My Scariest Flight - Bomb Threat Onboard IL-86
After flying over 2,000 flights and 3 million miles, I am revealing my worst flight experience and scariest flight ever. It was onboard a Siberia Airlines IL-86 from Novosibirsk to Beijing in 2004.
Ilyushin-86 is the first wide body airplane from the Soviet Union and it was the second four engine wide body airplane built in the world, preceded by the Boeing 747. The IL-86 is powered by 4 Kuznetsov NK-86 engines, these engines are underpowered and limit the range of IL-86 with full payload. The IL-86 has unique pull down stairs, which eliminates the need for airport infrastructure to board the plane. There are two decks, passengers board and store their luggage on lower deck before proceeding to their seats on the upper deck. There are no overhead bins in the centre, which gives the cabin a more spacious feel.
There was a potential bomb threat on my IL-86 flight in September 2004 in Russia. During the boarding, 2 suspicious men went to the bathroom and then requested to leave the airplane after boarding. Russia was in a state of high alert during that period as the flight took place just after the Beslan School siege, in which 300 lost their lives and over 700 more were injured.
Security forces came onboard with sniffer dogs to search the plane and passengers were sent back to terminal for additional security and interviews. After 3 hours we were cleared for take-off on the same plane, without the 2 suspicious men onboard. The IL-86 flew below a low weather pressure system over Siberia and shook violently all the way during the 4 hour flight to Beijing. This was probably the only time I wanted to leave a plane early.
Footage used in the video from the following channels. Check out their channels:
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Ёжичек: / @ezichek
Пікірлер: 1 200
You’ve truly experienced *EVERYTHING* possible on an airplane.
@MatthewSchoepf
4 жыл бұрын
He hasn’t experienced death on an airplane.
@anshtokas
4 жыл бұрын
has he been on the mile high club
@SamChui
4 жыл бұрын
Very kind comment but I’m just gaining more experience from more flights
@SM_Fato
4 жыл бұрын
Had he ever experienced plane crash?
@toniy7598
4 жыл бұрын
Not an engine fire... I hope 😅 Or a deathly crash 🙁
"We pay for whole runway, we use whole runway" haha Russian pilots are the best
@XD-it4du
4 жыл бұрын
A343：Me too
@th82m26
4 жыл бұрын
They literally have to play piano keys at the end of the runway before take off
@Admas3500
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣👌
@luisfernandoalmeida9114
4 жыл бұрын
@@XD-it4du A343: do you guys use runway? I use the curve of the earth to take off
@pittypatterputzzler5311
4 жыл бұрын
Russian government not worst any more, now Trump makes dictator great again.
Everyone: “wow flying in those Russian planes must be dangerous” Sam: “not really. Only that one time when there was a bomb on board.”
@nathanilemiller7750
4 жыл бұрын
Here we are now
@svinoed
4 жыл бұрын
still better than 9/11(((
@andrewagner9212
4 жыл бұрын
Operated for three decades, had no fatal accidents, 106 built.
@sks2659
4 жыл бұрын
so just because the plane is Russian it's scary? grow up.
@olileoli2788
4 жыл бұрын
Rusia
I love the Ilyushin IL-86. One of the most beautiful airplanes every made. I remember flying to Antalys in 2009 just to catch the last flying ILW`s. Wonderful video.
@francoistombe
4 жыл бұрын
For the time it was designed it was OK. Should not be judged by 2020 standards. My opinion...it is one of the best looking planes.
@RocketAnthem
4 жыл бұрын
Ok
@Crm_Spotting
3 жыл бұрын
Cargospotter I’ve been to Antalya. It was lush, love your vids
@Elias-xy9kc
3 жыл бұрын
You also watch Sam Chui 🙂 I am one of your subscribers and one of his 🤗 Greetings from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
@EasyAv
3 жыл бұрын
Ok?
Hope there won't be any scary flights anymore in the future, every flight is safe 😊 No more accident like MH370😥
@samuelsteadman7410
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@alienter7517
4 жыл бұрын
every one have a safe flight when you’re flying
@person640
4 жыл бұрын
Alienter 75 thx
@eminick9566
4 жыл бұрын
Alienter 75 yeah
@alienter7517
4 жыл бұрын
Just Go Travel your welcome
They should make a movie about this with Sam being played by Jackie chan.
@mhassanshaik
4 жыл бұрын
Yea your right!
@55Vega55
4 жыл бұрын
better be played by an actor with a broader talent - like Sammo Hung!
@isaiahadaji5422
4 жыл бұрын
Lol, sounds funny
@rixxy9204
4 жыл бұрын
Suspect: "We're taking over this plane!.. Wait, Oh NO! It's SAM!" *Sam gives him a roundhouse to the face* Sam: "No more flight delays."
@randoseworld5557
4 жыл бұрын
@Hauxy -taste- science
We pay whole runway, we use whole runway -ryanair
@vivianpham7742
4 жыл бұрын
G.D Skate and Scooter also ryanair- flings off the runway*
@vixenal
4 жыл бұрын
vivian Pham yessir
@FlumpFlibbus
4 жыл бұрын
which is impressive considering how hard their landings are
@randoseworld5557
4 жыл бұрын
they only pay for the grass...
@adamsiroky161
4 жыл бұрын
Ryanair takes off early and it has also hard landing to stop early. More likely: We paid half of runway, we use half of runway. Low fares, made simple.
I have experienced bomb blast in Belgium on 23 March, 2016. I had landed in Brussels airport and we came out of the plane and was standing near the conveyor belt waiting for our luggage in the morning. Suddenly a big boom happened, the sound was like a blast of a big cylinder, it was a huge sound. We were in first floor and the blast took place in fourth floor. We were told for immediate evacuation from the airport. The airport was sealed and army took control of it. Later came to know that 38 people died from that terrorist attack. That was a horrible incident.
@zenthous9568
Жыл бұрын
22 of march*
Il 86 was like rolercoster ..totally scare you but was actually totally safe..no one ever died in Il 86
@nikolailic9958
4 жыл бұрын
Brate dobar ti je pfp
@RastkoRoza
3 жыл бұрын
Super pfp
@infocu
3 жыл бұрын
A ferry flight out of SVO to LED killed the whole crew save one or two cabin attendants. officially blamed on a stuck trimmer key. My guess was that the pilots thought the empty plane may do a steeper-than-usual-boring climb and overplayed it.
It really shows how safe aircraft are when a man who has flown 2000 flights scariest experience had nothing to do with the aircraft itself.
Thumbnail: *_We pay the whole runway, we use the whole runway._*
@evandadhinatta7387
3 жыл бұрын
Bacot
@yunusm4208
2 жыл бұрын
Copied
The IL-86 is just a Boeing 707 combine with the a340 (Change my mind)
@JSG003
4 жыл бұрын
Expect that the il86 came out before the a340
@aufarabrari5678
4 жыл бұрын
A340 appearance with 707 soul. What a combination!
@aufarabrari5678
4 жыл бұрын
@@kennethimagine3240 ah yes, the fuselage length. More like A310
@jkarhiaho
4 жыл бұрын
More like a A340 & DC-8 series 60 combination, because the engines look much more like the JT3Ds on DC-8 series 60 aircraft.
@giantrockg.r.4757
4 жыл бұрын
No it’s IL-96 that was combined
"Incredible long take off" A340-300: HOLD MY JET A
Love your videos Sam. It’s really nice to see that you survived a flight like that. Please try to get us more content on future aircraft prototypes and all like the Flying V.
Sam : I flew over 2000 commercial flights !!! Me : Dreaming to fly FIRST class at least ONCE !!! X D
@martinrafaj6096
4 жыл бұрын
Me chillin with no flights whatsoever
@julosx
4 жыл бұрын
I did fly once in Business class, it was last December.
@bderrick4944
4 жыл бұрын
Me: Wishing I had food in my refrigerator at least ONCE
@-RicardoSilva
4 жыл бұрын
Me: wishing I had a refrigerator at least once
@Shadow-cw4yq
4 жыл бұрын
I flew First class it was amazing
Great video as always. Can't wait until things are back to normal. Sam, you have an incredible memory about your past flights. You must have kept a good journal.
I’ve flown in this aircraft’s later version, the il-96 and on a sukhoi superjet 100 and they’re actually pretty good aircraft, idk why some people really hate them.
Wow what a scary experience. Good things didn't go worse. Thank you for sharing it.
Crazy story! Thanks for sharing Sam!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video. I enjoyed it a lot. Many happy landings to you Mr.Sam.
cool video Sam. I was on a bomb scare flight, but it was already in the air. December 1969, on a Qantas B707. We departed Perth for Singapore, and about an hour after take off things started to happen. The plane did a hard turn to reverse direction and descended quite quickly, presumably to avoid explosive decompression if something went off, and then started dumping fuel. Direct approach back into Perth and off the runway into a taxiway away from the terminal. No slides, but they brought up stairs and got us off pretty quick. I noticed guys were looking over the plane even as we were disembarking. We were bussed back to the terminal where we waited for about 2 hours then reboarded and went to Singapore. I found out later a bomb threat had been received by phone against an important person up in first. I guess it was less distressing than having threatening guys in the cabin as in your experience, but it was pretty weird given no one told us anything through the whole thing.
@75Goat
5 ай бұрын
what a story. That must have been frightning
Loving these stories Sam ✈️✈️👍
Sam I'm glad you survived this as well. Who else flies on so many different aircraft around the world. Thanks and God bless.
Quite a dramatic experience Sam. Thanks for the sharing.
Every flight should be safe after the pandemic ends Sam, good thing you were alive, because this was a scary moment in life and could make someone crazy. Sam is a brave person who makes videos on the craziest topics of aviation. Big fan here. Stay safe to all including Sam Chui 😷
3 million miles? Wow that’s amazing🔥
Sam Chui, thanks So much for your generosity, sharing and sharing.
@eduardoanandpipoli4284
4 жыл бұрын
May your ceiling always be high an your visibility unlimited.
I was waiting for this video thanks for uploading happy that u were safe
Russian pilots: We pay for whole runway, we use a whole runway”. *barreling down runway with vodka noises*
@evandadhinatta7387
3 жыл бұрын
Bacot
I really like your video during this lockdown period.Your fan from Chennai,TN,India.
Wow so sorry you had that experience. I have flown only 4 times and all 4 times large jets. Love your channel. I'm new to the channel. I am recommending your channel to a friend who will be taking her first flight ever at age 62. I know she will love it and your advice will help her.
Great Video Sam! As always!
Freaking awesome video Sam! Glad everything turned out well for you.
@SamChui
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Quite a memory and tales to tell now!
Always great video from Sam ❤️😀
Good to see you safe Sam!
Glad I found this channel! Your videos are so good!
liking this format Sam, keep it up
@SamChui
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. It was difficult to take pic and videos back then on Russian flights. Flight attendant will tell you with a big “Nyet”!
We need to have safety in every airline This is very informative!!! Thanks Sam!!
Ooh very scary! Glad you’re ok!
I’m glad you and the other passengers were safe I can’t imagine what it would be like if I went south
No fear, physics be damned! That was one scary take-off!
No, a340 should be called the French ilyushin because IL 86 is earlier than airbus 340.
@BigJBD
4 жыл бұрын
A340 is more well known
@aesonindustries8325
4 жыл бұрын
A340 is based on the A300 design which is earlier than IL86 and thus IL86 is a copy in theory
@zenixlo
4 жыл бұрын
No, they stole the blueprints
@stefzac9707
4 жыл бұрын
Yxean Get-any but airbus isn’t only French
@adamsiroky161
4 жыл бұрын
A340 is the safest plane on the world and IL 86 looks like one of the worst.
Thanks for sharing Sam.
Sam you are great ..you shared very nice flyight experience...!👍🏻
glad your safe Sam!!! this is one of the reasons im too scared to fly anymore!!! 😱😱
I’m glad you survived!
@SamChui
4 жыл бұрын
Me too. So I can share this with everyone.
What a terrifying experience Sam!
Glad you are here to tell the story :)
Russian pilots: We pay whole runway, we use whole runway... scraping the edge
@fidelroyolandasmackonmytid1364
4 жыл бұрын
Stolen
@yusufn7467
3 жыл бұрын
U stole it bruh
"You paid for the whole runway, you use the whole runway." Hilarious!
Well done, great report
stay safe Sam ❤️✈️😁 nice to watch your videos. hope you give us more reviews about airplanes when everything goes back to normal 😁
Hello Mr.Chui! I have a question. Are airlines making sure that the middle seat is open? Thank you! I am a big fan of yours!
I’m jealous that you’ve gotten to fly on so many Soviet planes! Well, except for this flight with the bomb scare...
I love your videos!! I would love to do what you do for a living!! Keep up the amazing work
What a horrible experience.. I'm a nervous flyer to begin with.. Love your videos..Glad everything went ok
I regularly fly S7 Airlines (modern Siberia 😀😆). Now it's a really fantastic and comfortable airline because of their new A320NEO and A321NEO that already are over 35% of their fleet. So I believe that it was a scary airline earlier but now it's a really nice one. Hope to fly it again ;-) Greets from Moscow! Waiting for a new video, Sam! ✈🛫
@hunterayyob4320
2 жыл бұрын
So you live in Russia
@airflightchannel8078
2 жыл бұрын
@@hunterayyob4320 Currently no.
@idontlikepeachybbies
Жыл бұрын
@@airflightchannel8078 due to the war? Or due to prices or you were not interested
Him: *Goes to Russia and ends up on cool Soviet bois* Me: *Goes to Russia, ends up on a 737 MAX the first time, -800 and A320 the second time*
Love the sound effects! 👏
This was so cool! Keep making great videos thanks!
Me: "mom I want an A340" Mom: "we got A340 at home" A340 at home:
You pay for the whole runway you use the whole runway 😂😂🤣🤣
@verxizy
4 жыл бұрын
How’s that funny?
Wow Sam very scary! Quite brave. A bomb threat has not ruined your career with flights!
I like your every videos & updates brother, keep it up
I was on a flight (late 80s) on the last airline you'd expect to have a bomb scare- Swissair!
What can you hate about Sam, he’s just such a lovable guy😊❤️
@pringoz7694
3 жыл бұрын
yaqoob ali 🙂
@illamma4705
3 жыл бұрын
PringoZ i think you should name yourself Pringle
@pringoz7694
3 жыл бұрын
@@illamma4705 I would it’s just so many channels have that name so I wanted something original thanks tho 😊
I once flew with an Il-86 from SXF to SVO in December 1987. The flight was operated by Aeroflot. In January 1988, I flew back from LED to SXF on a Tu-134A also operated by Aeroflot... Also in 1988 in the Summer, I flew from SXF to LED with an Il-62M operated by Interflug, from LED to SVO with an Tu-154A operated by Aeroflot and from SVO to SXF with an Il-62M operated by Interflug. While we landed in Eastern Berlin, there was a severe thunderstorm going on... that was quite an experience. But back to the Il-86, I really enjoyed the flight. Also the boarding procedure was quite unique with such a big plane, there was just this hatch opened beside the cargo hold doors, were you can board the Il-86 without any external stairs...
Favourite channel. Keep it up👍👍👍
Sam: "There was one time" Also Sam: *holds up 2 fingers
That was a bomb video!
Love all your videos Sam
Great video Sam! Greetings from Hong Kong.
Who's reading this, hope you are fine. 😊😊
@PaldeasMagician
4 жыл бұрын
Please not this same comment again.
@roddevereaux1830
4 жыл бұрын
Can you make a good naan bread?
@robertbruce2182
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, hope you are too
@-sazzy-6020
4 жыл бұрын
I am okay, but are you
@SirAMG63
4 жыл бұрын
Sophia Hudson there’s nothing wrong with this comment. Rude
Low thrust to weight, inefficient wing and low power engines gives the IL-86 a very long takeoff roll. I would not fly on that aircraft for all the tea in China..
@garyzhang5099
4 жыл бұрын
Wrong! The takeoff distance of il86 is several hundreds meter less than a340
Scary Sam! At least that didn't stop you from flying
Thank you for this favorite channel for sure
IL-86 is (was) an amazing jet and one of the safest - with only 1 catastrophy.
@user-gg8ju5wz8y
2 жыл бұрын
Ил-86 не убил ни одного пассажира...
1:18 Swiss 001 always says that LOL
thank you for sharing!!!
And I am glad that we can enjoy your videos.
Love you videos sam keep it up
@leo00421
4 жыл бұрын
Same
Sam Chui : goes in a plane 2020: I’m about to end this man’s whole career 😈
@bastipro1333
4 жыл бұрын
Chevas sam chui: Don’t hold my boarding pass
Great job Sam!
Love your videos and you and also the aviation Industry😍😍
Noobs : Il-86 is a copied A340 Avgeeks : *HOLD MY HISTORY BOOK*
@sjishah
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly A340 is the copy of IL 86
@mikan004
4 жыл бұрын
@@sjishah 🤣
@SamChui
4 жыл бұрын
IL-86 was out first before A340.
@sjishah
4 жыл бұрын
@@SamChui thanks Sam, I am saying the same but you mention in your video, you mentioned copy of Airbus A340 but it's the other way around.
@alexanderproton9340
4 жыл бұрын
@@irispettson if Tu-144 is a copy of Concorde, then B747 is a copy of A340! They differed much more than it looks like
Sam you have You’ve truly experienced EVERYTHING possible on an airplane that any avi geek could dream of. Next phase you need your pilot license
@YHDiamond
2 жыл бұрын
Do you dream of there being a bomb threat when you're on board???
I littraly LOVE your videos
I’m glad you are safe! That must have been very scary.
@illamma4705
3 жыл бұрын
Same...
Sam - I love your videos BUT when listening with head phones the"background" music is overwhelming and makes it hard to understand you. Can you use softer background music levels? T hank you!
Sam: talks about bomb threat Terrorist: he knows to les
I just came now awesome keep it up Sam 😘
♥️ your vids! Hello from Sydney Australia
It seem funny today but I can’t even imagine how scared you guys were
@SamChui
4 жыл бұрын
Everyone was worried as you just never know. I have a slight sick feeling during the flight and couldn’t wait for it to land
Damn bomb onboard?
It must be scary to have to get on the exact aircraft again. I'm glad that you got off the plane safely.
Hope all the future flights will be safe and comfortable.
Damn this is dramatic
@EvinRattner
4 жыл бұрын
The music is totally unnecessary.
Their is only one more Russian/Soviet aircraft you hadn’t flown on yet, the IL-96 and the only airline that still fly it today as far as I know is Cubana airlines and I believe they operate it on their Madrid-Havana route
Nice video!
Watching this video on quarantine because staying at home is safe... but I don't feel safe anymore after hearing your experience.