10 minute video that only took 2 sentences to explain: mountains are too high for planes do de-elevate to 10,000 meters during an emergency, and jet fuel can freeze. I just saved you 10 minutes, you;re welcome
This is why I find channels like real life lore and and infographics show so annoying. Their videos are mostly one guy repeating the same few sentences over and over again and expecting us to stay engaged
I’m actually getting a kick out of his turning 5 second answers into 7 minute videos. The graphics are fun to watch, he shares interesting history, and he has a good voice and delivery.
Everyone complaining about the length of the video is hilarious. He’s doing more than just telling you simply explaining why planes can’t fly over Tibet. He’s also giving you some history and other interesting facts. I wonder if it everyone that thinks they are special because they could make this video 2 minutes even bothered to watch it. Love this channel
@@Local_commentor atleast they are knowledgeable and want to share said knowledge, you on the other hand are disliking a video with effort just because it stretches out a bit (so the creator can make a living)
My uncle used to tell me about our planes flying “Over the hump” during the war. Flying over the Himalayan mountains or Tibetan plateau before cabins were pressurized, the temperature goes to as cold as 40 below zero Fahrenheit
@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 you can get it through the Xbox game pass, subscribe for $1 for your first month, and you'll have access to it. It is well worth it!
RootBeerTuna this is a great option. It’s the full game for $1 first month, then it’s still only $10 per month after the trial and includes a bunch of other MS titles like Forza. So if you would buy 1-2 ms games at least each year it’s well worth it.
To everyone annoyed that he couldve explained this in a few minutes but made a ten minute video: I personally like that he goes in depth into topics, plus he doesn’t have a bad delivery either. Personally I don’t really mind channels like RLL or the infographics show taking up my time by stretching shorter topics into longer videos because I usually have too much time on my hands anyway and I find it more entertaining. Plus that one narrator from the infographics show actually has a nice voice and he’s kind of funny. So no, I don’t really care if a lot of educational videos could’ve been three minutes long as opposed to like ten or fifteen, but that’s just my personal opinion, and if you don’t want your time “wasted” just don’t watch the video :) have a good day
Imo most of rlls videos are pretty good because he goes into detail enough for everyone to understand. The problem with this vid is that the explanation is so simple that it could have been a 2 minute video and everyone still would have understood. You can even explain it in a few sentences. The plains don’t fly over Tibet because the high elevation and cold temperatures make the flights dangerous. The high elevation and lack of airports stop planes from following safety procedures during emergencies and the cold air could freeze the plains fuel leading to another dangerous factor. The fast winds over the mountains could also lead to some turbulences.
@@clyu3946 Not everyone would just like someone to say "its because there are mountains" in a short explanation. Some people prefer longer explanations, more indepth, more information than just "mountains."
*The binary digit display video that is mentioned in a specific context here displays the annoyance of changing a simple word similar to “possibly” and then modifying it until it is in some sort of expanded form of the same context, like “within the realms of possibility.”
I would just like to add a few things: 1. The freezing point of Jet A, the fuel used almost exclusively in the USA, is -40, however the most common fuel in the world, Jet A1 freezes at -47 (the same as Chinese jet fuel, ‘No 3 Jet Fuel’). Russia and some CIS countries use TS-1, with a freezing point of -50 Celsius. 2. Friction with air particles causes a ram rise in the aircraft temperature, which depends on the aircraft speed. At Mach 0.84, a typical speed for a Boeing 747, the ram air rise is approximately 10 degrees, meaning that for Jet A to freeze, you need to be flying in -50 or colder, or -57 for Jet A1. 3. Edited: As noted by a few commenters, these low temperatures are normal. However, especially further away from the Poles, you will only really find them at high levels. In my personal experience, it is also relatively uncommon to encounter such temperatures for long enough to cause concern, except on Northerly routes in winter; normally descending a plane just a few thousand feet (or, sometimes, climbing) solves the issue. The flight will be planned with these temperatures in mind, and, if your aircraft is susceptible to low fuel temperature, you will be planned below your optimum altitude in warmer air. Some aircraft are equipped with means to heat the fuel in the tanks, mitigating the problem. Also, the fuel takes hours to cool down, even in this cold atmosphere, as normally you will uplift warmer fuel from your departure aerodrome. 4. In the event of an engine failure, any commercial turbine aircraft will be able to maintain a much higher altitude than 10000ft, often higher than 25000ft. In case of a decompression, 14000ft is sufficient . However, in either case, you need to have a safe escape route and I’m quite sure you will struggle to find one in this area. Hope someone finds this interesting ;-) Edit: I corrected the statement where I previously said that such low temperatures are uncommon. Also, I added a comment about some aircraft being able to heat the fuel in the tanks.
if the avarage hight of the plataeu is 14000ft being able to fly 14000ft for decompression doesnt help, as at that point you are rolling on road, not flying in the air.
In 1999 I took a flight from Munich to Hong Kong and we did fly over the Himalayas but I can assure you that it was the most bumpy ride I ever had in my entire life and up to this day! The violent turbulence lasted for hours. It felt like the plane would disintegrate at high altitude and mind you, it was night time, we could not even see anything outside. One of most scary experience ever.
Why are we using france as a mesurment??? I thought that was Americas thing of using whatever the fuck they can whilst fucking over the metric system-??
I took a flight from Kathmandu to Chengdu, China and I believe we flew over Tibet for a short while as I could see it on the IFE map. I experienced THE worst turbulence of my life and we began to feel the plane would break into pieces. All of it made worse by manic screams from fellow passengers.
@@FNeway honestly I prefer just knowing key data points and using that to estimate. -40=-40 Water freezes at 0°c (32°f) Average body temp is 98.6°f (37°c) Water boils (at sea level) at 100°c (212°f) Those 4 points easily illustrate the difference in scale and allows you to quickly infer an approximation to the other system.
Red Blues China did kill millions and destroyed thousands of monasteries leaving less than 10 monasteries after Chinese communist invasion in the 1950.
The sadness of the internet. A joke comment that eventually turns into a thread of arguing people thinking that youtube comments are going to change anything instead for fueling hate amongst people who don't know each other.
I’ve been to Tibetan Plateau we went to Lijiang, lived in a tiny village about half an hour away, we got to ride on Yaks, climbed the Jade Dragon Mountain, go to a Buddhist Monastery and meet monks and were exposed to meet on of the Dalai Lama but the government was coming so we had to leave, then we also taught science in a tiny school in the middle of no where village in the mountains we were staying at.
@@abdullahjatt3681 - Thanks, but I think the levitating monks comment by "Bor Eenpis" was better. Can you imaging being the poor pilot who is minding his own business while flying a 747 and suddenly have an enlightened monk appear in front of the plane's windshield?
Lol. I believe there's a minimum required number of minutes for a video to be qualified to earn a corresponding amount of ad money. It's kinda impractical to put a 1 minute ad on a 30 second video.
Planes fly over mountains all the time. So that isnt quite enough of an explanation. He had to explain why 'these mountains in particular' are more dangerous than others we can fly over.
@@lyianx that's how folks are today though. Two word explanations is all they can stand. People don't really want to know anything anymore. Watched a vid where an issue of rain, poor drainage an attempt to soak up moisture with salt and a freak hot weather ruining a tennis court equated to "blue clay bad".
This video is an example of writing random stuff in your essay to reach the minimum word requirement. Except it’s just to make a 10 minute video to get that extra ad revenue.
During WWII, the Pilots flying the Supplies into China, called that area "The Hump". As I remember reading, most of the supplies being flown over the Hump were going to Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's Flying Tigers (AVG) Group, that desperately needed supplies in the early part of the war. But they were also supplying the Chinese Military and other groups, like the 341st Bomb Group. Losses were heavy and estimates vary between 468 and 600 plus airplanes (the AAF did not record every crash), but the more probable estimate is 590 aircraft lost along with 1,314 crewmen. Some 1,171 men who after surviving crash landings and bailouts walked out to safety; 345 men were declared missing. Many of the aircraft and the aircrews have never been recovered. One of the Pilots that started out flying supplies over the Hump was Robert L Scott. He eventually flew with the Flying Tigers. He is the Author of the book "God is my Copilot" and several other books. Scott retired from the USAF in 1957 at the rank of Brigadier General. In 1980 Scott, at the age of 72, walked the entire Great Wall of China, 1,900 miles in 94 days. His books are good reading. Men like Gen Scott should never be forgotten.
@@mclyte20 Yes I saw the original movie and I agree it is good. I got to meet Robert Scott in the late 1960's when I was a kid and he signed his book for me. The Flying Tigers and all those that fought in WWII were all hero's of mine and I think I read every book about WWII they printed. "God is My Copilot" was on of those books. They inspired my long career in the USAF. I never became the pilot I wanted to be, but I got to work on the aircraft. But I must admit the book is better than the movie and has more details. There are many movies that were made from books written by those that actually did the deeds. But the movies always seem to leave stuff out due to production costs or they don't think it is important or for other reasons. That or they add stuff in that didn't happen to appeal to a larger audience. They add things like love stories or female encounters of some kind to appeal to woman for example. To a point I can understand that as it is the bottom line the movie companies are aiming for. The most profit they can get. That was the older films, today they don't have the writers, depend on action scenes too much, actors are more like adult children that have never served in the military, act like they are playing some video game, are too PC, must be inclusive to everyone and push some kind of agenda. So basically, with extremely few exceptions, films today just suck. They call it artistic license.
@@EIBBOR2654 I'm no where near as old as you are but I enjoy learning, reading and watching books, movies and documentaries about the aeronautical history of WW1 and WW2, the fighting aviator pilot aces and all the unique aircrafts that participated in the two wars different campaign theatres throughout the world along with being interested in all periods of world history in general. I agree , that the majority of todays actors don't hold a candle to the actors of the "golden era," of the movie industry. The actors of today feel unrelatable and cold in which you don't have any commonality or feeling for in comparison to actors from the past. All I can do as a young individual is just recognize these differences in time periods from the time that I live in now and be thankful for the modern conveniences that I have access to but at the same time appreciate peoples lives and experiences from the past because they were just people like my-self. At the end of the day I do have to exist in this modern world along side the PC cancel culture and immature adult children that society seems to create and foster now and that you write about in your response. However, that doesn't mean I lose my-self to what is considered normal today. Navigating it but not being "apart," of the mentality is the key. In regards to the book, usually the novels that movies are adapted from, do hold more details and are better than the films. But that's because movies in general are for entertainment purposes and very rarely are better than the books. The books are for people with a genuine desire to research and understand in greater detail certain events and people of the past more thoroughly.
I once took a flight from New York to Beijing fly over the North Pole (not exactly, but we were close). It was awesome to see the frozen tundra, and then into Siberia where it was all frozen rivers. And I was thinking, man it would suck to crash here!
You convinced me with these two reasons: difficult to land in case of emergency and the turbulence. I think the turbulence you mentioned can be caused by the air upward motion of diverted by the mountain and by convection which is also enhanced by the mountain. However, you said the fuel will freeze if they flight over Tibet didn't convince me. Since plan flight over 10km above, the temperature at that level is already very low. At that level, the temperature over Tibet is similar to other places at the similar latitude.
@@daveolifent4477 yeah those were terrible! I don’t expect him to learn perfect pronunciation but how difficult is it to check basic pronunciation on. Wikipedia?
In WWII they called that "the Hump". So flying over the hump was a long and grueling mission and they used to put a camel emblem to show you had flown over the hump. (on the B29s)
They would also smoke cigs so the Camel brand was born. Doctors used to recommend smoking. People believed them just like they believe vaccine drug dealers now.
Took a Singapore Air flight from Singapore to Moscow. Flew right next to K2 and this was right at sunrise. Woke up thought that was a cloud about to clip the right wing then realized not a cloud but a huge mountain. Let me tell you this is not like flying over the Rocky Mountains in the U.S.. Sights I will never forget and we had zero turbulence.
My cousin Loraine dated a Yeti when she was in college. On one date he showed her what was under his furry coat. That was the beginning of her stuttering, which she has never gotten over.
I flew from a city in China into Tibet. It's the only time in my life when the plane I was on had to turn round and go back to its original airport. The turbulence was utterly insane.
I love how the letter a changes it sound in english aviation turns into "eviation", flag turns into "fleg", and also the e turns into a like neck=nack quite funny
You've forgot Alaska as well, I've visited Alaska 3 times and I can safely tell you that -40°F/C is really cold. Any lower than the ones I've experienced, visiting or living, you've gained my respect.
There is a mysterious mountain ....since you guys are christain you would say it's just a high region or mountain...but there are mountain in other parts of world too ...people ignoring mysterious mountain in south of Tibet....according to hindus God shiva live there
And one correction to reason 4 - temperature at 40,000 feet is minus 55-56c so -40c doesn’t make sense. Only reason I can think of that the fuel will freeze at such “high” temperature is if the petrol tank is almost empty. In that case, you’d probably die anyway before getting to your destination.
Jet-A fuel freezes at -47 deg C Temps at 35,000 feet altitude (typical cruise altitude) are close to -54 deg C - no matter where you are in the world. Passenger aircraft are designed with heat exchangers in the fuel system that will heat up cold fuel to prevent freezing. The best reason they don't fly over the Tibetan Plateau is the lack of usable altitude to descend in an emergency.
Man, I never thought about that. As someone who lives in Nepal and studies in China, next time I am taking the direct flight to Chengdu, which flies via Tibetan plateau... Let's just say.... I now have funny story to share mid flight.
@@itto1282 VPN, dude. VPNs don't "keep you safe online" but they are good for getting around blocks. The legality of doing so is questionable, so I don't endorse it.
@@randomuser5443 if x is a temperature in C, then its equivalent in F is 9/5*x + 32. For a temperature x to be the same in F and C, it must therefore satisfy the equation 9/5*x +32 = x. This yields 4/5x + 32 = 0, or x = 5/4* (-32) = -40.
The reason why I subscribed is that this series of RUclips videos is very well researched. You can see that a lot of preparatory work has gone into this. Well done!
the flights nicknamed "camel peaks" in WWII were indeed among the most frightening ones in aviation history, near the end the pilots were using the debrises all the way along the route as guidance beacons, kind of
If this was a movie you'd have to find a jaded pilot with an accent and a biplane in a seedy tavern somewhere. "Tibet? Oi yea I can getcha there, ou's 'askin?"
RealLifeLore: why plane don't fly over Tibet? Me: goes to flight radar 24 to check if there is any plane flying over Tibet Edit: yep it's true, there was no plane flying over Tibet
@@SoloLevellor there are flights over the Indian ocean, there are Airways which fly over the Indian ocean a good example of one is QF9 and QFA10 which flys from Heathrow to Perth Non-stop Most of the Indian ocean is not classed as Oceanic airspace This is because Melbourne FIR controls the whole south-east portion of the Indian Ocean using TAAATS or The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System this allows for greater area coverage Male FIR bridges the gap between Australian Airspace and Middle Eastern Airspace allowing the Airspace across the Indian ocean to remain domestic
The flight to Lhasa where the window blew out was brushed over a bit. It was pretty crazy! There's even a movie about it called 'The Captain'. They were stuck between the mountains in front of them and a storm behind them when the window blew out. Couldn't fly further into the mountains because there was no oxygen so the pilots were forced to fly through a crazy storm to get to Chengdu airport for an emergency landing which they barely made because the plane was overweight from having too much fuel.
"Planes don't fly over Tibet because it's rocky. This causes planes to not fly over it, the reason for this, is Tibet being too mountainous, so planes don't fly over it for this reason. Tibet being rocky also means that there are not runways on it, this is dangerous for the planes so they decided not to fly over it"
The whole premise of jet fuel freezing is not true at all. Temps at cruise altitudes around the world regularly reach lower than -40C, so not sure where you heard that only exists over the Tibetan Plateau. And while jet fuel can remain liquid at temps below -50C, a lower temp than even that isn't an issue thanks to fuel heating systems. So while that might be a risk for smaller piston aircraft, it is no issue for airliners.
True! Most of the flights I had recently were cruising at 37.000ft or 39.000ft where temperature was around -50°C during the entire 3 or 3 and half hour flights.
was looking for that answer coz that wrong explanation triggered me much. at cruising altitude of like 10km the temperature is mostly at -50degree should have read the answers first, lol, eric alrdy said that
Hi, in Chinese the ‘x’ has more of an ‘sh’ sound so that the city Xining should sound more like “she-ning” and not “zhee-ning”. Also, the H in Lhasa is silent.
saigo toru I’m quite sure I said it correctly. I have also been to Lhasa, I don’t recall any of the locals (or anyone else for that matter) saying it like ‘lahasa’.
Sorry to say fellas, but low temperature and fuel freezing risk is not a valid argument. Quite the opposite it is rather warm at altitudes of 30.000 feet to have only -40C. I am a frequent flyer (or rather used to be before covid) and I always keep track of flying conditions. Most routinely I observed temperatures well below -50C, and oftentimes in the range -60..-65C. I would ask the author of the clip to review the content. All modern jets are equipped to heat up jet fuel by capturing some heat from the engines (thru FRTT valves)
@5:35 "...if planes had follow protocol, they would crash into the side of a mountain..." *commercial break* @5:36 "...and die." The suspense literally killed me.
It’s called Prist. Anti-icing additive used in most aircraft that fly in those temps. If there is no prist, then they have fuel heaters via hot oil. Cold fuel runs across hot oil lines, heats the fuel and cools the oil.
As a 777 pilot, the #1 issue by far is the passenger oxygen supply, not fuel freezing. I've been over the Arctic/North Pole many times, and while a concern, I've never seen it cause a divert. And the North Pole doesn't have emergency fields either, it's 5X worse than Tibet.
10 minute video that only took 2 sentences to explain: mountains are too high for planes do de-elevate to 10,000 meters during an emergency, and jet fuel can freeze. I just saved you 10 minutes, you;re welcome
This is why I find channels like real life lore and and infographics show so annoying. Their videos are mostly one guy repeating the same few sentences over and over again and expecting us to stay engaged
Thanks, saved me 10 minutes...
@@cobblebrick they probably just like talking and are talkative
It should read 10,000 feet
*From 30 000 feet - 9144 meters
to 10 000 feet - 3048 meters ! 😉
The real reason is because Tibetan throat singers create soundwaves so strong, they destroy planes.
LMAOO
Funny
Makes perfect sense
haha i laf so har
Yes
Time to get on Microsoft flight simulator and test this out
Tell us how it went 😂
@@internetPit the same thing as normal flight, rll CLICKBAIT us again
😂
Korlel Asara or its not animated or coded for there to be hurricane level winds constantly?
It doesn't look very good first thing I did was fly north from everest.
I’m actually getting a kick out of his turning 5 second answers into 7 minute videos. The graphics are fun to watch, he shares interesting history, and he has a good voice and delivery.
it's like I'm grading his 6th grade essay
Yes me to it’s annoying to see so many people say i dont like it but just dont watch then
Forty five HHHHUNdred! meters. (That gets on my nerves)
1:39
Its RUclips not google
He missed his chance at 7:47 to say only -40°, since that’s the one temperature that’s the same in both systems.
Soren Cowell-Shah yep
And to spell Celsius correctly. 🙈
Kris Arruda lol, didn’t even notice that
Awesome comment
What about Kelvin?
My first thought before watching the video: Mountains is the reason why.
*10 minutes later*
Mountains
You've just saved me 10 minutes.
Same i thought it was mountains
Thank you. Your comment saved me 8 minutes
Tbh, I’m disappointed, I thought there was something more than that. For me it’s too obvious, lol.
Yeah, bad mountains!
This is the longest and most entertaining way I've heard someone say: "big scary mountains"
I was expacting some magic/scary/hostile area, but then mountains.
@@Green_alpha_o Bermuda Triangle but make it on land
Lol
Got to get over that 10 minute mark
Where does it say that? Curious.
Everyone complaining about the length of the video is hilarious. He’s doing more than just telling you simply explaining why planes can’t fly over Tibet. He’s also giving you some history and other interesting facts. I wonder if it everyone that thinks they are special because they could make this video 2 minutes even bothered to watch it. Love this channel
Real
My guy stretched this out more than my English writing exam
Ad revenue I'mma dislike this crap
@@Local_commentor you gotta do what you gotta do
@@Local_commentor atleast they are knowledgeable and want to share said knowledge, you on the other hand are disliking a video with effort just because it stretches out a bit (so the creator can make a living)
@@ryan_765 let's be honest we all know the reason why planes don't fly over himalayas we all know
@@Local_commentor i genuinely forgot the himalayas are over there so you know this video helped
Mountains. That’s all you had to say bro, because of the mountains.
Theres a thing called money which he needs to live and make more videos
Fortune YT yeah yeah yeah. Mountains. Should have followed my gut and just skipped it, because I was hoping for a Scooby doo mystery reveal.
Yup its bcoz of mountains coz it serve as a big magnet attracting d plane that passes to it. Have to apply d law of physics
Can you explain why mountain?
The obnoxious Because they’re tall and planes flying to them.
I love the cute little shaky "!" very endearing for our doomed plane
hey ee!
Imagine ! Being the last thing you see
Cool
Interesting.... 😒
Hi boi
My uncle used to tell me about our planes flying “Over the hump” during the war. Flying over the Himalayan mountains or Tibetan plateau before cabins were pressurized, the temperature goes to as cold as 40 below zero Fahrenheit
and -40 fahrenheit is -40 centigrade
me: _flying along over the Tibetan plateau in MS Flight Simulator 2020_
ATC: please expedite your descent to 10,000 ft.
me: 😐
I have flown there to. Yeah little more than bumpy.
@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 you can get it through the Xbox game pass, subscribe for $1 for your first month, and you'll have access to it. It is well worth it!
RootBeerTuna this is a great option. It’s the full game for $1 first month, then it’s still only $10 per month after the trial and includes a bunch of other MS titles like Forza. So if you would buy 1-2 ms games at least each year it’s well worth it.
Well, better fly slalom around the summits then.
Those were the last words
This man has the ability to turn 3 min video into a 10 min one
fax
No,
5 sec video into 10 min
I like that he goes in depth on topics
So he gets ad exhange or what ever its called again at least something with ads
@@adilperdana4509 Configured into 5 seconds, the video would probably be "Mountains, no can fly" and an about 3-2 seconds long outro.
Pilot: "I know our destination is Kathmandu, but due to an emergency we have to divert.... to Kathmandu."
Isn't that where Bob Seger is going?
@@gregorymoore2877 I hadn't heard anything like that, but maybe. I'm now imagining a Tibetan version of "Turn the Page", so thanks for that.
Gregory Moore
No Bob said if he wanted to stay in a Chinese controlled country, he would just stay in America.
@@gregorymoore2877 He thinks he is.
Ponies are for girls.
To everyone annoyed that he couldve explained this in a few minutes but made a ten minute video: I personally like that he goes in depth into topics, plus he doesn’t have a bad delivery either. Personally I don’t really mind channels like RLL or the infographics show taking up my time by stretching shorter topics into longer videos because I usually have too much time on my hands anyway and I find it more entertaining. Plus that one narrator from the infographics show actually has a nice voice and he’s kind of funny. So no, I don’t really care if a lot of educational videos could’ve been three minutes long as opposed to like ten or fifteen, but that’s just my personal opinion, and if you don’t want your time “wasted” just don’t watch the video :) have a good day
Imo most of rlls videos are pretty good because he goes into detail enough for everyone to understand. The problem with this vid is that the explanation is so simple that it could have been a 2 minute video and everyone still would have understood. You can even explain it in a few sentences.
The plains don’t fly over Tibet because the high elevation and cold temperatures make the flights dangerous. The high elevation and lack of airports stop planes from following safety procedures during emergencies and the cold air could freeze the plains fuel leading to another dangerous factor. The fast winds over the mountains could also lead to some turbulences.
@@the4given196 yeah I understand that, I mean I didn’t even watch the video after seeing the comments
Your comment bored me even more than the video
And he needs money
same! I love how In depth RLL and the infographics show go.
“Why Planes Don’t Fly Over Tibet” .... cause mountains 🏔
It costs 10 minutes to explain that … That's how RUclips channels works. LOL
Leonard Lee IKR 😂
@@clyu3946 ikr
@@SoloLevellor fr? RUclips police? 😂
@@clyu3946 Not everyone would just like someone to say "its because there are mountains" in a short explanation. Some people prefer longer explanations, more indepth, more information than just "mountains."
This video is like when you change "possibly" to "within the realms of possibility"
Fire comment.
This comment is amazing lmfao help 💀
hencefort i am unable to can
It's within the realms of possibility, but possibility does Not mean definitly, so it also could Work, but maybe.
*The binary digit display video that is mentioned in a specific context here displays the annoyance of changing a simple word similar to “possibly” and then modifying it until it is in some sort of expanded form of the same context, like “within the realms of possibility.”
I would just like to add a few things:
1. The freezing point of Jet A, the fuel used almost exclusively in the USA, is -40, however the most common fuel in the world, Jet A1 freezes at -47 (the same as Chinese jet fuel, ‘No 3 Jet Fuel’). Russia and some CIS countries use TS-1, with a freezing point of -50 Celsius.
2. Friction with air particles causes a ram rise in the aircraft temperature, which depends on the aircraft speed. At Mach 0.84, a typical speed for a Boeing 747, the ram air rise is approximately 10 degrees, meaning that for Jet A to freeze, you need to be flying in -50 or colder, or -57 for Jet A1.
3. Edited: As noted by a few commenters, these low temperatures are normal. However, especially further away from the Poles, you will only really find them at high levels. In my personal experience, it is also relatively uncommon to encounter such temperatures for long enough to cause concern, except on Northerly routes in winter; normally descending a plane just a few thousand feet (or, sometimes, climbing) solves the issue. The flight will be planned with these temperatures in mind, and, if your aircraft is susceptible to low fuel temperature, you will be planned below your optimum altitude in warmer air.
Some aircraft are equipped with means to heat the fuel in the tanks, mitigating the problem. Also, the fuel takes hours to cool down, even in this cold atmosphere, as normally you will uplift warmer fuel from your departure aerodrome.
4. In the event of an engine failure, any commercial turbine aircraft will be able to maintain a much higher altitude than 10000ft, often higher than 25000ft. In case of a decompression, 14000ft is sufficient . However, in either case, you need to have a safe escape route and I’m quite sure you will struggle to find one in this area.
Hope someone finds this interesting ;-)
Edit: I corrected the statement where I previously said that such low temperatures are uncommon. Also, I added a comment about some aircraft being able to heat the fuel in the tanks.
interisting
He also missed out the fact that anti-ice is a thing ;P
dam interesting stuff.
if the avarage hight of the plataeu is 14000ft being able to fly 14000ft for decompression doesnt help, as at that point you are rolling on road, not flying in the air.
It took me 3 reads to comprehend it all. Thanks so much for posting ! I feel smarter now 😊
I've been to Tibet. The altitude sickness is terrible. But the view of the snowy mountains from the plane was so beautiful.
In 1999 I took a flight from Munich to Hong Kong and we did fly over the Himalayas but I can assure you that it was the most bumpy ride I ever had in my entire life and up to this day! The violent turbulence lasted for hours. It felt like the plane would disintegrate at high altitude and mind you, it was night time, we could not even see anything outside. One of most scary experience ever.
@Das Messer he said in 1999
@Das Messer er hat 1999 gesagt
I had the same experience flying to Mars and back, so I know how you feel.
So that's why
@@cedricvillani8502 you have the same name with a mathematician.
I was waiting for him to say there's dragons on the roof of the plateau that love to eat airplanes
Lol
😂
Volpe where are you??
what has quarantine done to you mate?
he is hiding the truth from us
"5 times the size of France"
hmmm yes but how many Toyota Corollas???
148 billion
@@emilmuhrman correction 148,639,532,957.1, or you could just say 148,639,532,957 give or take a few because a calculator rounds at like 12 digits.
639,532,957 corrolas is a difference of $12,806,647,463,925 so it's a big deal.
Why are we using france as a mesurment??? I thought that was Americas thing of using whatever the fuck they can whilst fucking over the metric system-??
@@MischievousMoth probably because literally *anything* is better then the imperial system. Including france.
I took a flight from Kathmandu to Chengdu, China and I believe we flew over Tibet for a short while as I could see it on the IFE map. I experienced THE worst turbulence of my life and we began to feel the plane would break into pieces. All of it made worse by manic screams from fellow passengers.
"Sir, over 500 planes have crashed on this route, should we do this a different way?"
"No, send more planes!"
LOL, That's the Pentagon.
Unless Allies wins the war, this would be lost of liives for nothing.
That was WW1 strategy.
That was hitler WWII
"This enraged his father, who punished him severely"
Wendover: "Identity theft is not a joke, Joe! Millions of families suffer every year!"
Hey! Thats my profile picture lol
I thought i was looking at my own comment 🤣
Free Tibet
Damnit. You beat me to the same joke by five hours.
Hey thats from office
Probably just me who knows, odd1sout?
-40°Celsius is -40°Fahrenheit
I love that fact.
That makes life suddenly much easier
and fahrenheit temperatures get smaller than celsius temperatures for the first time once u get below -40.
(C/5)= (F-32)/9. Do the maths to change fahrenehit to Celsius and vice versa.
@@FNeway honestly I prefer just knowing key data points and using that to estimate.
-40=-40
Water freezes at 0°c (32°f)
Average body temp is 98.6°f (37°c)
Water boils (at sea level) at 100°c (212°f)
Those 4 points easily illustrate the difference in scale and allows you to quickly infer an approximation to the other system.
@Luca Damian yes.....really
I laughed every time he said " La-Hasa"
thank you for saying something, I thought I was crazy
Why planes dont fly above Tibet? Lemme save you 10 minutes
Because of the Himalayas.
I thought it was the genocides
Red Blues China did kill millions and destroyed thousands of monasteries leaving less than 10 monasteries after Chinese communist invasion in the 1950.
@@redbluesandmoons7478 Which is why planes never fly over Germany. Wait...
@@willumpfirst904 Not millions. There wouldn't be any Tibetans left.
The sadness of the internet.
A joke comment that eventually turns into a thread of arguing people thinking that youtube comments are going to change anything instead for fueling hate amongst people who don't know each other.
In summary, and without watching, it’s called mountainous terrain at high altitude. Not safe if a aircraft has an engine failure or depressurises!
Basicly the Bermudatriangle for planes.
Ty
Thanks. I was gonna waste my 10 minutes 🙄
Thanks man. You’re a lifesaver
Thank you, now I dont have to watch a 10 minute video
"You cant fly here because its dangerous."
Me playing Microsoft Flight Simulator: "Hold my beer."
that makes no sense -_-
@@FishbedFive Mobile games are dumb and stupid
"Dangerous? Maybe you just don't fly high enough."
Proceeds with Kerbal Space Program
@comrades Nguyen you are vietnamese most of you dont even own a PC and only play that shitty mobile game FREEFIRE lol
@comrades Nguyen you play on mobile go back playing on your calculator
I’ve been to Tibetan Plateau we went to Lijiang, lived in a tiny village about half an hour away, we got to ride on Yaks, climbed the Jade Dragon Mountain, go to a Buddhist Monastery and meet monks and were exposed to meet on of the Dalai Lama but the government was coming so we had to leave, then we also taught science in a tiny school in the middle of no where village in the mountains we were staying at.
The reason? Yetis. They like to throw rocks at passing airplanes.
Underrated comment
@@abdullahjatt3681 - Thanks, but I think the levitating monks comment by "Bor Eenpis" was better. Can you imaging being the poor pilot who is minding his own business while flying a 747 and suddenly have an enlightened monk appear in front of the plane's windshield?
chinese cultivator shooting down airplane because its noisy when they are meditating
To funny.
Hah lol
Me: How old is your child?
Normal people: 3.5 years
RealLifeLore: 42 months!
I’d be more amazed with 42 months then 3.5 years
I recently turned 504 months old. I’m so happy!
Daniel Watts I was just about to say 15,000 months is about 1,200 years
@@vinchin8486 Yeah, I accidentally did days instead of months.
Or...as Yoda said "When 900 years you reach, look as good, you. Will. Not." 😁
Never lose your inner child keep your innocence
"Because mountains." 10 minutes to say 2 words must be some kind of record.
Lol. I believe there's a minimum required number of minutes for a video to be qualified to earn a corresponding amount of ad money. It's kinda impractical to put a 1 minute ad on a 30 second video.
@@johnlloyddy7016 yeah but it could easily be less than 10 minutes and at least 5 minutes
Planes fly over mountains all the time. So that isnt quite enough of an explanation. He had to explain why 'these mountains in particular' are more dangerous than others we can fly over.
@@lyianx that's how folks are today though. Two word explanations is all they can stand. People don't really want to know anything anymore. Watched a vid where an issue of rain, poor drainage an attempt to soak up moisture with salt and a freak hot weather ruining a tennis court equated to "blue clay bad".
I'm glad to stumble upon this comment after watching the videos for 4 seconds.. don't have to waste my time here anymore 😄
This video is an example of writing random stuff in your essay to reach the minimum word requirement. Except it’s just to make a 10 minute video to get that extra ad revenue.
Me: "It's time to sleep"
RUclips recommendation: "do you wonder why airplane don't fly above Tibet?"
😅 It's happened to me.
Its literally 2am and im watching this
@@kigyozogyurcsanyferenc2133 welp
Me: “no, but now yes.”
Hahaha that's why I'm watching this
During WWII, the Pilots flying the Supplies into China, called that area "The Hump". As I remember reading, most of the supplies being flown over the Hump were going to Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's Flying Tigers (AVG) Group, that desperately needed supplies in the early part of the war. But they were also supplying the Chinese Military and other groups, like the 341st Bomb Group.
Losses were heavy and estimates vary between 468 and 600 plus airplanes (the AAF did not record every crash), but the more probable estimate is 590 aircraft lost along with 1,314 crewmen. Some 1,171 men who after surviving crash landings and bailouts walked out to safety; 345 men were declared missing. Many of the aircraft and the aircrews have never been recovered.
One of the Pilots that started out flying supplies over the Hump was Robert L Scott. He eventually flew with the Flying Tigers. He is the Author of the book "God is my Copilot" and several other books. Scott retired from the USAF in 1957 at the rank of Brigadier General. In 1980 Scott, at the age of 72, walked the entire Great Wall of China, 1,900 miles in 94 days. His books are good reading. Men like Gen Scott should never be forgotten.
God Is My Co-Pilot is also a 1945 movie based on Robert L Scotts book.
@@mclyte20 Yes I saw the original movie and I agree it is good. I got to meet Robert Scott in the late 1960's when I was a kid and he signed his book for me. The Flying Tigers and all those that fought in WWII were all hero's of mine and I think I read every book about WWII they printed. "God is My Copilot" was on of those books. They inspired my long career in the USAF. I never became the pilot I wanted to be, but I got to work on the aircraft.
But I must admit the book is better than the movie and has more details. There are many movies that were made from books written by those that actually did the deeds. But the movies always seem to leave stuff out due to production costs or they don't think it is important or for other reasons. That or they add stuff in that didn't happen to appeal to a larger audience. They add things like love stories or female encounters of some kind to appeal to woman for example. To a point I can understand that as it is the bottom line the movie companies are aiming for. The most profit they can get.
That was the older films, today they don't have the writers, depend on action scenes too much, actors are more like adult children that have never served in the military, act like they are playing some video game, are too PC, must be inclusive to everyone and push some kind of agenda. So basically, with extremely few exceptions, films today just suck. They call it artistic license.
@@EIBBOR2654 I'm no where near as old as you are but I enjoy learning, reading and watching books, movies and documentaries about the aeronautical history of WW1 and WW2, the fighting aviator pilot aces and all the unique aircrafts that participated in the two wars different campaign theatres throughout the world along with being interested in all periods of world history in general. I agree , that the majority of todays actors don't hold a candle to the actors of the "golden era," of the movie industry. The actors of today feel unrelatable and cold in which you don't have any commonality or feeling for in comparison to actors from the past. All I can do as a young individual is just recognize these differences in time periods from the time that I live in now and be thankful for the modern conveniences that I have access to but at the same time appreciate peoples lives and experiences from the past because they were just people like my-self. At the end of the day I do have to exist in this modern world along side the PC cancel culture and immature adult children that society seems to create and foster now and that you write about in your response. However, that doesn't mean I lose my-self to what is considered normal today. Navigating it but not being "apart," of the mentality is the key. In regards to the book, usually the novels that movies are adapted from, do hold more details and are better than the films. But that's because movies in general are for entertainment purposes and very rarely are better than the books. The books are for people with a genuine desire to research and understand in greater detail certain events and people of the past more thoroughly.
I once took a flight from New York to Beijing fly over the North Pole (not exactly, but we were close). It was awesome to see the frozen tundra, and then into Siberia where it was all frozen rivers. And I was thinking, man it would suck to crash here!
Polar Bears look up in the sky saying "Someday!"
Lol ,even if you survived,did you really??😂
@@nycbass78 Lol.
(You have the punctuation of a psychopath, or a four-year-old.)
@@nycbass78 How does caring about punctuations make him a psychopath? Where tf is the correlation!?
@@linustehminus where’s the correlation about his original assertion?
You convinced me with these two reasons: difficult to land in case of emergency and the turbulence. I think the turbulence you mentioned can be caused by the air upward motion of diverted by the mountain and by convection which is also enhanced by the mountain. However, you said the fuel will freeze if they flight over Tibet didn't convince me. Since plan flight over 10km above, the temperature at that level is already very low. At that level, the temperature over Tibet is similar to other places at the similar latitude.
🤓
This guy had to extend this video like i do with my assignment to meet the word count
Looks like real life lore is trying to become more like Wendover productions. Even he started talking about planes.
RLL is way less insufferable than Bendover
I wonder why the last 2 Wendover don't have any Aircraft reference...
"Huge uninhabited plateau"
Did you just describe northern and northeastern Russia as a whole?
theres only the north Siberian/Putorana plateau? what s bad attempt at a joke
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@ᴇᴢᴇᴄʀɪs 305 Kamchatka, chukotka etc are there which aren't even connected by road..
People living next to an airport: I NEED TO LIVE HERE
Relatable
His pronunciation of Lhasa and Kula Lumpur is killing me
ye
Not to mention his pronouciation of Urumqi, Xining and Almaty
His pronunciation of Lhasa is probably more correct
so? i want to see you pronounce things that arent in your mother language.
@@daveolifent4477 yeah those were terrible! I don’t expect him to learn perfect pronunciation but how difficult is it to check basic pronunciation on. Wikipedia?
In WWII they called that "the Hump". So flying over the hump was a long and grueling mission and they used to put a camel emblem to show you had flown over the hump. (on the B29s)
Most popular day to fly over "the Hump?" Wednesday.
They would also smoke cigs so the Camel brand was born. Doctors used to recommend smoking. People believed them just like they believe vaccine drug dealers now.
@@scintillam_dei umm dude?
@@chrisjoshua69420 Doctors are drug dealers because they sell drugs. Truth hurts?
SCINTILLAM DEI
Pharmacists: ARE WE A JOKE TO YOU?
RLL: Why planes don’t fly over Tibet
Experienced pilot: *Reasons*
Says it all doesn’t it☺️
Took a Singapore Air flight from Singapore to Moscow. Flew right next to K2 and this was right at sunrise. Woke up thought that was a cloud about to clip the right wing then realized not a cloud but a huge mountain. Let me tell you this is not like flying over the Rocky Mountains in the U.S.. Sights I will never forget and we had zero turbulence.
After reading the title, I expected it to be a collaboration with Wendover
Same
"If you've made it this far into watching, you probably never want to hear the word 'plateau' again"
hear
@@hexagon_1 Where?
@@LauraPFan we get it. You can't be bothered with smarts.
Actually, it's people with no sense of humor that I can't be bothered with.
Never heard plateau but did hear platoooo a lot.
“Want to get enlightened in the middle of nowhere?”
I love random comments from "history of the entire world i guess" on videos
@Bird Nerd It’s not actually random, that’s what bill wurtz said about tibet
Thats the best kind of place to get enlightened.
I call malarkey, dangerous because of rock throwing Yetties.
My cousin Loraine dated a Yeti when she was in college. On one date he showed her what was under his furry coat. That was the beginning of her stuttering, which she has never gotten over.
@@rr7firefly Damn Yetties 🤣
Love your channel, but the capital of Tibet is pronounced "Lasa", not "Lahasa".
yap''Bro u r rite,,' LHASA''' in Tibetan ..'''Land of God'',,,( LHA)- means Gods. ( SA )- means Land'''
took me years to differentiate the pronunciation between Lha and La
Koala lompar
@pảri' cant be.. china has killed millions of innocent Tibetans just to take over their land.
Tibet needs freedom
„Luh-hasa“ 🤣
Real life lore : upload video about flights
Wendover production : stay out of my Territory
I thought the same :)
I flew from a city in China into Tibet. It's the only time in my life when the plane I was on had to turn round and go back to its original airport. The turbulence was utterly insane.
that's a pretty bad pilot for sure
I want to go to Tibet. How's a good way to get there?
@@RealMysticalMan Firstly fly to Xining City in Qinghai Province, then take Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
@@binteliya9598 Thank you.
@@Dackered
Actually, that pilot must be a smart pilot.
Never risk people's lives if you are a good pilot.
I love how the letter a changes it sound in english aviation turns into "eviation", flag turns into "fleg", and also the e turns into a like neck=nack quite funny
"The population is a tiny 14,000,000 people"
*Me in Norway with 5,000,00 people*
Is Norway 5 times the size of France?
Etho The Great no Norway 385 000 km^2 France 643 000 km^2
cherry.queen I didn't see the "is"
My bad
The intermountain west in the U. S. is the same size with the same number of people.
@@etho7351 Compared to the Canadian territories when it comes to area to population size comparison, that number is really huge.
" Why Planes Don't Fly Over Tibet " They saw that Soccer movie once.
Oh shit that’s some old reference
f-o-o-t-b-a-l-l do i have to spell it out to you?
That one where they basically have like superhuman kicks?
@@EthanBobby-gx3vn Thank you for caring.
@@Homeschoolsw6 sorry i came across a bit rude didnt i...
7:47 temperatures like that are rare.
Canada and Antartica:
Are we a joke to you?
u forgot Russia
@@cristivali5787oh crap I forgot, oymyakon in Siberia russia has temperatures during winter -50 °C
You've forgot Alaska as well, I've visited Alaska 3 times and I can safely tell you that -40°F/C is really cold. Any lower than the ones I've experienced, visiting or living, you've gained my respect.
@@centauria9122 yeah I know I gave Canada and Antarctica as examples of cold places. Alaska is pretty dang cold but not as cold as Antarctica.
We sometimes get a solid month of that temperature lmao, love it when my nose and eyes freeze shut
I can explain that in 3 word ahem *” IT TOO TALL”* thank you for coming to my Ted talk
So simple answer, the Tibetan mountains or too high.
2high4u
Are*
@@arthurthekyogre9155 :-)
There is a mysterious mountain ....since you guys are christain you would say it's just a high region or mountain...but there are mountain in other parts of world too ...people ignoring mysterious mountain in south of Tibet....according to hindus God shiva live there
@@NitzVision Are you referring to Mt. Kailash?
Well at least I’m gonna fly over Tibet in Flight Stimulator!
Nothing like stimulating yourself over Tibet
Tibet: Where you’re always in the Mile High Club.
@@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar without leaving the ground.
i few over tibet in a flight simulation too!
@Marius S same 😂
Not trying to nitpick but Lhasa is pronounced as “Lah-Sah” instead of “Lah-Ha-Sah”.
What they said...
I was actually curious how that was supposed to be pronounced. Thank you!
M North Indian lives near Tibetan border and we still calls it Tibet and Pronounce Lhasa like that LahSah.
Its cryptic form of divine
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By far one of my favorite RUclips channels. Thanks for all you do.
Me: Had no clue planes didn't fly over Tibet
*reads title*
Also me: Ah yes, Ive always wondered this
LOL
Me: RLL, do planes fly over Tibet
RLL: Well yes but actually no.
4:15- Why does this happen?
4:30- Reason 1
6:41- Reason 2
7:18- Reasons 3 & 4
Saved you 10 precious minutes!
Edit: Thanks for the likes!
THANKS
Thanks a lot. Have no time for shit ads
Ty
And one correction to reason 4 - temperature at 40,000 feet is minus 55-56c so -40c doesn’t make sense.
Only reason I can think of that the fuel will freeze at such “high” temperature is if the petrol tank is almost empty.
In that case, you’d probably die anyway before getting to your destination.
And the modern imperialist propaganda.
Jet-A fuel freezes at -47 deg C Temps at 35,000 feet altitude (typical cruise altitude) are close to -54 deg C - no matter where you are in the world. Passenger aircraft are designed with heat exchangers in the fuel system that will heat up cold fuel to prevent freezing. The best reason they don't fly over the Tibetan Plateau is the lack of usable altitude to descend in an emergency.
Man, I never thought about that. As someone who lives in Nepal and studies in China, next time I am taking the direct flight to Chengdu, which flies via Tibetan plateau... Let's just say.... I now have funny story to share mid flight.
I'm Chengdu citizen,welcome
Isn’t RUclips banner in China.
@@itto1282 VPN, dude. VPNs don't "keep you safe online" but they are good for getting around blocks. The legality of doing so is questionable, so I don't endorse it.
@@Stettafire yeah but it's Chinese law so if you think you can get away with it, do it.
The studies were on the Himalayas weren't they?
"Jet fuel freezes at -40 celsius."
As opposed to -40 fahrenheit, an _entirely_ different temperature.
Actually its the same
No joke
if you look closely, Sam
states jet fuel freezes at -40° celcius, for all we know, this could be a completely different temperature scale
could also have been Kelvin, which would be pretty bad
@@c_perfringens sam? his name is not sam
missed the chance to just say -40 degrees since its the same F and C. Kelvin can have fun elsewhere.
Any idea why that one value is equal to both?
@@randomuser5443 google it
Whays an F?
@@randomuser5443 if x is a temperature in C, then its equivalent in F is 9/5*x + 32. For a temperature x to be the same in F and C, it must therefore satisfy the equation 9/5*x +32 = x. This yields 4/5x + 32 = 0, or x = 5/4* (-32) = -40.
@@MWaheduzzamanKhan1 fahrenheit
The reason why I subscribed is that this series of RUclips videos is very well researched. You can see that a lot of preparatory work has gone into this. Well done!
Fun fact : *The word “Long” is shorter than the word “Short”*
mind blown
in all seriousness though i actually never thought of that
And the word “abbreviation” is 12 letters long.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is A fear of long words.
@@acasualcactus5878 it also happens to be one of the longest words in the dictionary. How ironic
The7531 Also, what’s the word for a fear of giant, 150-legged hippos?
Tibet is often called ‘roof of the world. A holy land and rich in minerals. So much love for Tibetan people in Tibet. Blessed to see this video 😇❤️❤️
I wonder that MS Flight Simulator 2020 simulates all of these 4 situations exactly as hey are.
You wont see the japanese gunning you down haha
the flights nicknamed "camel peaks" in WWII were indeed among the most frightening ones in aviation history, near the end the pilots were using the debrises all the way along the route as guidance beacons, kind of
It's time for "Why planes don't fly over Belarus" now :D
We are living in crazy times indeed....
Unfortunate
Literally I live in Belarus on Kamennaya Gorka (Каменная Горка) and 3-4 days I heard planes like every 2 hours
Why?
@@munchermuncher7663 World politics. If you are American you would not even bother as you give a sh*t about the rest of the world.
“This video is brought to you by common sense”
This video was good but it could’ve just been 2 minutes
Bzbxbd
Hahahaha 🤣🤣
I’ve never met anyone who just knows what the terrain of Tibet is like.... knowledge is different from common sense
@@ashiraaaladonai true
Pilot: I don’t fly over Tibet
Passenger: I want to go to Tibet
Pilot: Excuse me what
Second Pilot: Then put on some good shoes and feel free to go :P
If this was a movie you'd have to find a jaded pilot with an accent and a biplane in a seedy tavern somewhere. "Tibet? Oi yea I can getcha there, ou's 'askin?"
Samatar Mohamed lmfao I had that exact image in my mind too.
You'll have to parachute here and catch the 4:15 Yak to Lhasa.
😂
why are people hating on him for stretching his videos? it‘s not like he doesn‘t try to make the video interesting or anything.
RealLifeLore: why plane don't fly over Tibet?
Me: goes to flight radar 24 to check if there is any plane flying over Tibet
Edit: yep it's true, there was no plane flying over Tibet
@Eli yes, there are flights over the Indian Ocean🛩🌊
Except for 2 fights a day from kathmandu to lhasa. The view are breathtaking. The clouds seperate as if there is a border in the sky. Very beautiful.
@@SoloLevellor no there's no airplane flying over Tibet
@@SoloLevellor there are flights over the Indian ocean, there are Airways which fly over the Indian ocean a good example of one is QF9 and QFA10 which flys from Heathrow to Perth Non-stop Most of the Indian ocean is not classed as Oceanic airspace This is because Melbourne FIR controls the whole south-east portion of the Indian Ocean using TAAATS or The Australian Advanced Air Traffic System this allows for greater area coverage
Male FIR bridges the gap between Australian Airspace and Middle Eastern Airspace allowing the Airspace across the Indian ocean to remain domestic
The flight to Lhasa where the window blew out was brushed over a bit. It was pretty crazy! There's even a movie about it called 'The Captain'.
They were stuck between the mountains in front of them and a storm behind them when the window blew out. Couldn't fly further into the mountains because there was no oxygen so the pilots were forced to fly through a crazy storm to get to Chengdu airport for an emergency landing which they barely made because the plane was overweight from having too much fuel.
1:24
Mentions "wasteland" then precedes to mention "France"
**"Everyone liked that"**
why tho
*Laughs in British
French people : Viva la gulliotine
Surrenderland.
@@sriyasodharmma4021 guys, we have a comedy genuis!
"Planes don't fly over Tibet because it's rocky. This causes planes to not fly over it, the reason for this, is Tibet being too mountainous, so planes don't fly over it for this reason. Tibet being rocky also means that there are not runways on it, this is dangerous for the planes so they decided not to fly over it"
The whole premise of jet fuel freezing is not true at all. Temps at cruise altitudes around the world regularly reach lower than -40C, so not sure where you heard that only exists over the Tibetan Plateau. And while jet fuel can remain liquid at temps below -50C, a lower temp than even that isn't an issue thanks to fuel heating systems. So while that might be a risk for smaller piston aircraft, it is no issue for airliners.
Smart man
True! Most of the flights I had recently were cruising at 37.000ft or 39.000ft where temperature was around -50°C during the entire 3 or 3 and half hour flights.
was looking for that answer coz that wrong explanation triggered me much. at cruising altitude of like 10km the temperature is mostly at -50degree
should have read the answers first, lol, eric alrdy said that
I agree with you. The temperature at that high altitude over Tibet should be similar to other place at similar latitude. It is not unique to Tibet.
How many planes do you want to fly above you Tibet?
Tibet: NO!
Neptune not funny didnt laugh
@@wtprkek1847 I don't care.
YES, SOOOO FUNNY 😂
I destroyed your 69th like
@@H2007IQ thanks lol
Hi, in Chinese the ‘x’ has more of an ‘sh’ sound so that the city Xining should sound more like “she-ning” and not “zhee-ning”.
Also, the H in Lhasa is silent.
Thank you for clearing that out for us!
Thx for teaching chinese 😀🇨🇳🦇🦠
Incorrect. Lhasa sound exactly like it looks. H is not silent.
Roblox pro69 What sinophobes 🤡💩 say 🖕
saigo toru I’m quite sure I said it correctly. I have also been to Lhasa, I don’t recall any of the locals (or anyone else for that matter) saying it like ‘lahasa’.
Sorry to say fellas, but low temperature and fuel freezing risk is not a valid argument. Quite the opposite it is rather warm at altitudes of 30.000 feet to have only -40C. I am a frequent flyer (or rather used to be before covid) and I always keep track of flying conditions. Most routinely I observed temperatures well below -50C, and oftentimes in the range -60..-65C. I would ask the author of the clip to review the content. All modern jets are equipped to heat up jet fuel by capturing some heat from the engines (thru FRTT valves)
Q: Why don't planes fly over Tibet?
A: It's all mountains. There ya go.
Tibet is a flat plateau chinese bot
4:23
@@spooked2104 grow up kid and watch vid
@@spooked2104 man I wonder if you people who blindly hate China have as much hate for Russia?
@@Jaqen-HGhar no actually cus russia isnt horny for land always and doesnt have concentration camps?
Soon as you post this video: "Hey, you know what, let's fly over Tibet today."
Just fly over it yourself in Flight Sim 2020.
It is fine, planes would take 40% less fall damage flying over Tibet than planes flying over flatland
OOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFF
It’s great to see Butthead, of Beavis and Butthead, actually got a job narrating wonderful interesting videos. 👍🏻
@5:35
"...if planes had follow protocol, they would crash into the side of a mountain..."
*commercial break*
@5:36
"...and die."
The suspense literally killed me.
LOL
temperature at 35000 ft is usually around -51 C. Jets have a way of warming up fuel and keeping it from freezing
It’s called Prist. Anti-icing additive used in most aircraft that fly in those temps. If there is no prist, then they have fuel heaters via hot oil. Cold fuel runs across hot oil lines, heats the fuel and cools the oil.
@@SoloX531 always knew there would be an additive for that. Thank you for letting me know the name. Just looked it up. Nice info.👍
Planes Levitate - think about it.... Who would store vast amounts of flammable fuel in 'metal bendy wing fuel tanks' we've been lied to
Yeah, it called gas 'n match
Me after watching this video: So planes actually do fly over the Tibetan Plateau
RealLifeLore: Well no but yes
@@Pierce1337 watch the video
@@Pierce1337 its a meme silly. Search up " well yes but accually no meme"
@@Pierce1337 i dunno man, you are stuck here by yourself. Hopefully someday you will understand
Pierce Memes are used as jokes in comment sections across social media platforms
Pierce shut the hell up lmao
Save your self 10 minutes , it’s because of the mountains
Fun fact :1 kilometer is thousand times more than a metre
999*
is this a fact for americans
because they would be shocked that a kilometer isn't 4983.7347 meters and a meter isn't 483.5 centimeters
What the hell is a kilometer? Is that some unit I'm too free to use?
Anthony R. Um?
@@asteroidminer1095 Hmm.. Guess you did not Study well in School.
"Wanna get enlighted in the middle of nowhere" - bill wurtz, 2017
China broke again, and they're whole again!
As a 777 pilot, the #1 issue by far is the passenger oxygen supply, not fuel freezing. I've been over the Arctic/North Pole many times, and while a concern, I've never seen it cause a divert. And the North Pole doesn't have emergency fields either, it's 5X worse than Tibet.
I think on the north pole, at least we can descend to get some oxygen, but on Tibet, it is not possible.
turning 100 word essay into into 10 thousand word essay.