highest landing speed Airbus ever tried. A hero flew that plane!

[THELIFEOFPRICE]

Always a breath of fresh air when you do a video where everything turns out okay and everybody survives =D

[anasuk]

Ohh ..That moment of happiness when seeing "Everyone Survived"

[daverogers]

If I were a pilot I would hear, "terrain, pull up- pull up" in my sleep. I don't think I'd sleep very well.

[jonathanludgater]

Having met both of these fine pilots and flown with the First Officer many times I can attest to the professionalism of both, without the teamwork and capability of both crew members this could very likely have been a great tragedy.

[AndrewHazelleTravels]

CX pilots are one of the best in the world. Flew with them once from Kuala Lumpur to HKG. The pilot landed the A333 smoothly during typhoon

[nenblom]

Best two words ever: “Everyone survives.” Those pilots were true heroes!!

[BurgBikers]

The Peculiarity of your videos are that they have never failed to EXPLAIN things in detail.... Congrats Dude!Keep it up!

[RollaBeauty]

it's such a breath of fresh air seeing a video where the flight crew didn't act like idiots and actually remain calm and follow protocol. the end result was excellent! no fatalities or injuries! bravo to the flight crew!

[theguythatlovesplanes]

This really was a miracle, good job pilots

Great job re-creating this incident

[williamsantoso]

My relative was in this plane, all passenger was using life jacket when pilot declare emergency as a preparation if the plane failed to land on the runway. Btw Cathay give a compensation to all passenger due to this accident.

[Angelica_Rodriguez]

Truly amazing job by both of these pilots. Such a relief to see the "Everyone survived" at the end of a reconstruction!!

[ranaalghamdi]

Do you know what is the best part in your videos is when you say All PASSENGERS SURVIVED ❤❤❤

[dheyes]

What a beautiful ending to what otherwise could have cost the lives of more than 300 people. The pilots worked together to get their crippled jet safely on the ground without one single injury. I hope that they were recognized for their skills and ability to remain calm under extreme pressure to get it right the first time. Bravo.

[happytrails]

ok, I know the automated little man yelling at the pilot is necessary, but when I hear him say those things it gives me such anxiety

[thomasmichaelschwarz]

I like your channel a lot! On this one the pilot was a hero. He landed the plane at 10 knots over the maximum landing speed ever tested by the manufacturer of the plane. And that at this awkward imbalance of engine power. What you did not mention is that the company cathay told the pilot to ditch the plane in the water....he fortunately declined and executed this heroic landing.

[IntellectualHazard]

I wonder what would happen if this was Kai Tak! Imagine a stall warning with Bank Angle and Too Low Terrain! The Kai Tak Heart-Attack attack would be a real one!

[ferraricarpaccio]

I clap loudly whenever there is a happy ending, I am a frequent flyer and every time the plane lands safely I pray and thank the awesome professionalism of the pilots and all crew members.

[kirti]

yet another awesome recreation from the man himself!