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@scottkrise1867

8 ай бұрын

That is chilling. Great job everybody !!!

@laradaread3311

8 ай бұрын

...and that is how it is done by professionals! Well done! Well done!

Obviously the pilots were rock stars, but that approach controller is a baller. Zero mistakes, never altered his voice, no stupid questions or needless repetition.

@rupertedmunds

8 ай бұрын

The unsung heroes of the aviation industry 👌

@OlanKenny

8 ай бұрын

They all sounded almost bored, as though an aircraft with such failures is common enough to be mundane.

@mblitch

8 ай бұрын

@@iettord3124 "and not identity" What does that even mean?

@Secretlyanothername

8 ай бұрын

​@@OlanKennydon't sound bored to me, just calm and following standard procedures

@AmvC

8 ай бұрын

_are_ rockstars.

All parties were extremely professional

@Stinggyray

8 ай бұрын

Hey, love your videos! Happy to see you here :)

Probably some of the best ATC I've ever heard, and I have been flying for decades. Ground crew as well. Great job all around including the FDX guys.

The controller is my little brother!! He rocks!!!!

@instant_mint

8 ай бұрын

What, is that true?? Well if so, tell him he has a lot of admirers on KZread now 👍👍 all ATC should work like this guy

@jzcski

8 ай бұрын

@@instant_mint Yup it’s true! He’s got a ton of experience and loves his job. He’s controlled me lots of times over the years.

@ecp117

8 ай бұрын

He did an awesome job!

@BlueDays_BlackKnights

4 ай бұрын

@@jzcskiLol!!! I got it.

@geeblum6458

3 ай бұрын

Missed so many one liners n zingers… >just send someone to bang on the gear Don’t planes have a Manual crank they can lower wheels with.

When your training for something that very rarely happens, these pilots and ATC rocked it like it was just another day. Calm, professional, clear and concise. Great job y’all!

Great crew, great tower, great TRACON, all around a great job. Also, great job editing and illustrating the events that took place. I hope you get 10 million views on this one. 👏 👏

Staying on a single frequency is a great practice that should be considered for all distress situations. Great job.

@gunhog11

8 ай бұрын

SFAs have been around for a long time, namely for GCA approaches for single seat jets but also for emergency recoveries. It is picking up in the civilian world, which is good.

@North_West1

8 ай бұрын

Single frequency for emergencies would be ideal, but might not be possible/practical in crowded airspace (NYC Washington area etc) in short period of time.

@s3rye306

6 ай бұрын

The errason they have so many controllers, approach, centers, departures, towers, and some more, its because the airspace is so crowded. Look at a map with the aircrafts over the us

Damn fine operation by that cockpit crew and the tower personnel, that was truly a "greaser". Kudos all around. 👍👍👍👍👍

By far the calmest ATC communication I’ve heard in a long time in an emergency situation. Pilots were ace 👌🏻👊🏻

A couple things that stand out on these emergency procedures; 1. The controller did a wonderful job by keeping the load as light as possible. He was the sole person on the radio, kept the radio on the same frequency on the same frequency, very plainly enunciated all communications. 2. The pilots didn’t rush things, neither did they work themselves into a corner by burning fuel and out of best possible control. Well handled.

@MrBsbotto

8 ай бұрын

Well stated, yourself. It's important to recognize good, professional work practices. Bravo to all.

@Belchmaster41

Ай бұрын

sometimes, other frequencies are given so the Pilot can coordinate the next course of action with ARFF on 🛬

The controller is awesome. Utterly calm and professional!

Absolutely amazing job by all involved. Stellar avaiting by the pilots and great communication with ATC keeping them informed. This should be used as a great emample of things done right all around and the outcome was the best possible under the circumstances. No major injuries and no fatalities is the best outcome for any avation accident. That landing looked really rough but also shows the incredible structural integrity of the 757 airframe. Truly amazing all the work that was done to help the crew come back in as safe as possible. This one will go on record for everything done right when a major hydraulic failure occurs. Aviate, navigate, communicate done near perfection. Awesome CRM by the crew as well. Thank you for doing such a great job putting this together in such a short time

@NicolaW72

8 ай бұрын

Indeed, exactly.

@ciuprimm

8 ай бұрын

😢😮 0:04 😮

I first saw the landing on the ABC World News broadcast. I looked at my civie husband and said, " Hon! The pilot is a fricking rockstar! He landed that puppy smooth and steady, with zero landing gear, blowing sparks like a volcano!!!" Now I get to hear the FedEx pilot and all ATC: Lady and gents, all you guys get a standing ovation on that one. 🎉🎉🎉

Excellent job by that controller, kept calm, communications to a minimum (except as required), 27 years of experience and I couldn't have done any better. Kudos brutha!

I always see these videos and look at the date and I'm like, "holy crap, that was today??!" Great job editing and great job by ATC and the pilots. Glad everyone was okay!

Good job by ATC consistently prompting for if the pilots needed assistance. Sometimes task saturation can mean an emergency declaration is put off until the situation looks clearer - and then because it only gradually becomes clearer, the pilots forget they never declared. The gentle repetition will have helped loop the pilots back to being comfortable declaring the emergency, and remembering they hadn't yet. Flight control issues and an unsafe gear indication is worthy of a PAN-PAN call, and ATC knew it, and treated it as such. Professionals, all. Good work.

@MrBsbotto

8 ай бұрын

Well said. Isn't it comforting to see real competence in action. No drama. No escalation of the situation, just full teamwork to get that aircraft safely on the ground.

Granted Chattanooga isn’t the busiest airport in the country, but keeping the plane with the same atc for the whole situation seems like a smart idea. Probably wouldn’t work 150 miles south in Atlanta, but it seems like a logical idea here.

@bigdaddio1959

8 ай бұрын

I fly in and out of CHA frequently. They are expanding the terminal (adding 26,000 sq feet). They only do about a half million boardings a year, but they are anticipating growth past pre-COVID numbers.

@billrivenbark8983

8 ай бұрын

Definitely wouldn’t work at KMEM!

@oldschoolwarrior

8 ай бұрын

I always assumed that was standard in emergencies.

@johntollini6095

8 ай бұрын

Standard ATC procedure is to limit frequency changes as much as possible for emergency aircraft. It doesn't matter if it's CHA, ATL or ORD. Emergency aircraft goes first, everyone else gets out of the way.

Kudos to our local controllers at KCHA. We are fortunate to have them! Superb job FedEx pilots!

My mother, many years ago, was in a flight that had to do a belly landing. Zero injuries to all passengers and crew, probably late 80’s time frame. When she got home and told me I was in shock. The communication here is top notch, some I’ve watched are a trip.

That controller did an amzing job! Glad everyone is ok!

@johnjoseph3667

8 ай бұрын

Controller, hell. How about the pilots?

And that's why pilots like flying cargo, cargo doesn't Scream.

@jackielinde7568

8 ай бұрын

Reminder to self: Ship 5,000 units of Screaming Cupie Dolls on next available cargo flight. Make sure all the battery isolation tabs have been pulled.

@KennethAGrimm

8 ай бұрын

"Johnny, are all of the cargo nets tight?"... ..."Well, I don't know, Ed, I thought you checked with the loadmaster." 😅😂🤣

@MrBsbotto

8 ай бұрын

​@@KennethAGrimmThat's excellent, Ken!

Calmer heads prevailed all around between ATC and Pilots. Emergency handles very professionally and ZERO panic. Excellent work, guys. Who agrees.?

Nice job to the pilots for keeping cool and calm.

Amazing work by the controller, especially not forcing the pilots to do like 10 frequency swaps approach - tower - approach - tower. Great job! And of course amazing work by the pilots.

Those pilots were boss professionals. Congratulations to all 3 of them. The controller was cool as ice. No panic in his voice. Go FedEx!!!!!!!

Absolutely amazing. Professionals, everyone involved. We are lucky to have, in general, such a high standard in aviation. Bravo to all involved!

Firefighter in Chatt and watched it live on standby next to the airport. If it wasn’t for the sparks from metal on pavement, you would’ve thought the gear was down… landed dead center the whole way!!! Sully without the Hudson.

@vegaswillie

4 ай бұрын

Sully w/o the Hudson. That's epic.

Every time we lose a 757 airframe, the world becomes a sadder place.

Aviate - Navigate - Communicate. Excellent cockpit management. Glad everyone is okay.

Amazing you got this video out the same day!

THIS is professional action!!! Courage, focus, coordination, teamwork.....OUTSTANDING. ATC, Flight Crews, Emergency Crews.......ALL grossly UNDERPAID!

So calm, so professional, ATC and pilots. BZ.

When I first pulled and posted that audio, I found myself listening to it several times, wow, in awe of ATC and Flight Crew, great job by all !!!

pilot of that FEDEX plane and the ATC was on point very cool calm and collective, I don't think I have see a more beautiful emergency landing ever. Good job guys

@obamabigears734

8 ай бұрын

It was barely an emergency….

@barz1221

8 ай бұрын

@@obamabigears734have u ever landed a 757 with no gear? That’s definitely the definition of emergency and flight control failure was mentioned.. odd tske

Total professionalism. All their training kicks in and everyone gets to go home in one piece. and they kept the blue side up....

w0w.... BZ to all pilots, ATC and ground safety personnel on this one!!! PERFECT!! JUST TEXTBOOK PERFECT. This one will be replayed for the next 50 years as the textbook 'how to' handle an emergency situation.

Thank you very much for picking this incident up so quickly! Fortunately all three People on board are safe and well. The Aircraft is probably a write off - but with more than 35 years not a great loss for FedEx. Very professional and well done by all participants - Flight Crew, ATC and ARFF!👍

@NorthForkFisherman

8 ай бұрын

Indeed. The 757-200F Special Freighter is a good airframe, but like you said, it was 35 years old. Lots of cycles.

@Welderboi

8 ай бұрын

A 757 is rated for around 75,000 cycles if I remember correctly, surely at 35 years old this plane would be getting close to that number. Close enough not to spend millions fixing it anyway lol

@NorthForkFisherman

8 ай бұрын

@@Welderboi And the quality of the maintenance really counts when you start getting up in those big numbers.

@NicolaW72

8 ай бұрын

@@Welderboi Exactly - and especially if you can get a relatively cheap substitution as it is the case with 757 Freighters at the moment..

Amazingly clear concise communication! great work by all!

Saw another clip of that landing and someone filming (or nearby) commenting "That's not good". Au contraire madame. That was actually VERY good.

The pilot & the ATC folks so well done!!! 👍♥🇺🇸

I appreciated the ATCd, calm clear and ensured that the aircraft didn’t need to change frequencies. Also great job by their aircrew.

That's the guy I want on the other end of the radio if I'm ever in a similar situation. Good work!

The 757 really is a marvel of engineering, even to this day. Amazing that this worked, major kudos to the pilots 👍

@bobeyes3284

8 ай бұрын

" a marvel of engineering" Did you even listen to what just happened?

@SPARTS3000

8 ай бұрын

​@bobeyes3284 no. Boeing built the airframe for Supreme aerodynamic stability and with water and ground belly landings in mind.

@awesomecronk7183

8 ай бұрын

@@bobeyes3284 I really don't think they're marveling at the hydraulic failure, more likely at the fact that the airframe handled a belly landing so damn well

@lisanadinebaker5179

8 ай бұрын

After around 40 years of service time. Damn tough bird.

@Fordry

8 ай бұрын

​@@bobeyes3284ahh yes, a 35 year old aircraft is a POS because something went wrong that, and we don't know the details yet, is almost assuredly the result of some form of maintenance issue.

Well done the crew. An excellent landing, you all got out safe.

@garrettkajmowicz

8 ай бұрын

It was a good landing. They say a good landing is one you can walk away from; a great landing is one where you can use the plane again.

@margaretmathis4775

8 ай бұрын

I hate that the news media called it a “crash landing.”

@whiffy506

8 ай бұрын

@@margaretmathis4775 the fuck does a news channel know about aviation. They just want clicks.

@Doug-gp2qw

8 ай бұрын

@@margaretmathis4775 It was a very well controlled crash landing. A normal landing would not damage the aircraft.

Great Professional Work by All involved. Fine outcome. Thank You for this post.

Couldn’t have gone any better. Awesome job from all parties!

Wow CHA... way to go.... not bad for a regional airport... great job ATC and Pilots..

So impressed with everyone involved. Professional in the highest order

Those scratches will buff right out…. Great job all 🫡

Great ATC, slowed down his voice, calm, professional.

The crew did an amazing job!

Incredible job by all those involved! This could have turned out so badly, but everyone maintained situational awareness and communicated effectively, and they were able to get the plane down safely, despite it being a gears up landing.

Nice job pilots and ATC! I'm sure ARFF did an excellent job as well.

Nice idea for content. First time I’ve listened to an entire incident with just the radio traffic. Well done to all concerned in this incident!

GREAT JOB to the crew!!

I looked at this on FlightAware. The original trip time to Memphis was listed as 44 minutes. The actual time from take off at Chattanooga to landing back at Chattanooga was listed as 1 hour, 24 minutes! That’s a ton of checklists! The flight path was crazy! Job well done❣️

@geoffeg

8 ай бұрын

Checklists, chatting with their company's maintenance and also "are you super sure we can't get the gear down? There's gotta be *something* we can do."

@lolpaladins

8 ай бұрын

reminds me of the crash in hawaii not that long ago where they spent so long running checklists with engine failures that they ended up falling into the water.

@jdean1851

8 ай бұрын

BURNIN OFF FUEL AS WELL

@phhowe17

8 ай бұрын

​@@lolpaladinsI think the HI flight accidentally shut down the working engine

@robertbackhaus8911

8 ай бұрын

@@phhowe17 Yup. They ended up going too fast and throttled down, and with the engines throttled down they got confused over which engine had failed, and left the wrong one throttled back while they shredded the bad one with high throttle. No one ever thought to test whether the other engine would work.

Last words you want to hear..."three souls on board", these pilots have BIG BALLS.....Fedex should be providing "BEERS" for the balance of their lives...absolute rockstars!!!

Very professionally handled by all parties!

Excellent work by the aircrew and the ATC guys.

The level of professionalism is so gratifying to watch and hear.

@74Gear @mentorpilot I hope you two will be talking about this soon or when the NSTB finish their investigation.

Theres some exceptional human beings right there...... ATC fantastic

Professionals across the board. Perfect execution and outcome. That is why we train relentlessly.

Awesome job by all, glad everyone safe.

Great work all round. Would love to see the NSTB report on this one, to see what caused the loss of systems.

Training pays off! Great work by All!

That’s a day that went from bad to worse! Glad everyone was okay.

@charlesrussek7118

8 ай бұрын

But in the end it became “the best worst day ever” for those involved. Things went to shit early but all involved using their skill and training paid off big.

@BillySugger1965

8 ай бұрын

@@charlesrussek7118 Absolutely right!

Well done from both the pilots and Atc 👍👏👏

Almost as if this is a common situation. The calmness of the pilot stating they were doing a belly landing, to both controllers acknowledging a belly landing, you'd think the pilot was just asking to land on a different runway. Bravo!

Awesome job everyone involved!!!

What a landing. Appeared smooth as glass all things considered. But what impresses me the most is how calm everyone kept their speech.

A true Captain!!!!!

Professional and flawless under extreme pressure.

Love these videos, quite inspirational.😮

I can't wait till Kelsey does of viral debrief❤ @74gear

super calm for such a tense situation !!!

Good job on the crew and ATC.

I flew on that aircraft in June 1988 as G-BNSD, it was 3 months old. Looks like its days flying maybe over.

@North_West1

8 ай бұрын

😞 likely her last flight. At 35+ years of service.

Good job. Hats off

Great job all around.. 👍

Nice job, very calm guys !!!!

...And that is how it is done by professionals! Well done! Well done!

A FedEx MD-11 experienced a thrust reverser deployment on climb-out from Toronto Pearson (CYYZ) a few months ago. Again, extreme professionalism from both the aircrew and ATC in handling the Declared Emergency.

Wow that was intense 😥Well done to all involved 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

FED-X 1376: Tower we are requesting a fly by. Tower: Negative FED-X 1376, the pattern is full. I have always wanted to say that.

Thumbs up to all involved! Glad nobody was injuried!

FedEx was smart in keeping the plane in CHA. As busy as MEM is shutting down a whole runway for a day or so is not a good option there . Air traffic is fairly busy there especially during the FedEx pushes. I can remember the two times when they had two DC-10s snap off a MLG and the planes shut down 36R/18L. Them planes sat there a while!

@North_West1

8 ай бұрын

I doubt that flying to the destination airport was considered in this case. The departure airport had full emergency services available. Staying close to departure airport and working the checklists is normal procedure. According to article in pinned comment (well known reliable aviation site)The flight lasted just over 80 minutes to work checklists, assess situation, do low pass, and land.

Ultimate composure all around.

The press called it a crash landing. A belly landing that no one is hurt is a landing, not a crash. Does not matter if airframe is a writeoff.

@marctronixx

8 ай бұрын

"crash landing" is more clickbait

Amazing job by everyone involved

All I can say is WOW!

Good job! 👍

Gulp! That must suck knowing u have to do a belly landing FR. Poor 757... gonna need a new one, and prolly resurface runway 20 as well. Bummer, but at least they got out OK and not stranded on a deserted island!

Awesome landing. Please boost your volume.

Very professional.

36 year old plane. I'm gonna guess they're writing that one off.

@KennethAGrimm

8 ай бұрын

Chattanooga AARF probably needed a training hulk anyhow, so it's a win/win for everyone. 😆

@equarg

8 ай бұрын

If it was a newer plane….they would fix it. Remember when a Fed Ex pilot went insane and tried to hijack a FedEx DC-10 Plane to crash it into Fed Ex headquarters? It on KZread/Air Crash Investigations. I knew a girl who’s father was the lead mechanic for FedEx who had to fix it afterwards. Apparently there was blood EVERYWHERE. Ceilings, floors, behind controls, under seats, ext. Plus the G-forces generated by one pilot to keep the attacker off his feet (guy former fighter jet pilot) popped rivets, ripped counter weights off of flaps/ailerons, and other damage. Also pilots landed the D-10 hot and over weight on the runway. He literally flipped the plane sideways, almost perfectly upside down, and barber 💈 polled (almost broke sound barrier). This was after being hit in the head multiple times. 3 brain damaged ex navy men vs a martial arts specialist desperate to kill. DC-10 don’t make good fighter jets….. It was so messed up they had to rip out the entire interior and cock pit and spent over a million in repairs and renovations. They changed it from a 3 pilot to 2 pilot plane. All 3 attacked pilots survived, one almost bled to death (AK blood EVERYWHERE). One needed his skull reconstructed and all two out of 3 can no longer fly because of the skull trauma. One can fly single engine aircraft on medication. FedEx stepped and made sure those guys had good jobs on the ground as teachers/trainers since they could not fly anymore.

@lisanadinebaker5179

8 ай бұрын

FedEx705 Pilot and First Officer were former Navy pilots and Vietnam Vets. Flight Engineer was civilian Attempted highjacker was also former Navy pilot. Anyone who belittles a DC10 around me gets a full rundown of just what that one did. They had flaws - anything designed by a human will. But that aircraft proved it's worth that day.

@Bill_N_ATX

8 ай бұрын

@@lisanadinebaker5179Douglas made good aircraft, no doubt about it.

@hilaryolson4472

8 ай бұрын

I saw 2 USAF One 62 and one 65 years old Boeing KC- 132 Stratotankers squawking 7700 Last month one was back in Service 11 days later. 36 years old is not uncommon in especially in Cargo. AA run passenger service flights to Rome with 23 -25 years old 777,s . I don’t think this aircraft will be scrapped for age but probably from damage done with a gear up landing.

Ooooohhhhh, so that's what happened to my package. 📦😋 Seriously though, glad to hear everyone is safe. Great job by all.

Gotta say need more pilots very professional, and ATC very cool and calmly spoken.😊

Chattanooga has steep mountains and valley, a lot of altitude differences.