Why Most 'Emergencies' Are NOT Emergencies | Curious Pilot Explains #5
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- This video will look at 5 Airplane/aircraft/aeroplane emergencies and show you what the pilots have at their disposal to deal with these problems. Hopefully it will show you that most of the time these 'emergencies' are not that at all and actually more of a more risky inconvenience.
Most of the time, it is what is not known that creates the biggest fear, and this video will aim to provide you with the knowledge to better handle any fear of flying or even just improve your understanding of aviation.
Time stamps:
Loss of Power - 1:30
Brake Fail - 3:36
Landing Gear Failure - 4:38
Engine Failure - 5:23
Decompression - 9:07
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I am a very nervous flyer and having a greater understanding of the safety features that come about due to previous accidents/air crash investigations, along with your turbulence and aeroplane noises video, makes me feel much more at ease. Thank you for all the hard work you put into your amazing videos!
I am a bit nervous but I love it so I always get on the plane!
Same here! Watching these videos about crashes, close calls, and stuff has taught me how durable planes really are. I used to be sweaty, nervous wreck after every flight, but I think I'll be alright now haha
I think there are worse things than dying in a plane crash like the parents who's child was sucked out of the plane mid flight. Sitting there and seeing the hole in the plane where your child used to sit is worse than anything I've ever heard. You could be sound asleep in your apartment when a plane crashes into it too. It's so random and so unpredictable.
Very interesting! To be honest, if I saw an engine on fire as a passenger (very nervous flier here), I would freak out. Even after watching this video, I'd still freak out, but maybe only at 99% intensity.
I'd like to have TCAS covered in a future video.
Loved this one, and would look forward to more of this type of content.
The first cut of the engine after cruising for X hours is always exciting. Also, the rumble of the slats extending during the landing.
Very informative video. Thank you.
Great video! but Landing gear failure still make me worry after heard about LOT16 that the modern jet still have to do belly landing.
That’s fair, I didn’t expect an instant fix to a fear of flying but hoped that arming someone with this information might make them feel fractionally better. 😬 … Hopefully. Thanks for the comment :)
@Pakkapon Phongthawee when you are afraid of flying but have to, it's worthwhile to choose airlines that have a good safety record. While flying is very safe across the board, this may help to know.
Or have somebody find an airline for you, as doing your own research on airline safety before a flight may not help when you have a fear of flying.
landing gear failures are slightly more dangerous than normal landings because you have a small possibility of skidding off the runway, but you will stop extremely quick due to the friction.
Great video. Definitely helps to know what’s goining on and what’s being done should these instances occur 😊
Glad it was helpful!
I love flying...yeah I'm a bit nervous but it is thrilling!!
Great video! I think the worst part of an emergency may be the people trying to get their bags and holding up the evacuation line. Instead of having a small bag with them that holds their important necessities, they will hold the line.
Please keep a handbag with you that has things like meds, phone, charger, small flashlight, money, a mirror... and so on.
Fly safely everyone.
People shouldn’t even take small bags - if nothing else, it’s going to leave them stumbling, one handed along the isle, holding people up who could have exited the aircraft faster. The bags are quite safe and can be retrieved later. If they’re subsequently destroyed in a fire, that’s a situation where seconds count and saving every passenger and crew member’s life is more important than worrying about retrieving a laptop.
@@moiraatkinson I am talking a bag to hold medicine and such. Some people need their meds every few hours and a bag that is held would be fine.
No one is talking about a laptop. I have a bag that holds my phone, medicine, and Id. It would not affect anyone if I had this bag on my person and left the plane with it in hand.
@@kg-Whatthehelliseventhatglad to know your phone is more important than other peoples' lives. If your meds are that important keep them in your pocket. No one cares about your phone!
That was a great video thank you.
Awesome video!!
I really love these videos, I'm quite nervous flyer and these make me feel a bit more comfort.
Glad to hear it!
Fascinating advancements in aviation technology over the decades since I first became enthused as a boy.
I love your description as a rapid decent to 10,000 feels a bit sporty. I feel I may become a less nervous flyer as your videos are so imformative. Thanks.
Even if it helps a tiny bit, I’m really glad to hear it.
I’m a rather nervous flyer & also loved this ““sporty” description as well!
Very interesting thank you. Is there a video on what checks are done on a plane before they take off ? Thanks again..
WOW, amazing
Good teacher
I'd argue the most serious emergency an airliner can face while still having some chance of survival is loss of hydraulics which makes it very nearly uncontrollable. (e.g. UA 232)
Or running out of ginger ale.
Really great video! That makes sense about putting your oxy mask on first! I saw a documentary on someone getting hypoxia training and they couldn’t do a baby toy 😂
Great video and awesome idea! One thing I am missing is what if there is landing gear failure not in lowering them but if something is actually wrong, like the Jetblue Airbus flight with a twisted nose gear or the recent Cargolux who lost a gear on landing.
EDIT: OR, my own biggest fear, fire on board. That is really really scary!
Well that would make things a bit different and not so simple anymore. There are several examples of aircraft landing with twisted gear and landing successfully albeit with the landing gear and runway in need of repair.
I put a poll out a few months ago asking people about emergencies, it helped in the making of this one. Fire on board was mentioned, unfortunately this would be a little more serious… let the cabin crew extinguish the fire and get the plane down as soon as possible. 😬
@@CuriousPilot90 I guess there isn't that much for us pax to do in case of any aircraft malfunction... but when it comes to helping cc or fc we can do SOME stuff, we are not completely useless? Like, watching for engine weirdness or personal electronics malfunctions, right? It would be awesome to get a video about how to render aid if a laptop catches fire in the cabin - lithium fires cannot be extinguished with water!
Aircraft fire (outside of an engine) is one of those emergencies that is often understated how serious it can be! Ask any pilot what emergency scares them the most, and the answer is probably fire. Thankfully, fires don’t happen very often outside of engines.
Aircraft fire (outside of an engine) is one of those emergencies that is often understated how serious it can be! Ask any pilot what emergency scares them the most, and the answer is probably fire. Thankfully, fires don’t happen very often outside of engines.
Aircraft fire (outside of an engine) is one of those emergencies that is often understated how serious it can be! Ask any pilot what emergency scares them the most, and the answer is probably fire. Thankfully, fires don’t happen very often outside of engines.
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Most folks think if an airplane loses its engine(s) it will "fall out of the sky." This isn't true, either.
I did not know that the pilots would rock the aircraft when lowering the gear using gravity, but that sounds pretty cool. Also a small "correction"/addition: in more modern airliners the cabin altitude seems to be cloer to 6-7k feet than 8k, according to research from recent years
It puts a lot of strain on airframe pressuring the cabin but as you say, with modern designs and equipment they are able to pressurise to lower altitudes. I think it was the Dreamliner that is able to get down to 6,000 feet. Don’t quote me on that though. 😬
Some years past youtube brought up the point that planes around the 1990s were retrofitted with wings much 'thinner' and winglets added. I once asked an md-82 pilot what the fuel rating was, he took a minute and said 'about 5 miles a gallon at cruise'; in the 90's planes had black soot all around the engine exit ports;
With the 'new wings' and fuel sys./engines, I'd guess the new range is 32 mpg and up. Clean engines and now fuel hoses are very thin.
An f-16 has 'no space' for fuel tanks yet can fly over 1500 miles, afterburners make a purple ionized glow also.. so when a.t.c. asks for 'fuel in pounds' I'd guess it's a good fraction over rated.
My cat’s breath smells like cat food.
@@Stumpchunkman226 So, the American cat/pet food 'regulations' ... ''Can include euphemized pets, animals, 'road kill' outdated packaged meats still in the plastic, cooked at 145 degrees F for about 1 hour''. That is our 'pet food' and all pets have to deal with it.
I worked a maintenance Job at ABQ. International airport in the 90's
I tell the truth.
meow!
From the 90s new designs used supercritical wings which are actually thicker.
@@peteconrad2077
I saw this unified 'wing retrofit' as you said; but the 'newer' wings yeah, were of composites, stronger and much thinner, some had winglets, the latest addition.
What only makes some sense, after covid,
Preventing a total economic collapse was this 'technological jump' in fuel economy, whereby
The wings needed to be thin to go along with it. Later, new engines had this efficiency built in; the Boeing/Airbus Neo's.
@@wayneeligur7586 you’ve got it quite wrong. The new wings aren’t thin. New wings are fatter than those of the 737 or 747. Also I’ve not seen any airliners being retrofitted with new wings. I think you’ve misunderstood some stuff.
3:19 The engines still need a form of electrical power for engine control (including power settings). If an engine is still spinning, this turns a small supplementary generator and this powers the engine control circuits.
I was wondering whether you were a pilot “in real life” as you certainly seem to be more knowledgeable than I’d expect from an aviation enthusiast who hadn’t a pilot’s license 😊. You look too young! Great video - I’m enjoying this channel and I’m pleased I subscribed.
I've always wanted to experience a minor emergency while on a flight but not like an engine on fire more like turbulence or faulty flaps or rudder or electricity
Now tell them sometimes planes land themseleves ;)
The nervous flyers will get a kick out of that
Nice of the regulators to remove the redundancy of the extra engines!
Not necessary any more. Two are as safe as four these days.
One thing I did not know was that the plane would automatically descend if the pilots fail to do so. That sure is a fantastic idea considering that one plane crash in Greece!
Exactly! It’s because of these unfortunate events that air travel becomes safer and these systems are added.
I don’t think that’s true, the pilot needs to make inputs before the aircraft can descend
@@CuriousPilot90 12:06 What aircraft type descends automatically if no action is taken by the crew after a decompression? Maybe one or two aircraft models. Airbus A300-1000? I would think a majority of aircraft would still not have such a system.
@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549the A350 does this. It not many others.
Wish I saw this before my flight and panic attack
Cabin f& non-engine fires; I know they are fully trained but you're limited by the extinguishers and bravery of the crew.
Can you add another part when both engines fail? Is the airliner becomes a glider? What if this happen in the middle of nowhere? Ocean?
Crash
@@Stumpchunkman226 glide
I have a feeling that you are flying the Airbus A330 in the RAF
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I regret that my comment while being historically true that flight insurance was commonly bought at terminal kiosks from the 40' to the 1960's may offend some; the fact remains that safe flying was an order of magnitude worse, then.
What about a D*ckhead Pilot? Hav`nt flown since 1963 (Bristol Britannia, Singapore to UK), don`t want to travel far enough but live close to LHR. fAcinating how Aircraft safety has improved, but I`d rather go by SHIP!
Cool story
I hate to be negative yet..
In 5 years looking at air disasters, one or more new one per day, so I may say I'm cautious of flying. In early days of air travel, it was common to buy life insurance at terminals, because planes crashed often, then. I don't like smaller planes and much prefer airbus as Boeing is uncomfortable, worst being their 737
the twisting spiral/vortex vibration and power noise with intermittent hydraulic vapors, present only on Boeing, is a 'known' health hazard fixed only on the 787.
There's a cosmic radiation hazard up there that's known about, yet dismissed.
Also, sanitation is grossly an issue, planes are seldom 'cleaned' just kept cosmetically o.k. and cabin air is recirculated a lot. WiFi is used in a aluminum cylinder fuselage, just like being in a microwave oven. I stopped flying in 2011. The 'millimeter wave' metal detectors are 'exquisitely' hazardous to your health.
All these points are facts, as well.
Uh, wut
@@Stumpchunkman226 you read right guy!
There are 70-90 commercial AND private plane crashes per YEAR. How on gods green earth did you come up with one or more a DAY?
Unless you are living at cruise level, the extra radiation from cosmic rays isn't going to do you any real harm. May as well never get an x-ray again if you're that concerned.
WiFi is orders of magnitude too weak to do ANYTHING to a human body you absolute lunatic. I've seen people press powerful transmitters right up against biomass and it barely tickled it. Seriously if you don't understand the first thing about wireless technology, don't go spouting utter bollocks and maybe go learn first.
Again, unless you plan to retire inside a metal detector, walking through it once isn't going to do squat to you.
You sound utterly insane or wildly uneducated
So, dude be chillin', flying his flying machine when go bam! Gravity win. Every time. So sad man.
Mountains always “win,” too, if one doesn’t “get out of their way!” 😉
Don't forget crews PRACTICE the most confusing, time consuming, Dangerous issues their Standards Departments can dream up. They'll probe a crews systems knowledge & find weak areas of systems, procedures, FAA Regulations, Company Regulations during the 3+ Hour Orals every six months then dream up scenarios to lead a crew down the garden path to the "emergency" that needs a broader collective knowledge base. A common joke around one airline was when a crew went in for an Oral/Check Ride went like this..."Ok guys, here's a177,000lbs of scrap aluminum! If you can build a 767 out of it, you don't have to take the ORAL."
Seriously, after 40 years of "Flying the Heavys," an engine failure on T/O was Not as Critical an event as it was in a Cessna 150 Primary flight school. Treated as a solvable problem you'd seen hundreds of times in the simulator was Stressful BUT Solvable.
I think I’d get to work on building that 767 out of aluminum, in order to avoid the ORAL. 😉 An old saying a pilot friend of mine told me (over 30 yrs ago for context) is: “There are 2 types of Pilots….One who has ‘belly landed’ landed a plane (forgot to put the landing gear down)….and One who has yet to do so.” Sounds like technological advances that help correct human errors has made this a good bit less likely to occur now-a-days.
@tyloni1223 I had the Chief of Standards giving me a Sim Check & HE was getting a Standards Evaluation by the FAA. NO Pressure, Right? When his Evaluator asked him a Rudder systems question, he said, "I think I'll let the Captain answer that," & looked at me! So, when I rolled out my tool kit.......😉. I seriously didn't expect that but I'd had check rides from him before & went to the chalkboard & had only drew a third of the system with explanations the FAA Examiner cut me off & said he'd seen enough. Cram Night paid off that day. However, if you're interested, the Rudder Throw on a DC 9-30 is ± 26° (not that there's any guage/instrument in the cockpit that shows that.)
@@tyloni1223 P.S. never belly landed, but did hit a herd of cows on the runway. That count?