[REAL ATC] British Airways A380 into Minneapolis | Medical Emergency

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  • Опубликовано: 7 янв 2025

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  • @VASAviation
    @VASAviation  7 лет назад +35

    A few days more to tweet your favorite video with the #MerryxVAS hashtag! Postcards are almost on the way :D

    • @bobac1083
      @bobac1083 7 лет назад +1

      Thanks again for making this video for me. I remember staying up late (past 4am local time) to grab the audio for this one and got a video from my house of it taking off.

    • @Viking251978
      @Viking251978 6 лет назад

      Hey, would you have anything on an Air India out of JFK which took the wrong turn into LaGuardia after take off? It seems it happened this last February - but cannot find anything but a couple of articles from flying enthusiasts.

  • @CBikeLondon
    @CBikeLondon 2 года назад +106

    7:53 engine 31: "50 yards" , speedbird: "can you do that in metres?" had me in stitches

    • @joeysworldsewer
      @joeysworldsewer 9 месяцев назад +3

      This is the Midwest, you'd need to find a Canadian among us to help you 😂

  • @gabereiser
    @gabereiser 3 года назад +307

    hahaha, "Speedbird another 50 yards or so." "Can you give that in metres?" lol.

    • @davidhandyman7571
      @davidhandyman7571 3 года назад +37

      Speedbird: "Cheeky bugger." Having an English father helps me appreciate the suttle sense of humour.

    • @KC-rd3gw
      @KC-rd3gw 3 года назад +20

      45.72m. Out of all the imperial units yards are the most similar to a meter

    • @marilson84
      @marilson84 2 года назад +8

      @@KC-rd3gw which we also use regularly here in the UK, for instance sat navs they would use yards instead of metres

    • @joylunn3445
      @joylunn3445 2 года назад

      Disgraceful Speedbird, check up on your Imperial measures. I'm in the UK.

    • @duk2k
      @duk2k 2 года назад +9

      No one use really use yards out there apart from US and all the golfers 😂

  • @TEHEPICBROS
    @TEHEPICBROS 7 лет назад +477

    Love hearing BA pilots on the radio - always so relaxed yet professional! You'd think they'd be sipping on their cup of tea whilst this whole thing was going on!

    • @chrissteer001
      @chrissteer001 7 лет назад +13

      OMG!!! Totally exciting!!!! Very relaxed but they know exactly what they're doing.

    • @flyboy747uk
      @flyboy747uk 7 лет назад +25

      That's us Brits for you lol

    • @chrissteer001
      @chrissteer001 7 лет назад +24

      We rarely have ANY European companies fly into MSP. KLM and Air France are the only ones. It's exciting when we get some diversity. :)

    • @MegaVector2011
      @MegaVector2011 7 лет назад +24

      The pilot, who has never landed there before advising the ATC controllers of the best taxiing route is a little insane, although I can believe that as they must have been nervous landing such a huge plane.
      Good job all around.

    • @steveroyle6002
      @steveroyle6002 7 лет назад +1

      James De Lambert they probably were.

  • @AkiraAkiyama
    @AkiraAkiyama 7 лет назад +266

    Absolutely professional especially for the airport which rarely handle A380s.

    • @isaactxn
      @isaactxn 3 года назад +2

      Only 3 times as of 2021

    • @jacobwong2230
      @jacobwong2230 3 года назад

      Can it handle an A380

    • @maxotzenberger8374
      @maxotzenberger8374 3 года назад +3

      @@jacobwong2230 Absolutely, there are C-17s that fly into MSP a few times a month. As well as the occasional 747.

    • @paulspomer16
      @paulspomer16 2 года назад +1

      @@maxotzenberger8374 More than occasional. UPS flies 747s into MSP regularly along with Atlas Air occasionally. Back when Delta was flying the 747, MSP had one there daily.

    • @stephengnb
      @stephengnb 9 месяцев назад +3

      MSP also had the An-225 a number of times. (RIP)

  • @roblaa3198
    @roblaa3198 5 лет назад +73

    love the BA call signs "speedbird" 👌

    • @joylunn3445
      @joylunn3445 2 года назад +2

      Dates from Imperial Airways from the 1920's.

  • @mymx5az
    @mymx5az 7 лет назад +43

    In 1956, while the new MSP terminal was under construction a friend of mine, whose father was an Army general, took us on a visit to the room where the air traffic controllers were working. Being 10 years old at the time, all that I remember is that the room was dark and that most of the light in the room was coming from the controllers screens.
    In 1962 we toured the new terminal before it was in operation. Unlike today there were only 2 concourses. Instead of the multiple parking garages there was one very large parking lot.

  • @bobac1083
    @bobac1083 5 лет назад +30

    I still remember that day... I was pissed cause it came in 2 hours after my shift when i was a ramp agent with Sun Country at the time. Now im with Swissport Fueling. Thats who does fueling at MSP. When something like this comes in that the fuelers are NOT trained on, its the supervisors who do it. I heard stories from my co-workers when an Antonov 124/225 comes in, they have to have a crew member who can translate it for them cause the fuel panel is in Russian. As for the A380, ive seen the fueling panel. Its crazy.... Only way to fuel that A380 on the runway is by a 10K tanker.

  • @fhuber7507
    @fhuber7507 7 лет назад +68

    Like the controller planning ahead with the plane 45 min out from landing.

  • @RKK.27
    @RKK.27 4 года назад +31

    Actual call sign: Speedbird 6B Super
    ATC: Speedbird 68 Heavy
    Shit's hilarious, love it

  • @joshblackie08
    @joshblackie08 7 лет назад +38

    Love the use of the maps!

  • @jcdock
    @jcdock 7 лет назад +171

    That was handled very professionally even for an airport that sounds like it doesn't usually take 380's

    • @sythemaster1
      @sythemaster1 7 лет назад +41

      We don't. Our airport never really got outfitted to handle an aircraft that size. Airbus did stop during their tour of the US with the 380 but MSP isn't much of an international hub so we don't see much heavy traffic. Our airport is mainly a connection hub for Delta.

    • @JACK-sv8td
      @JACK-sv8td 7 лет назад +9

      Jc Dock no not at all, the biggest aircraft I have seen (besides the 380 in the video) is a 744 but very rarely

    • @sythemaster1
      @sythemaster1 7 лет назад +6

      You forgot our seasonal 343 (soon to be 772) from Air France

    • @bobac1083
      @bobac1083 7 лет назад +5

      No we never get A380s here. Its only for Medical or weather diversions (from Chicago O'Hare). Look on my channel though for the Antonov An-225 taking off from MSP. That was the biggest aircraft to visit MSP ever.

    • @Wizzardgirl
      @Wizzardgirl 7 лет назад +2

      @Captain Matt .. When I heard the KLM 787 a few weeks back, I thought it must have been an emergency! Pulled up FlightAware and saw it was a scheduled flight .. I almost had a stroke. It is so tragic to see what has happened since the end of Northwest. It is like the land of CRJs and 737 up here now. 1492 is landing as I type this .. but A330 isn't the old days of the "Gold Concourse" filled with DC-10s and 747s.

  • @sirabcde
    @sirabcde 7 лет назад +185

    My home airport. So cool! Our poor guys in the tower had to look up what an a380 looks like though.

    • @TheStrickland94
      @TheStrickland94 7 лет назад +8

      Yeah it's not exactly tiny :P

    • @sean636
      @sean636 7 лет назад +28

      How do they work in aviation and not know what the biggest passenger airplane in the world looks like?

    • @MrNickhalford
      @MrNickhalford 7 лет назад +8

      +Sean Carney i think he's talking bollocks

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 6 лет назад +17

      Sean Carney he's exhaggerating, you nitwit.

    • @Teverell
      @Teverell 6 лет назад +31

      I could almost hear him thinking 'British Airways? That's Speedbird - we NEVER get to talk to Speedbird out here!'... and then they referred to it as Speedbird rather than British Airways just because. It's a damn cool callsign!

  • @virginiaviola5097
    @virginiaviola5097 3 года назад +75

    You’d be a bit confused I guess if you thought you were heading to London and woke up in a hospital in Minneapolis instead.

  • @QemeH
    @QemeH 6 лет назад +34

    This video is an exellent reminder why you should always be alert when crossing ANY runway, no matter if they are listed as "active" in the ATIS or not. Just one medical emergency is all it takes and suddenly you have someone landing on 35 (of all places) when runways in use are 12R and 12L.
    Now... nothing happend here, not even a close call, but I thought it was a nice little reminder not to think "well that runway is closed anyway" when taxiing...

  • @Mxmcking
    @Mxmcking 7 лет назад +630

    Can you do that in meters :D

    • @pingu5746
      @pingu5746 7 лет назад +87

      Mxmcking ahh, yes (silence)

    • @bahenbihen
      @bahenbihen 7 лет назад +23

      Loved that hahaha

    • @jacksonabernathy1683
      @jacksonabernathy1683 7 лет назад +16

      My favorite line out of any +VASAviation video
      Edit: Typo

    • @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043
      @gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043 7 лет назад +33

      Gotta love the Brits. Lucky for ATC, they didn't have to. I can see them looking at each other shrugging

    • @ssyynntax
      @ssyynntax 7 лет назад +86

      You mean the rest of the world? Ask any person from Europe, Africa, Asia & South America what 50 yards is and you'll get the same response xD

  • @YelpBullhorn
    @YelpBullhorn 7 лет назад +24

    Nice clip. Particularly enjoyed the use of the map and the plane and vehicle icons. But it must be an absolute nightmare for an airport to handle an impromptu arrival of one of these goliaths, what with the airport having a limited number of reinforced taxiways capable of handling their incredible weight.

  • @smaze1782
    @smaze1782 7 лет назад +41

    Another top notch video VAS.

  • @richardgoold3306
    @richardgoold3306 6 лет назад +79

    Take about BA pilots being professional, I've seen one having a cup of tea when his 777 was getting pushed back in Sydney, Australia got a photo for it too. Lol.

    • @lezlezman1843
      @lezlezman1843 5 лет назад +5

      You sure it wasn't brandy?

    • @bjoe385
      @bjoe385 4 года назад +3

      The point stands.

  • @the3rdid485
    @the3rdid485 2 года назад +6

    Damn. Minnesota nice meets British manners. I've never heard so many "please, thank yous, and yes sirs" in my life lmao.

  • @hershey1079
    @hershey1079 Год назад +3

    Haha this is amazing. My wife and I were at the airport waiting to go to Vegas and I freaked out when I saw the 380 and my wife didn’t understand why I was nerding out.

  • @aswan7714
    @aswan7714 3 года назад +59

    E31: Another 50yards would be fine sir
    Speedbird: nah mate, we dont do that here 🙌

    • @ravingcyclist624
      @ravingcyclist624 3 года назад +6

      50 meters would be the same. :-)

    • @FNLNFNLN
      @FNLNFNLN 3 года назад +4

      @@ravingcyclist624 Almost, but not quite

    • @virginiaviola5097
      @virginiaviola5097 3 года назад +1

      He’s being a turkey there, a yard and a metre are almost identical give or take an inch/cm or two.

    • @p0neh1
      @p0neh1 8 месяцев назад

      @@virginiaviola5097 A yard is about 9% less than a metre. So not really a "cm or two", a yard is about 9cm less than a metre

  • @joblo4608
    @joblo4608 3 года назад +9

    Watching this just thought about the fact that I was on an A380 that diverted due to a medical emergency, there was even that "is there a doctor on board" announcement. It was an Emirates flight into Sydney that diverted and landed at Perth, turning an already long flight into the longest of my life. It was a long time between the emergency and landing in Perth -- we were over nothing but ocean with nowhere to land until we reached Australia's west coast. This was in 2010, or possibly 2009 or 2011, I've lost track. I never thought much about everything that had to gone on behind the scenes and the comms with ATC, or that one does not land an A380 just anywhere. Off now to see if there's a video of it! (Though maybe a bit too long ago for that.)

  • @pauljameson1
    @pauljameson1 7 лет назад +50

    The gate confusion was funny to me.

  • @carschmn
    @carschmn 6 лет назад +7

    MSP has two terminals. Lindbergh is larger and dominated by Delta. Humphrey is off to the side and takes numerous smaller airlines. Planes have to commute to Humphrey from the runway.
    Also love hearing the Minnesota accents on the radio.

    • @vivianperino5006
      @vivianperino5006 5 лет назад +2

      carschmn ...me too...I grew up there...they have a distinctive accent....

  • @Theonedjneo
    @Theonedjneo 7 лет назад +65

    MAC firefighter did not get the little bit of British humor thrown in there.

    • @AHJ99.
      @AHJ99. 4 года назад +10

      Assuming you’re on about yards and metres... I don’t think the pilot was joking, we genuinely have no idea what 50 yards means over here!

    • @goldenkoi23
      @goldenkoi23 3 года назад +1

      @@AHJ99. I assume you don’t play golf ?

    • @NoHeartAnthony
      @NoHeartAnthony 3 года назад +3

      Of course brits do you plonker.

    • @joylunn3445
      @joylunn3445 2 года назад +2

      @@AHJ99. Oh yes we do.

    • @buckfaststradler4629
      @buckfaststradler4629 2 года назад +2

      @@AHJ99. Bollocks

  • @Exentity
    @Exentity 3 года назад +19

    Omgggg the meters killed me, and literally struck me when he said “So?”

  • @jimilori1404
    @jimilori1404 6 лет назад +19

    Captions in red is difficult to read unfortunately

  • @Levikj
    @Levikj 7 лет назад +35

    Yay finally a video on Minneapolis my home airport!

    • @VASAviation
      @VASAviation  7 лет назад +8

      And another one to come soon :)

    • @ricardoo6063
      @ricardoo6063 7 лет назад +6

      Oh for Pete's sake, Tower has such a strong Minnesota accent!

    • @Levikj
      @Levikj 7 лет назад +4

      o ya you betcha they do

    • @KimberKat
      @KimberKat 7 лет назад +2

      Don't know if you use Facebook often, but we have an MSP spotter group! facebook.com/groups/1454826958107758/

    • @Levikj
      @Levikj 7 лет назад

      You are in it also?

  • @scdon123
    @scdon123 5 лет назад +14

    At 8:03 he doesn't say "so", he says "Just shout".. meaning just say when to stop.

  • @Kratos-es2py
    @Kratos-es2py 7 лет назад +128

    Can you do that in meters HA. Got a right chuckle out of that one. Good man.

    • @QemeH
      @QemeH 7 лет назад +26

      Engine said: "Sure we can." and then never did :D

    • @bobjoe-bv2vc
      @bobjoe-bv2vc 7 лет назад +8

      Seems that ground heard "Can we do that in meters?" And replied "Yes sir" thinking they meant "Is 50 meters close enough?". I can't believe that a Brit doesn't know yard ~ meter.

    • @CDB8939
      @CDB8939 7 лет назад +12

      Of course they do he was having a joke

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 6 лет назад +4

      "Suuure we can.. ;)"

    • @pec104
      @pec104 6 лет назад

      Are you really all too dumb to spell "metre" correctly?

  • @markpell8979
    @markpell8979 Год назад

    Great coordination here between MSP ATC, Ops and ARFF. Keeping everybody involved and solving problems.

  • @thegreat_I_am
    @thegreat_I_am Год назад +2

    British Airways forced to land at an unscheduled airport and the BA pilot has to tell the ground controllers which taxiways can handle his aircraft. That’s pretty cool.

  • @Henocied
    @Henocied 7 лет назад +9

    Loving the new maps.

  • @seanyu4019
    @seanyu4019 5 лет назад +84

    BA: Do u do that as metres?
    Ops: Of course!
    ...
    BA: So?
    Ops: (off frequency) wtf did he say?...

  • @nickagapion1925
    @nickagapion1925 3 года назад +4

    “Can you do that in meters?” 🤣🤣🤣. That’s hilarious.

  • @tunezjunkie87
    @tunezjunkie87 2 года назад +28

    I love how funky our airport is at MSP. Big enough to be a (former) major airline hub, but not big enough for A380s... not incredible amounts of traffic, but 4 funky runways because Air Guard and MN weather.

    • @leomessi6639
      @leomessi6639 2 года назад +1

      Not sure if you saw speedbird landing on the runway.. if it was small they would have aborted 😅

    • @paulspomer16
      @paulspomer16 2 года назад +2

      “Not big enough for A380s” It sure is big enough for them. There aren’t any gates that are big enough to handle them if that’s what you mean, but the runways and taxiways can absolutely handle an A380.

    • @CrossingTalkAdmin
      @CrossingTalkAdmin Год назад +1

      Former? It's still a major airline hub.

  • @JACK-sv8td
    @JACK-sv8td 7 лет назад +28

    I was wondering why I saw a BA A380 on Flightradar24 from MSP a few months ago, we don’t get many heavy’s here anymore, largest I have seen is a 744 but very rarely

    • @BollocksUtwat
      @BollocksUtwat 7 лет назад +2

      The last ever Delta 744 landed at Minnie for its final flight in service just a few days ago. I could probably scare up the liveatc for you.

  • @Ap0aps1s
    @Ap0aps1s 6 лет назад +10

    “I got a question for ya”

  • @Izmael1310
    @Izmael1310 7 лет назад +6

    Good video. I've always wondered how serious medical emergency has to be to make the emergency/medical landing. If it is serious like heart-attack or some seizure or stroke. Or even some temporary fainting or temporary unconsciousness for a little bit is also enough to make that landing.

  • @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214
    @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214 7 лет назад +30

    I’ll slam the brakes on lol.....then the fire chief didn’t know what the distance was in meters ....😂

  • @iatsd
    @iatsd 7 лет назад +10

    Fun factoid for those thinking the "heavy" and "super heavy" categories are not too important: the A380 has a max take off weight of 1.2 *million* lbs and can be up to ~890,000 lbs when landing. Compared to a run of the mill Heavy at 300,000 lbs..... there's a reason these things can only operate on certain runways and taxiways; most aren't designed to handle the potential weight and size.

    • @meikilev8109
      @meikilev8109 5 лет назад +5

      Can I have this in kilo ? LOL

    • @giantaxe3958
      @giantaxe3958 2 года назад +2

      Sorry so late but fun fact: factoid is not a fact (in fact it's quite the opposite). It refers to a piece of unreliable information that is repeated so much that it is accepted as fact.

    • @iatsd
      @iatsd 2 года назад

      @@giantaxe3958 Wittgenstein

  • @flemmingstelling8079
    @flemmingstelling8079 7 лет назад +19

    Note - The controller is not using the ICAO wake tubulence call suffix correctly for an A380 as it is "Super (Heavy)" - not (just) Heavy. Obviously not had too many A380's in his neck of the woods before.

    • @chrissteer001
      @chrissteer001 7 лет назад +11

      Only 1 at MSP, and that was 12 years ago, haha!!!

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 7 лет назад

      Christopher Steer They haven't been in service that long...

    • @chrissteer001
      @chrissteer001 7 лет назад +4

      This was a promo and not a company operated 380. It might have been 10 or 11 years ago. I can't remember.

    • @boywaja
      @boywaja 7 лет назад +5

      good memory. I did the google. and its 2007. read an interesting blog post, and watched some poor quality youtube videos.

    • @Wizzardgirl
      @Wizzardgirl 7 лет назад +3

      Yep .. November 2007 .. Airbus was trying to lure some of Northwest's 787 business away with A380s .. which became rather moot shortly after the A380 visited. But she was a beauty to behold, inside and out. However, totally impractical for MSP. Good thing this landed during the late night lull. If this was mid-afternoon .. oh boy. What a mess!

  • @mortalclown3812
    @mortalclown3812 3 года назад +2

    Can't believe I watched this like a little movie. Two of the most polite regions on earth meeting. Great graphics, too - just wish the font was a bit bigger. Cheers, all.

  • @mountainmikeoutdoors
    @mountainmikeoutdoors 4 года назад +8

    "Can you do that in meters?"
    Yeah about 50. 1m is 1.09yds.

  • @jayh6431
    @jayh6431 3 года назад +4

    Why taxi for so long when there is a medical emergency onboard? Would the first exit from the runway not be a good place to meet paramedics?

    • @stephenbeck7222
      @stephenbeck7222 3 года назад +4

      I am guessing since the plane is so big, if they stayed there on the alpha part of the taxiway then the plane plus the medical trucks would be blocking other planes from taxiing to their gates. The plane was going to take off again after getting the passenger off the plane so they weren’t going to a gate themselves.

  • @biga5227
    @biga5227 4 года назад +2

    We don’t normally get 4-engine planes here in Minnesota. It was a sight to see. :)

    • @jakolu
      @jakolu 4 года назад +1

      I guess not since DL retired their 747s. Used to be very common at MSP.

  • @RhyxRhy
    @RhyxRhy 7 лет назад +136

    Can you do that in meters? ha

    • @EwingTaiwan
      @EwingTaiwan 7 лет назад +7

      Indra Heodinata Haha none of that imperial rubbish

    • @pec104
      @pec104 6 лет назад +3

      "metres" Dumdum.

    • @dphorgan
      @dphorgan 6 лет назад +11

      pec104 dipshit. Both spellings are correct. Troll somewhere else.

    • @reformCopyright
      @reformCopyright 6 лет назад +4

      But they're British! So to them it's "metres".

    • @NetAndyCz
      @NetAndyCz 6 лет назад

      yes, (but I won't) :D:D

  • @Manusoftarhiba
    @Manusoftarhiba 6 лет назад +6

    Does someone know what the bloody hell happened to the passenger that needed the urgen medical assitance???

  • @poker_18rs92
    @poker_18rs92 5 лет назад +12

    I love these videos but I have no idea how the pilots remember all of these instructions.

    • @VASAviation
      @VASAviation  5 лет назад +14

      We usually write them down.

    • @HupfderFloh
      @HupfderFloh 5 лет назад +2

      This bothered me as well until I saw it for the first time in a video. Same with the epiphany that pilots will have a map of the airport at hand and that usually they're not both having to frantically hold on to the stick lest the plane crashes...

  • @jules8473
    @jules8473 3 года назад +3

    I really enjoy these videos. I was just wondering though if you offload a passenger does their luggage still go. They seem to be super strict regarding luggage if you aren't continuing on. I didn't know if an exception is made for this type of situation.

    • @joblo4608
      @joblo4608 3 года назад +5

      I was on an A380 that diverted for medical emergency about a decade ago. We sat on the ground for a *very* long time, and at one point the captain announced that the delay was because they had to dig through all the luggage to pull the bags belonging to the passenger offloaded. I can only speak for this one particular instance, but in this case, yep, we sat there while they searched for the luggage.

  • @kinennsa
    @kinennsa 5 лет назад +10

    'Can you do that in meters?' The US is always different from the rest of the world.

    • @joylunn3445
      @joylunn3445 2 года назад

      Glad you still work in Imperial. Shame on you Speedbird.

  • @EG-0611
    @EG-0611 7 лет назад +73

    7:56 can you do that in meters :D I am done :D

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 6 лет назад +9

      EG 0611 yes sir.
      ...
      ...
      ...
      ...

    • @QemeH
      @QemeH 6 лет назад +2

      And then the speedbirg again: So?
      Reminded me of that meme: "Well? Were waiting..."

  • @jordan4541
    @jordan4541 7 лет назад +17

    So what do passengers who have medical emergencies have to do in this instance when they're taken to a hospital overseas? Would they have to book another flight home? In this case BA don't operate to this airport so I'd imagine they'd have to book a connecting flight?

    • @padge4112
      @padge4112 7 лет назад +27

      Jordan Lucky yeah I guess this is where travel insurance becomes a smart idea

    • @jordan4541
      @jordan4541 7 лет назад +4

      I know right. You don't want all that hassle

    • @cliveramsbotty6077
      @cliveramsbotty6077 7 лет назад +4

      i know that the travel insurers make arrangements in similar situations...

    • @Levikj
      @Levikj 7 лет назад +8

      i think they would either put them on with american since that is their alliance, or send them on DL10 straight to London on a 763

    • @bobac1083
      @bobac1083 7 лет назад +6

      Delta or American because of the airline alliance.... They dont need to send a British Airways plane here.

  • @MaxBarnish
    @MaxBarnish 7 лет назад +6

    a yard and a metre are very similar aren't they?

  • @ThePulmentinum
    @ThePulmentinum 7 лет назад +9

    7:51 this made my day...

  • @punchoo
    @punchoo 6 лет назад +4

    7 years in the US and I still can't understand Yards!!! I got used to feet, pounds and miles somehow!!!

    • @mikeL5183
      @mikeL5183 6 лет назад +1

      You know feet? 1 Yard is 3 feet...

    • @skuula
      @skuula 4 года назад +2

      1 yard = almost 1 meter...

    • @mula2626
      @mula2626 3 года назад

      Yard is 36 inches meter is 39 inches.

  • @GenAfterNextTactics
    @GenAfterNextTactics Год назад +1

    Not sure why the BA pilot requested meters. The UK definitely still uses miles, yards and feet.

    • @mata2723
      @mata2723 Год назад

      From the other comments, this is supposed to be English sense of humor

  • @krakenmetzger
    @krakenmetzger 5 лет назад +3

    Apparently Piers Morgan was on this flight. LAX to LHR

    • @BillinHungary
      @BillinHungary 4 года назад +1

      Actually, Piers was on a smilar flight 3 years earlier.. from LAX to LHR and it also diverted to minneapolis for a mecical emergency.. here is the article abou tthat incident - quite similar. www.startribune.com/crew-member-falls-ill-forcing-london-bound-airliner-to-land-at-msp/267329471/
      Any West Coast to Europe flight takes a great cirle route over Canada, and there is a lot of sparsely populated area in central Canada; Mineeapolis seems to be the "go-to" airport for medical emergencies on those great cirlce routes.

  • @Zoomer30
    @Zoomer30 7 лет назад +11

    A little tounge in cheek humor there. "Can we have that in meters?"
    At that point I would on my phone "Hey Google, 50 yards in meters"

  • @realistbrit349
    @realistbrit349 7 лет назад +11

    Do they not normally get 'super' sized aircraft fly into Minneapolis? Wonder if that is why ATC kept referring to it as 'heavy'.

    • @SouthernPacificPatch
      @SouthernPacificPatch 7 лет назад +16

      Realist Brit No, A380’s do not normally fly into MSP.

    • @mplsgordon2
      @mplsgordon2 7 лет назад +10

      ATC will use the "heavy" term with any aircraft which can have a gross weight of 300,000 pounds or more. This designation warns aircraft following the heavy to be aware of the potential for wake turbulence. It's also a reminder to ATC to maintain a longer separation behind the heavy. If you use the term every time, you don't forget it at a critical moment.
      A 747 is also a heavy, and at least until very recently they were in and out of MSP daily. But the 380 is so large and heavy that they had to plan out the path it would take around the airport in advance.

    • @davelowe1977
      @davelowe1977 7 лет назад +17

      Realist Brit
      'Heavy' is usually appended to all 'big' aircraft. I believe they should use 'super' for the A380 because it's bigger still.

    • @kd0axs
      @kd0axs 7 лет назад +7

      A380s don't normally come here to MSP. Rare to even get a 747 here anymore. Biggest we get regularly are Delta 777s and UPS/FedEx MD-11s.

    • @BillClay88
      @BillClay88 7 лет назад +5

      M. G. Stinnett That's crazy, 300k lbs is considered heavy. I think I've heard an a380 can weigh up to million lbs or more. No wonder why so ppl are in awe these planes can get off the ground.

  • @Allylonng1416
    @Allylonng1416 3 года назад +1

    What was the emergency that the passenger had I like to know more about the emergency

  • @CowsFriend1333
    @CowsFriend1333 7 лет назад +130

    Metric system should really be used globally...

    • @PrograError
      @PrograError 7 лет назад +4

      loved how the engine just stun there don't lnow what to do...

    • @TonyP9279
      @TonyP9279 7 лет назад +6

      Yeah, that was embarrassing. Yards isn't even a standard unit in aviation.

    • @alphapilotguy7956
      @alphapilotguy7956 7 лет назад +5

      But feet is, which is interesting

    • @MattHobbie
      @MattHobbie 7 лет назад +5

      Isn't 50 yards pretty close to 50 meters anyway?

    • @MissYijare
      @MissYijare 7 лет назад

      bout 45 meters, a car lenght

  • @ianworthington2324
    @ianworthington2324 3 года назад +1

    Anyone know why they need to do a runway check after an a380 takeoff/landing?

    • @pocketdynamo5787
      @pocketdynamo5787 3 года назад +2

      Due to its weight, A380's require reinforced taxiways, and possibly runways, too. I presume they don't have such at KMSP.

  • @bigfoot9013
    @bigfoot9013 7 лет назад +11

    Why didn't they have the ambulance down off the end of the runway (30L) to save time from having to back taxi

    • @tgm9991
      @tgm9991 6 лет назад +5

      Big Foot because the airport authority didn't want them to block that runway and taxiways.

  • @RomeoMike22
    @RomeoMike22 Год назад

    Is there a reason they had the plane come to the crew and remain on the runway?

  • @llibressal
    @llibressal 4 года назад +2

    Upload VASAviation to Rumble as well please.

  • @MegaVector2011
    @MegaVector2011 7 лет назад +1

    Brit translation. 9.11 in the pilot says. 'OK, yeah. No, we haven't logged on so we'll log on now and well hopefully it will come through, if it hasn't though - get back to you and see if you can send it again'.

  • @nashty135
    @nashty135 7 лет назад +6

    can you do BA 747 engine compressor stall out of PHX that happened last week.. there’s actual footage of the whole thint

  • @chrisloach9658
    @chrisloach9658 6 лет назад +2

    What is the reason for having them taxi back up the runway, instead of using a taxiway?

  • @billywhizz6483
    @billywhizz6483 7 лет назад +64

    "Can you do that in metres"... deary me!

    • @CDB8939
      @CDB8939 7 лет назад +7

      He was joking

    • @markuskoller9904
      @markuskoller9904 7 лет назад +1

      Joking during a medical emergency? Don't think so. Funny though, even I know that a yard is roughly a metre.

    • @Scylla94941
      @Scylla94941 7 лет назад +9

      I don't think he was joking because he expected a response.

    • @williamstephens9945
      @williamstephens9945 6 лет назад +4

      We use metric for certain things and imperial for others.There is a big generation divide about which. I doubt he was joking. He just wanted to be sure he could visualise the distance.

    • @stephenkoehler4051
      @stephenkoehler4051 6 лет назад +1

      50 yards is About 45.7 meters in case anyone was wondering.

  • @forfengeligfaen
    @forfengeligfaen 7 лет назад

    4:17 So if the wind is reported by the direction from which it originates it's blowing towards 350 degrees. So would landing on 35 would give you a 9 knot tail wind? Why not land on 17?

    • @GigsTaggart
      @GigsTaggart 7 лет назад

      forfengeligfaen Runway numbers point the way that wind does. RW 35 means you are flying north landing on it.

    • @forfengeligfaen
      @forfengeligfaen 7 лет назад

      I agree the 35 means the aircraft pointing 350 degrees but the wind is *coming from* 170 degrees i.e. it's also blowing towards the north.

    • @forfengeligfaen
      @forfengeligfaen 7 лет назад

      aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/26549/how-is-wind-direction-reported-blowing-from-or-blowing-to

    • @GigsTaggart
      @GigsTaggart 7 лет назад

      forfengeligfaen oh right. They reported wind 170. A 9 knot tailwind isn't anything to worry much about.

    • @sythemaster1
      @sythemaster1 7 лет назад +2

      For the sake of the pilots, nobody really wants to land a 737 directly behind an A380, especially when they were using a cross direction runway. Safer to just land with the bit of tailwind than to try to do an extremely short final through the wake turb of the 380.

  • @hamentaschen
    @hamentaschen 7 лет назад +8

    Anyone know what the medical emergency was?
    And THANKS VASAv for all your hard work on these vids. Just awesome!

    • @janisbanis6882
      @janisbanis6882 7 лет назад +9

      Cardiac arrest. BA has all the emergencies on a list.

    • @martinc.720
      @martinc.720 6 лет назад +1

      janis banis Cardiac arrest and he got on the ground 45 minutes later? I’m afraid to ask...

    • @phils4634
      @phils4634 6 лет назад +7

      Martin - the outcome may depend on the nature of the "arrest". All aircraft carry AEDs, and if the problem was a shockable rhythm defect (e.g. severe AF or, of course, VF), the outcome can be reasonable. Bear in mind that the customer may simply have had syncope (resulting in severe bradycardia) - not too uncommon (and something that can easily be mistaken for a "full-on arrest" even by experienced personnel). Cardiac and IMMEDIATE respiratory arrest is another thing entirely - when this happens (simultaneously) the outcome is usually terminal - since the cause (multiple or major vessel occlusion) is a non-surviveable event, even with immediate intervention.

    • @sweetdaddydee1314
      @sweetdaddydee1314 6 лет назад

      Wasnt carrie Fisher on this flight?

    • @Teverell
      @Teverell 6 лет назад +2

      @@sweetdaddydee1314 No; Carrie Fisher was on a flight from London to LAX and went to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, in December 2016. This was a flight to London, in 2017. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Fisher#Death

  • @dom12011
    @dom12011 6 лет назад

    How often do you normally post these videos?

  • @jacksonabernathy1683
    @jacksonabernathy1683 7 лет назад +3

    Why did I get a Boeing ad after this?

    • @GigsTaggart
      @GigsTaggart 7 лет назад +1

      Because you don't have enough SWaP C. That ad is kind of weird. Like people on youtube decide what plane the government buys.

    • @jacksonabernathy1683
      @jacksonabernathy1683 7 лет назад

      I mean because this video is about an AIRBUS not BOEING

    • @Zizzily
      @Zizzily 7 лет назад

      Because Boeing is showing off their new, anti-diversion™ technology. /s

    • @counterfit5
      @counterfit5 7 лет назад

      The 797 will have a hospital on-board

  • @kaesarromanova1876
    @kaesarromanova1876 3 года назад +1

    45 minutes out? That’s one of the problems of A380! Few options to divert! If a passenger has a heart attack waiting 45 minutes can be fatal!

    • @russell7926
      @russell7926 2 года назад +2

      I'm not sure if there's a flightaware, but if you look at the GCMap for SFO-LHR, it's likely they were probably over Saskatchewan or Manitoba, so Winnipeg or Saskatoon would have been the closest decent sized airports, but likely not big enough for an A380, hence the longer divert to MSP.

  • @02Nawal
    @02Nawal 7 лет назад

    Wow that would have been a sight to see

  • @HubertGamer
    @HubertGamer 7 лет назад

    Do you have some atc transmissions of the BA T7 that diverted into Baku?

    • @VASAviation
      @VASAviation  7 лет назад

      I've searched but nothing found.

    • @HubertGamer
      @HubertGamer 7 лет назад

      Ah okay! No problem. I think Azerbaijan atc had the same rules as the UK where you can't record ATC transmissions.

  • @ColinMill1
    @ColinMill1 4 года назад +2

    Those who like the BA pilot's cool might like to hear Andy Green during the final run of the Thrust SSC car that gave him the World Land Speed Record:-
    ruclips.net/video/zwh7Hlk6q1I/видео.html
    The whole calm under all circumstances thing is driven by the RAF and seems to permeate through UK aviation.

  • @skeleguns10oooooo10
    @skeleguns10oooooo10 3 года назад

    The Tower mistaken Speedbird 6B Super for 68 heavy

  • @eddy360146
    @eddy360146 6 лет назад +3

    can i just ask who's ops44?

    • @blackandblueeagle
      @blackandblueeagle 6 лет назад +2

      i was wondering the same thing. seems like he's moving around the runways and taxiways (like when he says he's clear of 17) and also has the final say on how situations are dealt with at this airport.

    • @simonpeters2128
      @simonpeters2128 5 лет назад

      @@blackandblueeagle Some ground staff car. Maybe engineers

  • @ThatOneWeirdChannell
    @ThatOneWeirdChannell 2 года назад

    I'm surprised it didn't land on runway 4 or 22

  • @PennsylvaniaEAS
    @PennsylvaniaEAS 5 лет назад +1

    Why did TWR day speedbird heavy when the 380 is a Super

  • @sylviaelse5086
    @sylviaelse5086 5 лет назад

    I'm a bit surprised that it had enough fuel to do an unscheduled landing and takeoff, and still proceed to destination.

    • @CalebBlackhand
      @CalebBlackhand 5 лет назад +9

      I guess he didn't.... Check 9:57 where OPS said "fuelers are done" - I think the A380 got a fresh gulp of power juice for the remainder of the flight :D

  • @Angry.General1461
    @Angry.General1461 2 года назад

    Nobody took pictures?

  • @gooner72
    @gooner72 4 года назад +1

    Maybe it's because pilots are very well educated but whenever you fly on either Virgin or BA, the British pilots always sound that posh.....🇬🇧✌

  • @saml6084
    @saml6084 5 лет назад +12

    If the Antonov 225 can do it, Speedbird A380 can do it ;).

    • @calviinle
      @calviinle 5 лет назад +2

      Dude... you bring up a good fact..

  • @jameskinglion
    @jameskinglion 6 лет назад +1

    can you do MSP shut down where they close the airport for weather

    • @vivianperino5006
      @vivianperino5006 5 лет назад +1

      jameskinglion ....every other day in the winter ❄️

  • @rhpmike
    @rhpmike Год назад

    Can someone tell me if the request for meters was genuine or a joke?

    • @GenAfterNextTactics
      @GenAfterNextTactics Год назад

      Has to be a joke or him being pretentious. The English are definitely familiar with what a yard is.

    • @rhpmike
      @rhpmike Год назад

      @@GenAfterNextTactics thank you!

  • @pleappleappleap
    @pleappleappleap 4 месяца назад

    50 yards is roughly 50 meters.

  • @Roytulin
    @Roytulin 3 года назад

    Damn the controller is out of breath 😆

  • @pault1964
    @pault1964 4 года назад

    Ops44 were so polite

  • @bugjuicer
    @bugjuicer 3 года назад

    "have you got that in metres?" XD

  • @AceYYC
    @AceYYC 7 лет назад +6

    Good thing the pilots are absolutely on top of it cause tower had no clue where they could go on the field

    • @bobac1083
      @bobac1083 7 лет назад +2

      Clueless? Because we DONT GET A380s!!! Idiot. MAC owns the airport so they decide where it goes. You dont live in MN or work there so you wouldnt know like i do. Troll.

    • @VASAviation
      @VASAviation  7 лет назад +5

      Don't offend.

    • @MegaVector2011
      @MegaVector2011 7 лет назад +1

      Yep. The taxiing routes were all planned by the pilots

    • @aehrr4247
      @aehrr4247 6 лет назад

      We get at least 6 a380s here a day at KLAX :)

  • @kapilupadhyaya6469
    @kapilupadhyaya6469 4 года назад +1

    This guy has never experienced an A380 (super) or speedbird😂😂

  • @waynec369
    @waynec369 3 года назад

    OPS 44: "Whaa whaa whaa whaa whaa.... whaa whaa whaa whaa whaa."
    Tower: "copy"

  • @jacksonabernathy1683
    @jacksonabernathy1683 7 лет назад +11

    How to judge how popular your channel is:
    1.) Release A Video In The Middle Of A Weekday
    2.) See How Many Views You Get In 6 Hours
    +VASAviation you are popular

    • @VASAviation
      @VASAviation  7 лет назад

      Thanks, Jackson! Always trying to bring you guys the best content! :)

    • @jacksonabernathy1683
      @jacksonabernathy1683 7 лет назад

      +VASAviation
      You should do a behind the scenes video

    • @meikilev8109
      @meikilev8109 5 лет назад

      "Middle of a Weekday" is 6 x 24 hours around the globe - so this popularity measurement holds only in the place where our friend releases the video. Or do I miss something ?

  • @rubenvillanueva2753
    @rubenvillanueva2753 7 лет назад

    Medical emergency, routine operation. Priority given to the medical emergency. Normal day at the office!

    • @iatsd
      @iatsd 7 лет назад +5

      well, not quite. with a 380 you have to consider where it physically can and can't go simply due to weight and size restrictions. good example in this video was the pilot pointing out that he could only use the A1 and A2 exits. The reason will be exactly that: size and/or weight. ATC should defer to that if they don't know any better - which they clearly didn't. Remember, this thing has a max take off weight of 1.2 *million* lbs and can be up to 890,000 lbs when landing.

    • @guyseeten2755
      @guyseeten2755 3 года назад

      @@iatsd What is lbs? Can you do that in kilograms? 😉

    • @iatsd
      @iatsd 3 года назад +1

      @@guyseeten2755 Yes, I can do it in kg.

  • @OfficeLinebacker
    @OfficeLinebacker 2 года назад

    Can you do that in meters? Yes. So...?

  • @jenbill
    @jenbill 7 лет назад +2

    The Red phone is that the one next to The Bat phone they use in a real emergency. lol