MAYDAY. UPS Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11 returns to Oakland. Flight control issue. Real ATC

THIS VIDEO IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATION IN FLIGHT:
10-MAY-2024. A UPS Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (MD11), registration N284UP, performing flight UPS2949 / 5X2949 from Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, CA (USA) to Ontario International Airport, CA (USA) shortly after takeoff requested to stop climb at 4000, reported flight control issue and requested return to Oakland Airport. Later the flight crew declared MAYDAY and requested extended final. The airplane landed safely on runway 30, vacated the runway and continued taxi to the parking stand.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Description of situation
00:17 UPS McDonnell Douglas MD-11F stops climb at 4000 and reports flight control issue
00:57 MAYDAY-MAYDAY-MAYDAY
02:08 The flight crew of UPS2949 contacts NorCal Approach controller
04:45 The pilots contact Oakland Tower controller
05:05 Landing at Oakland Airport
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THE VALUE OF THIS VIDEO:
THE MAIN VALUE IS EDUCATION. This reconstruction will be useful for actual or future air traffic controllers and pilots, people who plan to connect life with aviation, who like aviation. With help of this video reconstruction you’ll learn how to use radiotelephony rules, Aviation English language and general English language (for people whose native language is not English) in situation in flight, which was shown. THE MAIN REASON I DO THIS IS TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVERY WORD AND EVERY MOVE OF AIRCRAFT.
SOURCES OF MATERIAL, LICENSES AND PERMISSIONS:
Source of communications - www.liveatc.net/ (I have a permission (Letter) for commercial use of radio communications from LiveATC.net).
Map, aerial pictures (License (ODbL) ©OpenStreetMap -www.openstreetmap.org/copyrig...) Permission for commercial use, royalty-free use.
Radar screen (In new versions of videos) - Made by author.
Text version of communication - Made by Author.
Video editing - Made by author.
HOW I DO VIDEOS:
1) I monitor media, airspace, looking for any non-standard, emergency and interesting situation.
2) I find communications of ATC unit for the period of time I need.
3) I take only phrases between air traffic controller and selected flight.
4) I find a flight path of selected aircraft.
5) I make an animation (early couple of videos don’t have animation) of flight path and aircraft, where the aircraft goes on his route.
6) When I edit video I put phrases of communications to specific points in video (in tandem with animation).
7) Together with my comments (voice and text) I edit and make a reconstruction of emergency, non-standard and interesting situation in flight.

[@johnrazor8720]

330,000 pounds of fuel? Best damn MD-11 never made.

[@skittles5347]

That's awesome! Hahahaha 🤣

[@steltekx]

Yea, 330 000 lbs is 28% more than an MD11 can carry, but controllers don’t know the specs. They just know 33 000 lbs isn’t much fuel for a heavy that just took off, so they verified.

[@doie27]

330,000 pounds of fuel? Damn😂 that's a mothership

[@dohboy5475]

Maybe she mistook this as a KC-10?

[@gopack42]

Even my dumbass knows 330k lbs is ridiculous.

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

Unless it's a C-5....

[@KPMACHINE1]

He was too busy calling his dispatch supervisor. ATC can wait. That’s the first line on any UPS emergency procedure book. I was 2 miles from SDF in a semi with double trailers, we hit head on by someone running a red light. Dispatch asked me if I could still get the trailers there!

[@TB-um1xz]

He doesn't need an ARTR, so dispatch would be last on my list to do.

[@KPMACHINE1]

@@TB-um1xz I’m joking.

[@ytnsanw]

Boeing's fault. Definitely...

[@YouCanSeeATC]

🤣

[@saxmanb777]

Airbus sabotage. Obviously.

[@patjustpat9892]

First.

[@MastrCake]

Tool.

[@Part_121]

@@MastrCake That's First Tool to you.. 🤣

[@MastrCake]

@@Part_121 xD