THE SIGHT & THE SOUND 1/7 : Swissair MD-11 HB-IWQ cockpit documentary from Osaka (KIX) to Zurich
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2015
- SWISSAIR MD-11 HB-IWQ OSAKA (KIX) - ZURICH
MARCH 17, 2001
In order to fly one last time on Malev’s legendary TU-154 aircraft in the last week of operation, I travelled once again from Japan to Europe, this time via Zurich onward to Budapest. This video features lots of cockpit footage onboard late Swissair MD-11 HB-IWQ “Valais/Wallis” from Osaka-Kansai to Zurich on a long 12 and a half hour flight. This flight was my last Swissair flight. At this time it was already obvious that the days of Swissair were numbered and the company was in a fundamentally bad shape, despite its glorious history. The friendly cockpit crew offered to take me into the cockpit to pursue my filming passion, because the Maitre de Cabin strictly prohibited filming in the cabin , so all footage in the cabin had to be done “under cover”.
History of MD-11 HB-IWQ VALAIS/WALLIS
Airframe 48541 was manufactured 1997 and delivered to Swissair, registered HB-IWQ, named “Valais/Wallis”, December 22, 1997. After the liquidation of Swissair HB-IWQ was transferred to
Swiss International Airlines on March 31, 2002. HB-IWQ was sold to Varig, Brazil, registered PP-VTU, September 15, 2004. This aircraft was converted into a freighter and sold to United Parcel Service (UPS), registered N284UP, January, 2006. This aircraft is reported to be active
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Flight details
Flight : SR 163
Date : Saturday, March 17, 2001
Aircraft : MD-11
Registration : HB-IWQ
Name : Valais/Wallis
Later registrations :
- PP-VTU (Varig)
- N284UP (United Parcel Service - UPS -)
Built : 1997
From : Osaka (KIX)
To : Zurich (ZRH)
Take off : 14.05 h (0505 UTC)
Touch down : 18.34 h (1734 UTC)
Flying time : 12 hours 29 minutes
Flying distance : 10.392 km
Altitude : 10.668 / 9.448 m
Speed : 901 / 775 km/h
Flight Captain : Messemer, Hans-Peter
Senior First Officer : Zerkiebel, Andri
Maitre de Cabin : Graf, Bruno
I love it, my entire childhood was spent traversing the world from JFK via ZRH and GVA on Swiss MD11's, 743's and the odd A310 as far as crossing the Atlantic went and then onto the MD80's through Europe and later finally the Airbus in the last years of that marvelous airline. As far as my folks were concerned, there were only 3 airlines in the world, Swissair, TWA and when left with no other choice, Alitalia.
im in love with this aircraft
What a beautiful plane!
BEAUTIFUL JETLINER
I love the MD .11 ! Flew on one in 95 , amazing plane those engines roar baby .. dig the footage
this is the Video ive been waiting years for! :D so many good memories as a kid flew the MD-11 as a kid from LAX to Zurich one of the best days of my life! sure do miss Swissair and the MD-11 dearly! good job mate and thank you for this hidden gem :)
no hidden bathroom here.....
Georgeous airplane. Looking quite spiffy in the Swiss livery.
RIP Swissair
(1931-2002)
Beauuuutiful!!!!!! Swissair + MD11 = ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Fun fact: This was Swissairs newest and last MD-11.
I always liked the looked of it. I still see a dc 10 that flies out of Sacramento, CA every evening. It rumbles the entire city on it's climbout
THUMBS UP!! Your video reminds me regarding my two LTU MD-11-TriJets flights back in 1992 from/to DUS - PMI - DUS flights. Then LTU was calling their MD-11 jets "Flüsterjets". It,s so sad to saw LTU went bankrupt. Still today I miss their huge L-1011 Trißtar and MD-11 fleet. The Good Old Times in a German airline-history are forever gone. And "Swissair" today is history too. Now these airline is called "only" SWISS".
Thank you so much for uploading this
My pleasure
What a great video, very cool! I’m a big fan of airplanes and especially of the DC-10!
I also made a few airplane and airport videos and I plan to do more in the future.
Greetings from Switzerland :)
The sound of memories
I love the noise of the three engines and the smell of the kerosene! 👍✈️ In 1990 I had 2 flights with an MD 11...from Frankfurt to Toronto and back! We called this craft „Northbound Lady...and realy, she was a Lady!
But, I also like to remember the MD 80...The tri-national SAS are still among the most important MD 80 operators in Europe!
And so me...Between 1977 and 1992 I flew to Copenhagen and/or Stockholm several times a year with this beautiful plane! I am very sorry, but I have never the honour, to travel with Swissair! Evertheless, for me Swissair is one of the best airlines in the world...like Lufthansa and SAS....Thank you soo much for this report!
Well Mr Daniel its a coincidence but we've both traveled once on the same aircraft you and me.
You traveled onboard HB-IWQ on March 17th 2001 and I also Traveled on this same MD-11 perhaps in March/April 2005 on a GRU-CDG flight when he became since Sep 2004 PP-VTU and joined Varig airline with a white Star Alliance livery painting.
(I also been on its sister ship PP-VTH the "black Star Alliance" MD11 also a former Swissair aircraft).
What a cool plane
Nowadays, they are in some desert, abandoned to the time, or, many already destroyed. For me, the most beautiful ever built.
This aircraft is currently flying for UPS as of DEC2020
2 pilots for such a long flight?
I didn't know Swissair flew to Osaka.
Cooles Video. Danke. Speziell am 23:22 "gömmer?"...
Gruass us m 747-8.
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MD-11 The real queen of sky !!!!!!!
I wonder why the MD-11 retired so early in its' life from passenger service.
fishodorvagina because with 3 engines it was less efficient than the B767 and A330
ETOPS
Because there are convertible freighters, theoretically they could be put back into service. But now they just aren't efficient enough.
The MD 11 was FANTASTIC !!! Unfortunately the 330, 340 and the 777 killed it. McDonald Douglas got taken by Boeing and Boeing put an end to the MD 11. McDonald Douglas couldnt handle Boeing and Airbus. Same for the L1011.
@@gleamingbige8119 I know, that Lufthansa Cargo still maintains 3 MD11...of the original 4 MD11 at Lufthansa Cargo, one MD 11 was sold to UPS in January 2021! 3 MD 11 stay at Lufthansa Cargo....
Incredibile footage. Apart from first class which was different this interior is identical to IWF Vaud which crashed in September 98. RIP
Great Vlog !! No IFE. In 1998 SR 111 an MD 11 had a tragic end because of the IFE. I flew a Thai MD11 FROM LAX to NRT. FANTASTIC PLANE. SUPERB !! Do you have anything on Air India ??
Suíça + MD-11 + Chuva = Sonho
Great video ,looks like she flies to Hawaii a lot now
I really liked the SR MD11 in it's original configuration with the 2 X 2 X 2 C class seating extending through the entire second cabin.
I've only seen the 2-2-2 business extending most of the way followed by a couple rows of economy seating before the third exit. Was there a more premium heavy config?
@@visionist7 The original launch configuration was business throughout the second cabin all the way back to the third exit.
@@Ben-xe8ps that definitely makes sense as 36 business seats here is a little on the low side especially when flying the Diplomat Shuttle. When they installed IFT's IFEN-2 system they switched to 49 seats in a 2-3-2 layout.
@@visionist7 Yes I was aware of the switch to 2 X 3 X 2 which rather spoilt it. Nobody wants to end up in that centre seat. I travelled on this aircraft on the ZRH-SIN route and was at the time very impressed with the 2 X 2 X 2 business seating which was directly comparable to the 1970s/early 80's pre-sleeper seat F class seating. Prior to the introduction of the MD11 i recall seating in C was 2 X 4 X 2 on the 747-300's and 2 X 3 X 2 on the DC10's.
@@Ben-xe8ps 2-4-2 AKA United's 777 business dorm haha.
I want an MD-11
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The pilot of Swissair flight 111 should not turn off the air conditioning of the aircraft and should begin the dumping fuel when the smoke has appeared in the cockpit .
if he had tuned off all the electronic devices including entertainment system he would've been able to safe it too but it has happened and we'll never know what could have been...
i was at the memorial site in 2004
I am not as big an aviation enthusiast as some of you are but doesn't MD aircrafts have one of the worst safety records? Also having the third engine literally invisible and mounted underneath the rudder seems to be a design flaw to me?
Safdar Akbari no. The md-11 ist one of the safest aircrafts in the aviation history.
Wrong !!! The DC 10 variants were safe. Swissair 111 an MD 11 had IFE problems and crashed. Its like some Mitsubishi cars that were great but the competition killed them. But the MD11 and Mitsubishi cars were great. Just because you fail in the market doesnt mean you are not good and vice versa. However the MD11 cargo has had problems. Korean Air, FedEx Chinese carriers etc. There i will agree with you.
Swiss Air Flight 111 The in-flight entertainment center doomed the aircraft.
6:29 Philippine Airlines
So good airline! So bad that Mario Corti has drived Swissair to bankruptcy!
It was not Corti, it was Brugisser. Corti was asked to try and save Swissair but it was too late.
It was not Mr. Corti. It was the Swiss banks.
Flight 111 started it
It's not Corti who caused SR's going bankrupt; he tried to save it but it was too late. The idiot responsible for SR's demise is Brugisser. Sad. My father, uncle and sister all worked for SR.
i'know that md-11 flight SR111 crash
It’s not this exact one though.
Liam B yes
The one that crashed was HB-IWF "Vaud".
While this one is HB-IWQ "Valais".
A300 cut in line