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The BEST Pilot Decisions EVER Made in an Emergency?!

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In this Mentour supercut, we celebrate superhero pilots, whose actions saved lives and made aviation safer for generations to come.

These pilots showed excellence in short-term decision making, planning and superb knowledge of their aircraft. BUT you don't have to fly aircraft to apply the lessons their stories teach us to your own career or everyday life.

0:00 When Pilots SAVE the Day!
1:46: The Miracle on the Hudson
37:57 The Original Miracle on the Hudson
01:05:48 Captain Sucked Out Mid-Flight
01:31:58 Engine Damage Over Honolulu

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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode.

SOURCES
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United — Captain Peter W.'s retirement flight
What it’s like to be a Southwest Pilot | S...
“Family flight” – Five Airbus A350 XWBs to...
British Airways | Safety Video | The Origi...
L’A220 vu du ciel
Rolls-Royce | How Engines Work
United – Career Spotlight Series: Aircraft...
See the Boeing 777-9 from a Bird's Eye View
Peter Chandler visits the A350 XWB cockpit
American Airlines Safety Video
Being a Pilot - Turkish Airlines
A350 XWB is 'Good to go' as it obtains its...
GE Aviation On Wing Support – Keeping You ...
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner and 737 MAX 9 Fly...
A350 XWB first flight - best of 14 June 2013
What It Takes To Be An Air Traffic Control...
From the archives: 2009 "Miracle on the Hu...
TACA Flight 110 - Landing Animation

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20 Comments

@MentourPilot Creator 1 year ago (edited) Pinned

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@johnrickard8512 1 year ago

A lot of problems in the air could be avoided if birds would radio the tower even once.

@GoCoyote 10 months ago

The day an airline drops to one pilot in the cockpit will be the day I stop flying that airline.

@OfMoachAndMayhem 1 year ago (edited)

"A flock of Canada Geese" - To anyone familiar with Canadian waterfowl and aviation, that sounds exactly as if you had said "A squadron of enemy heavy fighters".

@crystalsoulslayer 1 year ago

I absolutely love that CFM responded to the TACA flight the way they did. They could've been like "Don't fly into a hurricane! Shame on you!! Warranty VOID!!!" but they didn't. They probably made a huge hilarious machine to yeet ungodly amounts of hail into a running jet engine. And then they went "Okay, the hurricane thing should be fixed now, sorry for the inconvenience" and went back to firing chickens out of pneumatic cannons into giant titanium fans. Like you do.

@abrikosik33 1 year ago

I am obsessed with the TACA story. It's not as well known as Sully, but the way the crew just calmly handles this crazy thunderstorm and Capt. Dardano just casually side slips into the smoothest landing possible with no engines always gets me.

@ironcito1101 1 year ago

I love the brevity and efficiency in ATC communications during Hudson River incident.

- Teterboro, La Guardia departure, got an emergency inbound.
- OK, go ahead.
- Cactus 1529 over the George Washington Bridge wants to go to the airport right now.
- He wants to go to our airport, check. Does he need assistance?
- Yes, it was a birdstrike. Can I get him in for runway 1?
- Runway 1, that's good.

Took 16 seconds for La Guardia to contact Teterboro, inform them about the situation, request a runway, get approval, and set Teterboro's emergency services in motion.

@nilsp9426 1 year ago

Imagine sticking out of an airplane front window, held back only by your colleague, and live to tell the story. Not to mention that you will probably be the only person ever to experience this in human history. In a novel, this would be considered wild fiction and a bit over the top.

@whaddyaa 1 year ago (edited)

I love how matter of fact Sully was with the controller 😂 "unable, we'll be in the hudson"

@skyofserenity 1 year ago

There are not enough people talking about the flight where the windscreen literally came off and the pilot was hanging out of the plane??? Might be one of the most insane stories I’ve ever seen on this channel. The fact that the captain survived that, the fact that the cabin crew immediately went to help without concern for themselves and the fact that the first officer was able to land throughout all that… 😭

@SWFLParadiseDweller 1 year ago

Don't get me wrong, USAirways was an amazing feat in the Hudson River. I was an employee of USAirways for many years. The pilot of TACA, blind in one eye, that landed on a grassy peninsula was the best saved accident situation ever! TACA Captain was the best emergency landing, and he should have had a movie made with his incredible story.

@diremirebee 1 year ago

Sully’s very flat “We’re gonna be in the Hudson.” Always cracks me up
Can just imagine the controller hearing that and sweating like mad

@monoposto2285 1 year ago

Why is it that whenever I hear a story of successful job competence under extreme conditions, and despite the fact that I don't know those involved, I still feel a sense of pride over their accomplishment?

@TIMMEH19991 1 year ago

Captain Carlos Dardano carried on as a commercial pilot for another 35 years after this most amazing incident , retiring just over a year ago on the 4th of September 2023.

@N1ckL0u 1 year ago (edited)

Olympic Airways 411 should also be on this list. Captain Sifis Migadis flew a literally doomed airplane, which was miraculously saved.
Athens had 3 million population at the time, and they flew over its centre. Had they crashed, we would be talking for one of the worst accidents in aviation history ever.

@blazequakes 10 months ago

I love when theirs three people in the cockpit when its "not needed" and that person helps them so much that if they weren't there plane would've been lost

@Rosie-yt8nd 1 year ago

Watching the Miracle on the Hudson in real time simulation without narration gave me chills. I was really impressed by the communication. Speaking clearly, focusing on whats important without overloading. When the captain stopped responding (likely too busy) the ATC controller seems to keep tracking him on radar to anticipate what he might do. Contacting other people to give a heads up and also keep a visual eye on the plane and report back. Good situational awareness on his part too

@vestigials 1 year ago

I'm somebody that was so terrified of flying that I resolved myself to never fly in my life. Despite the stories in the end of 2024 with aviation incidents, I went on my first ever flight a couple days ago. And across the Pacific at that. I would have never felt safe enough to do that if I hadn't found your channel. You taught me that aviation is truly as safe as it ever has been and improvements will surely come from the incidents at the end of last year, particularly the Jeju crash. Air Crash Investigations and similar only cover the surface level and paint the stories as scary, completely unpreventable failures that could happen to anybody. Your videos have shown me just many holes a problem needs to get through to result in serious incidents.

I can't thank you enough and look forward to all your videos for 2025 and beyond!

@redtailarts101 1 year ago (edited)

British Airways' FO Alastair definitely deserves awards! What an incredible job. Genuinely - he handled that like a true hero. And shoutout to the cabin crew who, despite suspecting their captain had died, held on anyway

@MilesMcCallum-nv5di 9 months ago

My father flew 1942~1985, and accumulated 33,000 hours, with his fair share of emergencies. When I asked him on retirement what he thought his greatest achievement was during his career, he immediately answered " I never killed a passenger"....