Testing the Safety of the World's Heaviest Flight

The first test flight of a new plane is always a risky and unpredictable event. More so when that plane is the Airbus A380 - the largest passenger airline in the world.
From: PLANES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: A380 Superjumbo
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[@GalaxyGal-]

0:16 Fernando Alonso: double world champion and flight engineer.

[@jondelacruz100]

Fernando Alonso is such a legend. Being a successful Formula One driver and an Airbus boss

[@dgfcchfcggdggd6120]

Smndndnsmslzmanananqnaaasds

[@justinjohn5114]

Lol hahaha 😂

[@matthewdeklotz9262]

Fernando could land any plane with any faults no question

[@sandm4n]

Beautiful, marvel of human engineering...

[@_4025]

Nick Dawg ęmgèúgfdëèwøppœ.

[@andrewanane9715]

Nick Dawg nope A380 is much beautiful 😊

[@ludwig4029]

Andrew Anane I strongly agree with you

[@baileyfabrication2085]

Should I mention QANTAS flight 32 that suffered a mechanical problem in Singapore and had to land. They lived (obliviously). So call it a win if you want but imma gonna call it lose because it was the skill of the pilots who landed the plane.

[@eugene7742]

Ravindra Singh indeed beautiful and wonderful all intelligence has been given to man

[@austiniscoolduh]

thats literally a flying building

[@AngelJin5799]

Only its tail alone is the size of a building

[@williamparker7386]

The tail is 8 stories high

[@ningkang8004]

Why are you so sad?

[@admiralhajaan7547]

Imagine a380 private jet, you can bring your own tank

[@Kupp_Kakez3]

William Parker LORD !! my apartment is only 4 stories !!

[@kevinabbaszadeh7672]

Fernando Alonso F1 driver

[@TheRealBleach]

xD

[@nopp_m4209]

Yeah.

[@TheRealGunWhisperer]

I was like wtf Fernando your all types of skilled

[@sanantonio855]

@@TheRealGunWhisperer it's almost like people can have the same name

[@douglas724]

Great back up career for an F1 driver! lol...

[@routadu]

This plane is bigger than my dreams
☹️☹️☹️☹️

[@Zomaikel]

Is it a airplane, is it a bus, no it's a airbus

[@quintijnkroesbergen5611]

Zomaikel an

[@prodzodiac]

not funny, didnt laugh

[@bacionboi]

@@prodzodiac agree but good joke

[@JayJayAviation]

Is it an airplane? Is it a bus? Well yes but actually no

[@VoltFall]

Or a building

[@sirlancelot3446]

the engine feels good,much slower than before,amazing

[@waheednadeem790]

I traveled once in A380 from dubai to newyork its an incredible plane and the best part was there was no turbulence!

[@OGA_999]

Jealous of you my friend

[@mrt9915]

The A380's comfort from London to Dubai was the best I've ever experienced.

[@anthonymina8398]

Ohhh Fernando Alonso also has a career in flying, not just in Formula 1. Yeah I see that

[@medilyesoudhini7411]

Anthony Mina hahahaha

[@ramyg5037]

Make A380 - COME BACK TO THE AVIATION INDUSTRY!!!!

[@Des_Christ7]

first video of Smithosonian channel ending and am SMILING!

[@josef6658]

Yeah the engineering and AeroDynamics check out but it's crazy seeing such a huge plane fly.

[@wcarmo2120]

“Now we can fight”

[@conradkang4304]

passed with flying colors, no pun intended

[@tazecanadixnsbot6733]

@@unenthusiasticsalt2123 for us a year later

[@muhammadumar3634]

*We had imagined this moment for years & years*....
Just imagine the emotions of the company linked to making their dream true

[@sittingbush]

Passes the test with *flying colors*
I have achieved comedy

[@Don-Cheadle]

Sittingbush somebody said this 2 years ago just delete your account

[@belcewm2068]

Fernando Alonso srsly?
let me guess next test pilot will be Kimi Raikkonen his last words will probably be
"just leave me alone i know what im doing".

[@jearim7065]

And now after le mans career, he's now a pilot well done alonso

[@jeanviergoveia2102]

King of the skies

[@jackg2630]

Unreal name for a test pilot.

[@meatgrinderman7674]

Wow fernando alonso is also a flight test enggenier

[@ashwinl657]

Why people dislike such a beautiful video

[@RedRaiderLobo20]

And now, the A380 is going the way of the space shuttle.

[@rlicon1970]

Exactly a losing endeavor. Nice try though.

[@divyeshraj6306]

Imagine ,standing at the middle of the runway as this giant A380 approaching towards you with incredible speed! OMG 😵

[@moram4850]

I love the Airbus A380 so much

[@raslam5744]

This is DANGEROUS AEROPLANE MAN MADE. SHOULD NOT MAKE THIS A380 AEROPLANE THIS BIG ESPECIALLY CARRYING SO MANY PASSENGERS ON THIS AEROPLANE. BIGGEST MISTAKE. REMEMBER THE CONCORD THE FASTEST AEROPLANE & WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONCORD AFTER COUPLE OF YEARS LOST MANY LIFE JUST TO GO EVEN FASTER. SAME WILL HAPPEN TO THUS AEROPLANE A380.

[@ashkanahmadi]

flew on it back in december. it was really comfortable and quiet. and it's freaking HUGE!!

[@Rocket-qg5jw]

Titanic of the skies!

[@aanaag23]

Amazing!

[@jr13227]

An absolute marvel of engineering. So sad they economically we just weren’t ready for it and it failed. Hopefully they continue to fly for many more years.

[@nonoytv8736]

So fascinating to see an episode without accident in Smithsonian channel.

[@manny5947]

“GP2 engine... GP2.... AGH”

[@smit866]

0:32 Bird: Engine here i come!!!

[@GURPREETSINGH-ss9pu]

For the first actual time...its brighter here

[@julius3095]

Sadly there will be not many left after this pandemic. Im happy that I had he opportunity to fly with the Airbus A380 and I will never forget it.

[@anubhavpal5782]

:(

[@Jogi1112]

Tower: what do you think?
Fernando: Gp2 engine gp2 engine, ARRRGHHH!

[@maxmarx2]

What an amazing piece of engineering!

[@nicola_fiorentino]

Plane safety is useless if people try to save their luggage instead of other people lives.
Luggage compartment should be automatically blocked in case of emergency.

[@adamhlali8106]

What can you do? An investigation proving that they caused deaths can put them in jail but the lives are gone. I think the 90 sec test should be thought out to people so they don't panic as much...

[@Torexeon]

Airport staff: A beautiful piece of machinery, she comes alive in the sky.
Fresh: THICCEST PLANE IN REAL LIFE

[@anajakturtle55]

If you pause and go to 0:40 you can see fedex also order A380

[@adamhlali8106]

You know the UPS logo? Well it's there too...

[@o.h3887]

1:45 the bird was playing with danger lol

[@busharaca9637]

Good the test went safe

[@TheRealBleach]

My favourite commercial plane

[@commodoregohxiong558]

This time its actually brighter here

[@tedwijaya1]

will this aircraft survived without all Emirates orders?

[@SplicesAndCelluloid]

Most likely not.

[@ieditedmyname289]

Does it even matter?

[@authenticNL2]

@@ieditedmyname289 ):

[@benlamsal]

The plane is being retired so even with Emirates flying so many A380s the plane still failed.

[@vishamramloll1236]

1:25 not all his life but the rest of his life

[@shadabfariduddin6784]

What a sight is this plane!

[@kephalopod3054]

Unfortunately, the A380 is another casualty of COVID-19.

[@debanjanmukherjee4322]

Fernando Alonso: "A380 is huge, seems it'd gulp a lot of fuel"
Engineer: "Fernando, A380 is the heaviest passenger aircraft"
Fernando: "Heaviest Passenger plane is a Yoke..... Is a YOKE......"
Fernando: "Where is the A380"
Engineer: "Fernando, A380 has retired"
Fernando: "KARMA"......

[@HS-PGX]

I was riding a bike around the Bangkok suvarnabhumi airport cycle track when I was under the flight path, and an Emirates A380 landed above me, and it felt like a huge ship passed over me. It’s absolutely huge!

[@ReineDz]

What about the dream of seeing an Airbus 380 NEO climb the skies !!!

[@leontransit1652]

Airbus A380
*shows picture with double decker bus with wings*

[@DiveHive]

Fernando Alonso is hard working man. He races in Formula 1 part time... wow

[@EllaGP22]

Excuse me his name is Fernando Alonso??

[@chrzrd.]

Fernando Alonso? HA!

[@henrybowden9907]

Here we are, fifteen years on and almost nobody wants them.

[@evilrebel9934]

素晴らしいフライト

[@cellyjaneofficial]

Finally a BRIGHT video for once 😂

[@verit772]

just a moment of silence for Qantas 32

[@omarasker4852]

nice it can fly. but what happens if you add the passengers weight to it???

[@AakashKalaria]

10 years... Holy crap!

[@InspireMe819]

This will be my private airplane.

[@remistaom]

Fernando Alonso.. from F1 to the skies..

[@filipsahlberg1928]

Fernando alonso is probably the coolest name you could share with a celebrity

[@salimrehman2028]

I want to see the full video of the episode, not clips. Where can I get it

[@pilotandy745]

Was Fernando alanso that test pilot for the a300!?

[@stevemartis97]

Fernando Alonso, what are the odds?😂😂😂

[@df06]

YOOOO ALONSO OF F1 WOAHHHHH

[@saeedsincere6465]

Beautifullllllllll. wish to travel in A380

[@Samara.Weaving]

Beauty !!

[@ZoltyWasTaken.]

Basically a falling Mount Everest

[@northindian344]

A perfection
Going down to dustbin
😂🤣
Ironically

[@francisjohnoca5710]

Didn't know Fernando Alonso went to an airline aviator after resigning from McLaren F1

[@debanjanmukherjee4322]

Actually way before joining f1

[@jordanjordan1902]

Amazing

[@wiIdirishroses]

Next: 5 floor Boeing plane

[@Kupp_Kakez3]

Man so beautiful 😍😍

[@PinoThePizzaman77]

Fernando Alonso??

[@jaegiarmoses3671]

A380neo?

[@evangelineteh2031]

"Thats a double-decker bus in the sky!"
Said by Aviation Leaders

[@tedisalonape6901]

And yet the a380 proves that their plane is safe no crash issues unlike boeing

[@yashveergandhi3886]

This plane is so good

[@aviationnation5997]

Mamamia Alonso flies airplanes too. Any record of him saying GP2 here? 😂

[@ravenheart369]

1:44 Fernando Alonso is doing a scandinavian flick

[@ZoltyWasTaken.]

This plane never descends,it’s falls with style.

[@かのかり-s1l]

Double decker, literally an airbus

[@griffinhinwiset]

Is that fernando alonso (f1 driver) like wen he’s 50

[@joydevsarkar4474]

ALL THAT REQUIRES IS AN IGLA S system, or a BUK M2 system
KAAABOOOOOOMMM💣💣

[@Uridien]

The Marmaduke of planes

[@typicalcitrus7848]

Have you not bet the Airbus Beluga?

[@samholland1272]

Fernando Alonso the F1 driver?

[@noahway13]

Yeah, but do we have any more leg room?

[@tyrelltucker4372]

Sad too see it go

[@sheagoff6009]

I was expecting a crash. Damn you Smithsonian!!!!!

[@notsojacked]

Much better then B747

[@cyruscodm454]

My dream-I wish I could fly
Airbus a380‐ I'm bigger than your dreams

[@Daniel-yp6mm]

did they test it with extra weights for luggage aqnd passengers?

[@bellotm9223]

It’s a test, they don’t want to hurt anybody if it fails

[@rlicon1970]

I bet airbus regrets building that boondoggle.

[@stronzer59]

Passes every test except the market requirement Test. Boeing plugged that gap in 1970.

[@Arthur-em9rx]

good thing the camera man also fly