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[HellforLeather]

Give that man a raise...right now!

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

Hail no.......Congrats to that crew. Saved over a hundred lives right there.

The damage to the nose cone makes me wonder how it didn't break the plane apart?

 

[RS4-]

I've been in hailstorms like that, nothing to describe it.

Just haven't been in one while in a plane.

 

[Chris R]

Reminds me of the British Airways #9 Air Disaster episode where volcanic ash basically sandblasted the front windows (and caused all four engines to shut off temporarily)

 

[Lucky Forward]

Why didn't they just kick out the windshield?

Even if they could (once they were out of the hail), the landing speed of an Airbus 320 is around 130 knots (150 mph). You wouldn't want that kind of breeze in your face.

 

[KHarvey16]

Hail no.......Congrats to that crew. Saved over a hundred lives right there.

The damage to the nose cone makes me wonder how it didn't break the plane apart?

Nose cones on airliners are usually some kind of composite since the weather radar sits behind them. There's a big bulkhead behind all that so fortunately no real danger of big structural damage.

 

[TyrantII]

Most commercial planes land themselves now a days. Still scary because of the damage to the cabin and plane, but they don't need visibility to land now a days.

 

[The Maverick]

Why didn't they just kick out the windshield?

Then they would have died. This is a crazy feat though, hero status.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Most commercial planes land themselves now a days. Still scary because of the damage to the cabin and plane, but they don't need visibility to land now a days.

Yeah but auto pilot was knocked out

they had to do a semi visual and instrument landing which requires skill and good teamwork/communication with copilot and tower

this is an impressive landing even if its the expectation of professional pilots

 

[Supha_Volt]

Impressive! I'd be scared as hell though if I was a passenger lol

 

[THE:MILKMAN]

Nose cones on airliners are usually some kind of composite since the weather radar sits behind them. There's a big bulkhead behind all that so fortunately no real danger of big structural damage.

Good to know. I'm surprised this sort of damage doesn't happen daily/weekly somewhere in the world given the amount of planes/flights or maybe it does and most don't make headline news.

 

[NastyBook]

Boss shit. Props to him.

 

[AlexBasch]

"Can't see shit, captain" in real life.

 

[kewlmyc]

Dude is a hero. Holy shit, that's amazing.

Most commercial planes land themselves now a days. Still scary because of the damage to the cabin and plane, but they don't need visibility to land now a days.

Didn't they say autopilot was damaged and couldn't turn on?

 

[The Last Wizard]

Probably to avoid being killed by balls of ice.

Even if they could (once they were out of the hail), the landing speed of an Airbus 320 is around 130 knots (150 mph). You wouldn't want that kind of breeze in your face.

Then they would have died. This is a crazy feat though, hero status.

He was being sarcastic guys, y'all don't know the movie trope.

 

[TheGameshark]

Those photos are insane

 

[Stinkles]

<what a baby, airbuses land themselves, cracked windshield big woop>

<sees picture>


HELP ME JESUS I AM SORRY FOR everything

 

[StriKeVillain]

Yeah, right. "Blind"

*opens thread*
*sees pictures*

!

Edit: Stinkles and I are on the same page, lol.

 

[Lucky Forward]

Most commercial planes land themselves now a days. Still scary because of the damage to the cabin and plane, but they don't need visibility to land now a days.

Some pilots barely needed it back in the day. Lindberg judged his landing by looking out the side window.

 

[i3allistic]

Boss level skills right there ....bravo pilot


i couldn't even land my jet on TOPGUN for the NES w/o crashing

 

[adamsappel]

do they usually have hail like that in istanbul???? wikipedia says the average august high temp is like 80 degrees!

Hail is a summer thing when thunderstorms are more common. Warm-air updrafts send raindrops higher into the atmosphere where it freezes into balls. In the winter water vapor freezes at lower altitudes into sleet or snow.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

I hope every passenger clapped and cheered.

Well

Applause broke out among the passengers after the plane stopped safely after roughly landing on the wet runway.

 

[GameAddict411]

A plane such as the A320 can land and switch directions automatically. They also have gps and radar to help. I don't think any experienced pilot will struggle with landing a modern aircraft with no visiblity. Just think of extreme cases of fog.

 

[Jezbollah]

Dude... the engines are indestructible

Tell that to the two birds who caused Sully to ditch into the Hudson.

 

[MCN]

A plane such as the A320 can land and switch directions automatically. They also have gps and radar to help. I don't think any experienced pilot will struggle with landing a modern aircraft with no visiblity. Just think of extreme cases of fog.

It gets more difficult when the autopilot is fucked. Try reading the thread instead of steaming on in with your "pfft, easy" shitty hot take. You're not impressing anyone.

 

[CREMSteve]

A plane such as the A320 can land and switch directions automatically. They also have gps and radar to help. I don't think any experienced pilot will struggle with landing a modern aircraft with no visiblity. Just think of extreme cases of fog.

I fly daily and if there is extreme low fog, planes don't land, they redirect to another airport/city.

 

[BarringGaffner]

hmm Since when do pilots need to visibly see out the window?

 

[Akuun]

Holy shit. Like a fucking boss.

I'm guessing that's an instrument-only landing, then?

And that Twitter video is insane.

 

[meppi]

Give that man a raise! And a lifetime subscription to MeUndies.

 

[Fenderputty]

Probably to avoid being killed by balls of ice.

mindblown.gif

 

[CSJ]

A plane such as the A320 can land and switch directions automatically. They also have gps and radar to help. I don't think any experienced pilot will struggle with landing a modern aircraft with no visiblity. Just think of extreme cases of fog.

Only if the airport supports it and the weather allows.
Oh also if the equipment isn't shredded.

 

[StarCreator]

Thread title should probably clarify the automated flying systems were also disabled/destroyed so we have less uninformed drive by hot takes.

 

[chugen]

insane. grats to the pilot!

and why more dislikes than likes on the youtube video??

 

[ArgyleReptile]

Why didn't they just kick out the windshield?

They wanted the challenge.

 

[Rap2thaMoon]

insane. grats to the pilot!

and why more dislikes than likes on the youtube video??

Probably because he's Ukraine and maybe Russians down voted it?

 

[Alcotholic]

Give that man a raise.

 

[dark_chris]

They wanted the challenge.

I lol'd

 

[KHarvey16]

Good to know. I'm surprised this sort of damage doesn't happen daily/weekly somewhere in the world given the amount of planes/flights or maybe it does and most don't make headline news.

The latter, definitely. It's not exactly common but happens often enough it's never reported unless there are additional reasons to like here.

Thread title should probably clarify the automated flying systems were also disabled/destroyed so we have less uninformed drive by hot takes.

It's hard to say for sure really, there's not enough information. The articles I've read say autopilot, but that's different from autoland and ILS. Do they literally mean autopilot or do they mean autoland and ILS and thought autopilot covered it? I can see the damaged windows and loss of autopilot leading to the emergency landing in the first place and then the other automated functions working just fine.

 

[CitizenVectron]

Thread title should probably clarify the automated flying systems were also disabled/destroyed so we have less uninformed drive by hot takes.

Yes, it really should. The autopilot was taken out, as well as the radar I believe (also mounted in the nose cone).

 

[FrankCanada97]

Hail no.......Congrats to that crew. Saved over a hundred lives right there.

The damage to the nose cone makes me wonder how it didn't break the plane apart?

Planes can be pretty resilient:

 

[Izuna]

Why didn't they just kick out the windshield?

Thanks for the laugh

 

[zeemumu]

 

[chugen]

Probably because he's Ukraine and maybe Russians down voted it?

oh.. :/

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

That's crazy. I didn't expect the whole front end to be shredded.

 

[Kolibri]

 

[Acidote]

Looks like Mr. Akopov had a serving of Medicinal Fried Chicken before the flight, hence his attributes.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

That's crazy. I didn't expect the whole front end to be shredded.

yeah. I came in for some broken glass, not "we crashed into fucking Thor"- the plane.

Good that everything worked out though, but what kind of hail did they hit?

 

[Lamel]

Holy shit at that approach video. Incredible.

 

[Duffman]

he probably used ILS to align with runway but still that's very impressive flying

 

[SpecX]

Jesus, I thought the hail cracked the windows which injured his eyes. Not that the cracked windshield made it impossible to see blind.

Still impressive.

Same here, not putting this down neither as it is super impressive.