THIS VIDEO IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATION IN FLIGHT:
01-DEC-2023. An American Airlines Airbus A321neo (A21N), registration N435AN, performing flight AAL2006 / AA2006 from Washington Reagan National Airport, DC (USA) to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (USA) was descending towards Phoenix when the flight crew declared an emergency and reported flap failure. About 15 minutes later, when AAL2006 was in the vicinity of final, an American Airlines Airbus A319 (A319), registration N762US, performing flight AAL1038 / AA1038 from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ (USA) to Guadalajara Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (Mexico) after departure reported low oil pressure and quantity on the number 2 engine and requested return to Phoenix. The pilots said that the situation was super time-sensitive. American 1038 landed safely at Phoenix on runway 8 and about 7 minutes later AAL2006 landed on runway 7 left.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Description of situation
00:17 American 2006 declared an emergency during descend towards Phoenix. Flap failure
02:05 American 1038 takes off from Phoenix Sky Harbor
02:44 American 1038 has low oil pressure. They need to return. It is super time-sensitive
04:15 American 1038 contacts Approach. American 2006 is holding west of the field
06:04 American 1038 starts approach to Phoenix
09:44 American 2006 is ready for approach for runway 7 left
10:37 Landing of American 1038. Communications with emergency services
12:23 American 2006 contacts Tower controller. The airplane is on final
13:35 American 2006 lands on runway 7 left. Communication with ARFF after emergency landing
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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:
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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.
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American maintenance take the day off or something?
Lots of pro on the radio
AA2006 pilot sounds like Flying with Rich
I really like the emergency management on these two incidents. The atc knew that the first emergency aircraft could stay airborne for some time. The flaps failure certainly will mean a higher landing speed, but otherwise they were stable.
RWY 8 at KPHX is 11489 ft while RWY 7L is 10300 ft. AAL2006 said they wanted the longest possible runway because of the flap issue and high landing speed, so I wonder why they wanted 7L instead of 8?
The calmness with which everyone proceeds is increadible… and reassuring.
Such professionalism by everyone…..calm, courtesy, concise….well done.
This entire sequence is oozing with deep professionalism and efficiency all the way around. Great job to all involved.
And because the video omits all the other traffic – can you imagine how busy ATC was clearing out everyone else into holding patterns in order to give these two planes priority? Phoenix is a really busy airport!. And the pilot of AA2006 has a sense of humor. He knew there was another ongoing emergency and when he heard that there was also a Medevac flight, he said something like "Interesting day!" but he said it with somewhat of a smile as in "Murphy's law in action!
Thanks dude
It doesn’t really matter what fire command wants, the pilot gets to pick his runway.
This is why I don't fly American Airlines… Two planes in one place declaring emergency due to mechanical failures…
On a completely unrelated note, later that day some AA maintenance techs were jumped in the parking lot by multiple people wearing pilot and flight attendant uniforms.
Really good graphics. Nice one!
Why did they name the runways 8, 7L and 7R? They are absolutely parallel, and on Google Maps it looks like they are going exactly West to East, so it should be 9 (L, C, R) and 27 (R, C, L).
God I love your work.
Umm, I did not call you God, just to be clear, ATC, SALUTE.
Well done to the flight crews, ATC and fire and rescue during a rather busy time.
We’ve got an oil pressure issue, we need to get on the ground straightaway! Request a 100 mile downwind to run the checklist.
Airline pilots aren't paid to whistle Dixie and sit around… we get paid for times like these. YouTube is full of "pilot error" content, but very rarely show examples of the countless times, every day, pilots make decisions and perform actions that either prevent an emergency altogether or turn a potentially serious emergency into a non-event through training and experience. Thanks for posting.
Everyone was so polite and professional, I thought they were in Canada.
Why does ATC ask for fuel? They want the time as answered by 2006 or the want the amount as answered by 1038? Both makes sense in a different way.
The controller mispronounces WAZUP. It‘S WAZZZUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP.😂
And that's how ALL airports should work issues out!!! Thank you Phoenix and American, true pros!!!!
Wouldnt it be handy to have a system where the current fuel amount (and passenger count) could be automatically transmitted, without having to be asked for by ATC & relayed via radio?
5:15 the "thanks dude" got me. even with everything going on he's still keeping it cool
Clear example of why folks deserve pay raise and more days off.
Why was 7L being used for a departure with AAL2006 coming in? If there's a rejected takeoff, you are making an emergency aircraft go-around?
Phoenix FD is one of the most professional fire departments in the US, and the tower crew managed this complex emergency extremely well. Kudos to all.
Imagine a diversity of languages in the air, instead of old white guy English?
We'd all be dead in short order.
2006 pilot seemed like the coolest guy.
7L? On second aircraft
Dang American stop trying to save money.
Just checked out of curiosity because the blurb at the end said the A319 (N762US) was still on the ground at Phoenix on Dec 3rd. Looks like they got it repaired and back in service on the 5th.
I wonder whats up with waypoint WAZUP?
Would the planes be able to hear each other on frequency? I know one was on departure and one was on approach which is separate but if they were together could they talk to each other at lower altitudes?
and that is exactly how it should be done, pilots and ATC all working together. Well done to all