Hero passenger steps in for ailing pilot
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Captain Mark Gongol assisted in the landing of a 737 after the commercial pilot fell ill. More from CNN at www.cnn.com/
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An honest guy....."the first officer did all the flying, i just backed her up".
@Evan Snyder Exactly what struck me too :)
@@colinsouthern What a weird comment, coming to talk about Trump in a video that has nothing to do with him in any way.... I think your obsession with him is a little unhealthy at this point. He is living in your head rent free 😂
@@colinsouthern ok cool- sometimes you need unsolicited opinions to realize how lost you really are.... have a great day! Merry Christmas!
@@colinsouthern wow, this is quite the diatribe.... have a great day
@@colinsouthern Another moron for the win. What are you, 12?
Ailing Pilot:"TY for stepping-in."
Stand-in Pilot:"I didn’t have a choice, my wife made me, plus I kinda had a vested interest in landing safely."
Ha ha ha! This comment... priceless!
R IJJ 99
Good woman your wife Sir. She's a keeeeeper!!!
This is one of my most favorite comments on RUclips. Vested interest?? Hahahaha!! Hell yea he had a vested interest. That is great!
They use him as backup they were afraid he would do a combat Landing and Victory roll
Bless him for giving credit where credit was due
That takes more then balls that is real character
It just sounds modest, The work load in a civilian airliner cockpit in congested civilian airspace can get extremely high. A single pilot can get task saturated. They are Captain and First Officer, but they fly as Pilot Flying (PF) and Pilot Monitoring (PM). They will usually switch tasks on each leg of the their route. He stepped in as PM and handled all the routine radio calls, and confirming the pilots actions on the check list. It was his knowledge of radio, air traffic control, and cockpit procedure that really helped out
@@alanmacification exactly. It was a teamwork. He knew the First Officer had more experience with that particular craft, so no need to play a hero.
Be a part of the team, and do the tasks assigned to you. That is the only way to success in these situations. Or rather, doing the opposite and arguing is most certainly a way to doom.
He is a class act. Period.
Class act. Gave credit to the 1st officer as deserved. Proud to be a USAF veteran.
When / Where did you serve? just asking out of interest :)
I couldn't be more proud to be a USAF vet.....nicely done Captain.....
HooooooAaaaaaa
@fasteddie4145 THANK YOU for YOUR service
@Scott Stevens merry Christmas to you and yours
Flight attendant: Surely you can fly this thing?
USAF pilot: Yes I can and don’t call me Shirley.
Lol, i like it. And as the pilot is recovering well, feel that it's okay to add.... "there's a problem in the cockpit"!
"The cockpit? What is it"?
"It's the little room at the front where the pilot sits. But that doesn't matter right now".
It looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
👍
So funny. Love Air Force pilots
Did he eat the chicken or the fish?
Proof that service goes beyond regular military duty. Nicely done Sir.
Lucky he was a Bomber pilot... Imagine if he said "yes, I fly, I'm a fighter jockey let's see what this ol' crate can do"!
briquetaverne this gave me a good laugh
Aerobatics are just more fun
I read that as a Boomer Pilot. Bruh!!
or worse..".I fly a computer-Game"
Opened cargo doors and dropped his payload of luggage on Council Bluffs.
He wasn't just a passenger, he's a PILOT.
Splitting hare-hairs
Yes we can tell he a pilot
Would not let you to fly
Why SPEW the OBVIOUS
Make not so smart
True, but it’s still impressive, because he didn’t have a Boeing 737 type rating.
@@nelsoncr2817 I'm a private pilot with very little and I mean very little jet time and I can handle the radios of any plane. Communications among all planes is the same, same as navigation. Just a tad bit faster.
@@afdchocolatemilk2107 I've noticed that. I've been watching so many cool piloting vids. I'm getting flight simulator. Maybe inspire myself to take up flight school
@@blaquentgruppe6547 Who's splitter hairs here?
You can hear how humble he is in his voice. 🇺🇸
Totally agree.
Great person.
_"I think you better ring your call button."_ Understanding wife.Sir, thank you for your service to our country and to the airline that needed you the most! Great video, great guy!
Ailing Pilot:"TY for stepping-in."
Stand-in Pilot:"I didn’t have a choice, my wife made me, plus I kinda had a vested interest in landing safely."
Well said!
Flying is easy, landing was the issue.
The wife probably also wants to get to the ground safely. When you hear "is anyone onboard a pilot?" I don't think it's time to chill thinking "ah they've got this, we'll be fine, they don't need me"
When I was younger I knew a WWII vet who flew B24's and B17's in the war. After the war he went on to fly commercial airliners.
When I asked him if he had any difficulties adjusting to civilian flying he said
" I still can't get used to flying without getting shot at. "
Yes.
Lord love the pilot
Passenger “I fly drones in my backyard”
Pilot “Great. You’re in. Have a seat”
There is nothing better than having someone's back when they needed it the most. Nice work my man.
People like this, 'salt of the Earth. Doesn't seem to take unnecessary credit, gives due to the female first officer, stepped up calmly as needed. Guys like this and Sully, are the real common man military type heroes. Dig it.
Kudos to her too!!
proud of him, professional, humble, class act.
This is an American hero... he stood up and did what he could to help others. That is what a hero does!
Oh yeah like he had to be American - like if he were British air force officer he would say fuck it I ain't doin' nuthin' here's an idea let's all die. What a moron.
Better hero's than certain "hero's" who get shot for being a criminal
@@sammysouth8372 he has an American flag on his arm dude. Go outside and get some air, or maybe eat a Snickers bar.
@@sammysouth8372 Lol exactly what I was thinking
A pilot helps out another one doing the radio and reading checklists, what exactly is heroic about that? A hero is somebody who sacrifices himself to save others, in this case his ass was on the plane so he didn't do anything special.
What a gracious man. Thank goodness he was in the right place at the right time.
"There's no reason to become alarmed and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"
No reason I'm asking, just curious. We know you had a lot of choices in airlines, we thank you for choosing ours. Even if it's the last choice you'll ever make.
I wonder if the airline gave him any extra points ?
"...we're also out of coffee..."
Panic ensues
Shades of ' Airplane ! '
. I'm fine until the flight attendants put on parachutes and jump out.
"I just backed her up". No Sir, you did her job so she could do the pilot's job. She couldn't have done it without you. Awesome job, Sir!
Please note: This guy deserves credit. Any replies taking that away from him will be deleted.
No, she could have been pilot flying at the time already.
"Omg this pilot is ailing"
Me: *Yes mam ive got 360 hours in microsoft flight simulator move outta the way please*
I have over 10,000 hours, a lot in the pdmg 777 and 747
I've got 5 out of 5 bars full of flying skill in GTA V. You can sit back down, I'll take over
@@alexjones9308 How did you get that much flight hours? . I only logged 40 flight hours in Xplane 11.😫
Can I have your pc because it is so impressive for your pc to display a heavy application like Pdmg for ten thousand hours. M y pc can't do that.
@@Nathanielthepotato I have a mediocre at best pc, but it's honest and it gets the job done. Safe flights brother!
haha
Hell of a job interview.
There are great people in the armed forces.
@@daviddoran3164 veterans and amazing employees
I used to do business trips with a guy that had over 10,000 hours as a pilot of a KC-135 and about 100 hours in a B-52 - I never worried about a potential problem with the pilots of the commercial planes
Such a wonderful and humble person. His help was a God send for that 1st officer. God bless him.
@ianh any aircraft over 12,500 lbs are legally required to fly with 2 pilots. This is because they are more complex and there is a greater workload. If this had been a cargo flight or if none of the passengers had any flight experience, the 1st officer could have handled it by herself, but having some help with the workload makes it more worry free
@ianh I am sure the First Officer could have handled the situation all by herself but I'm also sure she was grateful to have another pilot assist her at this unusual and unexpected time.
So why did God get so involved in this particular incident, he doesn't normally intervene!
+BOLLEFISK123 God has intervened in my life quite a bit. Glad He does.
@@whiteribbonman1 no. You have have accepted the doctrine that you have not control of and are not responsible for your actions.
Your life is controlled by tales created upto 5 thousand years ago; written down hundreds of years later in other than English. These stories were then interpreted by those wishing to control an uneducated population. All this by people of dubious ethics.
There is no credible reason to believe in a God like enterty, other tha blind belief and doctrine.
This story has everything to do with a suitably educated and experienced person being in the right place at the right time. Nothing to do with Devine intervention.
Bravo Zulu Sir. The fact that you are humble speaks volumes about your character. I'm glad that you are standing watch.
Talk about being in the right place at the right time thank God for you buddy good job.
Not rlly a thank god moment, the first officer flew and landed the aircraft, he was just there to stand by helping with radio comms,
@@chromaticturtle8657 - I'm sure the co-pilot was extremely relieved. He was much more than just a helping hand.
Chromatic Turtle
You have no idea what that meant yo the first officer.
Flying is like riding a bike.
You never lose it completely.
Once in his zone, he was on it and that took a ton of strain off the first officer.
@@chromaticturtle8657 O yes, That was a "Thank God" moment, to be sure!
@@chromaticturtle8657 try flying a passenger plane alone doing all the check list and radio comms alone and being nervous see how that works for you, that's why there are two pilots instead of only one, yes I would definitely say that was a Thank God moment.
Pilot: Nervous ? Capt Mark: Yes. Pilot: First time? Capt Mark: No I've been nervous before.
Like Chuck Yaegar:
Nope. Too damn busy trying not to lose the airplane or die.
David mc - Female Co-Pilot: "I take my coffee black, like my men"
@pete w - David mc's quote went way over your head! His quote came from the 1980 comedy movie AIRPLANE! My quote also came from the movie AIRPLANE. The joke is on you because you didn't get David mc's joke! Search RUclips: I TAKE MY COFFEE BLACK, LIKE MY MEN and you'll get the joke.
@pete w You’ve got to be a sheer joy at parties. Looks like I Picked the wrong week to read RUclips comments.
Does anyone know how to fly a plane
Every Air Force aviator dreams about that moment. He got to do it. Great story!
yeah..reading checklists in a 737 or dropping bombs after a 14hr trip to the IP....smh
This is a guy you always hope is on your plane if something goes wrong...
Recently retired from the airline business, kudos to Captain Gongol. No burners on a 737 though but despite all the negative press lately the 37 is a good aircraft, it's history speaks for itself. Thanks to all now serving, those who have, and those who will in the future. FLY NAVY!!!
I used to drive a Ferrari (B-1B) Let me help you park your Datsun (737)
^ this.
@@3melendr592 in what world is a corvette a higher performance vehicle than a ferrari
@@thecanadianavee8r660 this one....the new zr1 rips. Lol ferrari is a joke now look at lap times and be amazed.
😂😂😂
You are an idiot!!!!
"What experience do you have? ".."B-1 supersonic bomber"..........."alrighty then you think you can help me land this 737?"........."lets do this!"
It isn't a problem of flying the plane, it's being familiar with crew and cockpit procedures, and the sharing of the workload. Her role was Pilot flying (PF ) and he stepped in as Pilot monitoring (PM) . Normally the Captain and First officer would trade roles on each leg of a flight.
Go Air Force! Great work Sir.
As a fellow combat pilot I have to say kudos to you sir for assisting in managing the cockpit and becoming an Intercal member of the aircrew at a needed time
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Aloha Snackbar
Got a good laugh after hearing that CNN reporter say no misleading is happening over there 😂
Passengers: oh my god the pilot is not feeling well who will take his place?
Me: *Let's see if this plane can dogfight*
Fifi. Fifi should step in and save the day! Remember Gary Larson's "The Far Side"? :)
When pilots or doctors travel, I think their should be a way to indicate to the Airlines that a pilot or medical personnel are a passenger on the plane. If there is any kind of emergency, they know someone with flying or medical knowledge would be available.
They have to make an announcement regardless, so the extra 5 seconds of waiting for a response won’t really make any difference.
@@roccop3760 It would be best to keep an emergency in the cockpit from the other passengers. Making an any announcement indicating trouble, might frighten passengers, especially those with medical conditions causing additional problems.
There is someone with medical knowledge available on every flight...flight attendants. They have to be certified in cpr/first aid and on all of the emergency equipment onboard. (Defibrillators/oxygen/etc.)
My son, a former NYS EMT, says announcing your a doctor is great until you find out they are a podiatrist while an EMT who very frequently responds to strokes and heart attacks gets brushed aside. All that glitters is not gold.
A male friend of mine told me that when he would fly he would take out his pilot's license as identification. He said they would be only be several minutes in the air when he would be called to the cockpit to talk to the flight crew to get an idea of his flight experience and on what type of aircraft. The reason for this was to ensure the flight crew had a passenger who could help in an emergency flying the plane.
Her: what’s your experience?
Me: Ace Combat
Her: we are going to die
Her: what’s your experience?
Me: Ace Combat
Her: We are going to die
Me: Affirmative, m'am, that's our squadron´s motto
Her: Oh, my God!
Me: No, m'am, that's our sister Squadron's motto. Now, step aside.
If you respond with dcs would we die?
@@toasty8547 no she’d call you a virgin and then you’d die
God bless this man.
Good story and true! Bless this young man for being who he is. In the right place at the very minute his learnt skills were needed. Thank you.
Another American hero. Go Air Force!!!!!!
Lucky he was onboard. Did as asked without hesitation and jumped in to help. My kid of guy.
"I just want to say good luck. We're all counting on you."
It is a 100% certainty that the FO would have landed without incident. For all of you who don't know, airline co-pilots are 100% qualified to fly the airplane, without assistance if necessary. You are totally safe if either pilot becomes incapacitated.
Exactly, I'm not even sure why they had to throw a scare into the passengers by calling out, "is there a pilot on board"?
The 1st officer, as well as the captain, are trained for single pilot operations.
Seems kind of an over reaction to me to ask the passengers if they can help in the cockpit. Lol
Everybody already knew the pilot was out.
Getting additional help for up front would be valuable.
However, it goes a lot smoother and quicker if you have someone who can reduce your workload and run through the checklist.
Also, even a minor problem without the support person could have created a situation where a crash or a belly landing could have occurred.
You cannot be reading checklists if you are the pilot flying the aircraft - and the checklist are great at identifying and eliminating issues and making sure the aircraft is configured for a proper landing.
First Officer: "You gonna help me land this thing?:
Sully: "Yep, where's the nearest river?"
The FO took the pilot flying role, he took the pilot monitoring role.
On a commercial plane both pilots can fly the plane solo but you always have at least 2 to reduce workload and more importantly to have a redundancy in the system for cases such as this
bless you for helping.
This is America for you. Our boys will be willing to help without being asked. 🇺🇸 God bless you sir.
A great uplifting story in these uncertain times. Very well done!!
It happens sometimes, a French crew I know that where Falcon 7X pilots had to do the same while they where 30 minutes into the flight on an Air France Airbus 330, they helped to remove the captain that wasn’t as lucky as the one on this video as he had a hard attack. One of the two guys I knew took the left seat the other one the jump seat and flew back safely to the departure airport and him too handled the radio and the check lists...being a pilot myself yes it does help a lot to give a hand even if you are not type rated as you are already familiar with all the basics of flying an airplane and working as a cockpit team. But for those who are not familiar with it we do train in the simulators for me twice a year and during the training they might surprise us with a pilot incapacitation where you have to come back and land with some failure on top of it...just to make it not that easy of course !
What truly great and humble dude , we need more people like this
The Walter Mitty dream of every small plane pilot is to land an airliner during an emergency.
I’m Canadian. My friend was a RCAF pilot (the Team Lead of the Snowbirds Precision Flying Squadron to be exact) with the rank of Major upon retirement. He’s now a Captain for WestJet flying passenger jets. He too, is a class act and wonderful human being. If something ever went wrong, he’s the guy I would want flying my plane. I believe Military pilots make the best civilian passenger aircraft pilots because of their training as well as their ability to remain calm under intense pressure.
He is indeed a hero although he'll never believe himself to be (true heroes never, or rarely ever, consider themselves to be a hero). A hero is simply someone who does what is necessary because to do anything else is unthinkable. My brother saved a person's life once. He was scared out of his skull that the person was going to die before medical help arrived. He's a hero and actually realizes it, but he never brags about it. He did what had to be done because he couldn't have lived with himself otherwise.
God bless your brother, can you please elaborate more on how he helped him, is he a doctor?
@@SustainaBIT He was in college and had just stepped out of a restaurant from having dinner when he heard the screech of tires and a crash. Someone had been thrown clear of one of the cars and this person was bleeding out. My bro got the loss of blood under control and stopped the bleeding. Could have just used a tourniquet, but at the time he was afraid of that causing the guy to lose his arm. Yeah, I know, and so does he, now, that losing an arm is better than losing your life. But in the heat of the moment... He said he stuck his fingers in the wound and finally (couldn't have taken more than seconds though it probably felt like hours) found the artery or vein that was bleeding and got it stopped. He said he was never so glad when the paramedics arrived. He said he had nightmares about it for two weeks and still has them occasionally.
Yes, respect to your brother. I’ve been in a similar situation and I was inwardly terrified that the guy I was helping would die before professional medical help arrived. In my case it was a road traffic accident and the guy in the driver seat of one car had serious injuries and all I had on me was the first aid kid in my car. But he lived, even if he had to spend months recovering.
It's great to hear this good guy that he helped the other pilot.
Watching from New Zealand. You are awesome. ❤
Pilot: who are you
Dude who walked through the door: thought this was the bathroom, sorry.
What a gret representative for talent and humility. Love the appropriate shout-out for the first officer!!
A humble hero...where are they in this hell hole called 2020
God bless him for stepping up to help this flight, thank you women and men in armed forces
He has flown jets and large jets, he would be a great help in the cockpit. God bless them all.
The most important part is that he flew multi-crew aircraft. He totally understood the role of backing up the pilot flying the aircraft. He knew how to talk to Air Trafic Control, and he could find the checklist book, the right checklist, and knew how to use it and properly communicate to the pilot for each step to be accomplished, and finished.
There is a reason that the actual base procedures and roles are identical in military aviation and commercial aviation.
All that goes away with a single pilot aircraft though.... Then one person has to do it all and its different procedures.
Well done captain. Proud to be a fellow Air Force pilot. Nice job sir
I love that he didn't try to take any of the credit and called out the incorrect media reports
Wow!! That is awesome! Pilots are trained to handle the entire workload if one of the pilots becomes incapacitated. But, that workload can be a bit much. How great of him coming in and handling the radio, so the pilot could focus more on flying.
Hope the pilot who became sick is doing better today!
I have known a few USAF pilots,they are the coolest cucumbers you will ever meet. I do not care what.plane they flew they are some of the best trained pilots in the world and handle pressure like no one else. If needed he could have.put that plane down safely,maybe not by all the usual steps but he could have landed it no doubt in my mind had he been needed to land it. Those folks think and act different than normal civilians. No disrespect to other branches of US MILITARY I bet navy marine or whatever pilot could do what has to be done.
That guy is the epitome of a military serviceman. Worthy of a presidential commendation.
What a marvelous and humble man. My brother, a pilot and career air traffic controller for 25 years (Hopkins/CLE), told me that of all the amazing people in the world, he admired pilots above all others. RESPECT! from Albuquerque
This man should never buy another drink for his whole life.
Nonsense, didnt you watch it? He did radio only, no flying what so ever.
@@GeordieBoy69 He helped get a plane on the ground, from passenger to pilot, I would buy this hero a drink.
@@kevinbaird7277 no radio only, he did not fly at all.
@@GeordieBoy69 That is still a great way to help get the plane on the ground. Handling the radios meant the First officer could focus on flying.
@@stingyaviation exactly, but people are going like the guy got out of his seat as a passenger and flew the plane as first officer couldnt. Which isnt true and is an insult to the first officer who is clearly capable of flying single handedly.
What a great pilot and attitude. Helped in anyway he could to relieve over tasking the 1st officer.
What people don’t understand is that the first officer (copilot) could’ve done all the work herself without any help. I’m not trying to discredit the Air Force guy and I appreciate his help but the first officer is trained to operate that aircraft safely should the captain have a major issue.
I agree; however, the B737 is one of the hardest modern jets to fly according to every pilot I've heard speak about them. Getting help with checklists and comms is vital so errors do not happen.
Recite all the practical help it seems to me the moral support was great anyway.
It's a two person job. Especially during approach and landing.
Marvin Monk I fly the 37 professionally. There are procedures in place should one of the pilots become incapacitated. This is true to any operation that requires two pilots.
He was saving his own neck.
Great work by the FO handling the whole situation, and recognizing what Capt. Gongol could help her with.
Military people are so awesome! :D What a hero! What his wife said was awesome too!
The ONLY time in his life his wife will SEND him into a room with another woman.
I'm sure this guy doesn't want to be called a hero. But he's definitely a great role model. We truly need Americans like him right now. Thank you! 🇺🇲
Went to school with this dude...glad he's mellowed out.
no way
The military tends to do that to young guys - especially after flying a billion dollar aircraft like the B1 bomber, which carries enough payload to launch World War 3 all by itself...
His time to prove himself. Never judge a person
Bein a leader
Cant be a wimp
Can we
So EVENTUALLY he not around you
so he mellow
Are you mellowed out
Did he steal u GAL
He was the JOCK
U the pumpum
I would say check your comment . That man is a badass in more ways than one it could have been a lot worse if not for him .
a common hero of duty, honor, and honestly.
Great man!
How can anyone give this a thumbs down ? I bet if they were on that flight they would have given this a thumbs up .
This was a long time ago, when CNN used to be a news media.
I was just going to say that. If he went on today, I'd question his judgement.
He's a outstanding representative of the greatest military in earth.
You gotta love humble hero’s! 🙌🏽
A real "class" act, not after headlines, just to provide service, it is men and women like these two as described that give me confidence in our country's defense. He is a splendid example of a real hero. Humble man, thank you, Captain, you do have wings!!
Wow! Such a simple, committed, caring person.
That was a great interview the substitute pilot acted as an assistant the first officer ran the show sounds like a smooth transition I am ok with it they have several checklists the pilots have to accomplish each flight and can you imagine how many times they have to change frequencies. This is a very rare occurrence but a military guy came through
This is the ONE time, I will give CNN, a thumbs up.
This guy is now a First Officer for Delta flying 757 and 767s.
Thank you sir for stepping up and helping and safely help land . hopefully the pilot will be ok
Co-pilot : lets land this thing!
This guy : opening bomb bay doors!
Co-pilot: That... that was the cargo door. You just "bombed" Omaha with everyones luggage...
@@FireHawkGaming lol😂
Army and Pilots are just awesome 😎
She said: "what's your experience." I said: "I fly model planes". She said: " OK take a seat..."
Basically, what he is saying is that the first officer became the pilot in charge off the aircraft when the captain got sick and this man became the co-pilot so that the first officer could concentrate on flying the plane as she is the one type rated for the 737. He hit the checklists and talked to ATC on the radio as that was the job of the first officer if the captain had not become sick.
After they landed, Leslie Nielsen opened the cockpit door and said, "I just wanted to say good luck. We're all counting on you."
Simply amazing, CNN reporting news accurately. Wait a second, that was the hero that clarified the story.
Class act.
This is why our military is highly respected by decent Americans.
B-1 pilot! Buddy, you're godsend!
Nice to see an honest, straight-forward good guy.
They are always Heros some times and somewhere...Thanks God
Hong Kong
This guy later became a 757/767 pilot for Delta
If it was me getting into the cockpit.....
First Officer: who are you?
Me: I'm a pilot.
FO: What's your experience?
Me: Xbox, and Playstation.
FO: Get out(then starts muttering to herself about how we're all going to die).
I was very close to calling bullshit until he was honest enough to give credit to the first officer for doing most of the flying. Large commercial airliners like that require very specific training and certification called type rating based on the model of the plane. You can't just swap from flying a B1 to a 737. Kudos to the guy giving credit where it's due.
That’s why I always travel with my husband ( he’s a Pilot)✈️
That the only reason you travel with your husband? :D
@@VictorHahn , no!
@@VictorHahn Haha. nice.
You just don't see enough of this kind of news on the TV, Very good story.
ANGELS WALKING AMONGST US 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Oh fucking please.
Outstanding!! What professionalism!!