Five classic episodes of The History Guy where pilots managed to land safely in difficult conditions. Nearly a full hour of aviation heroics.
00:00 – Pan American Flight 6
08:00 – Neva River Ditching, Russia
16:11 – The Extraordinary Landing of TACA International Flight 110
27:17 – Taffy Holden, the Accidental Lightning Pilot
39:19 – Flying Blind: Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Flight 514
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The story of the TACA dead stick landing is even more amazing. The pilot, Captain DeArdano lost one eye when he was shot in the head during the civil war in El Salvador. Truly an amazing feat of airmanship by the Captain. I understand the plane was flown off the levy to a maintenance facility, not towed.
Pronunciation of Michaud = "Me-show" It's Louisiana. We're different.
This aircraft had also just had a new battery installed prior to this flight. The battery provides backup power to the electronics; with a new power source they had a full thirty minutes of back up – and the ability to drop the landing gear. According to Captain Dardano, without the gear, it would have been a water landing. He was actually targeting a section of the Intracoastal Waterway that parallels the levee.
To add to the "wow" factor, Captain Dardano has only one eye. He lost an eye when a charter plane he was piloting was accidently caught up in the Salvadoran Civil War six years prior to the TACA 110 incident. Shot and bleeding from the head, he still flew the plane with his three civilian passengers about 40 minutes to safety. He received special medical clearance to continue flying. He is still flying commercially today, often with his son as his First Officer.
I feel that the fact that the TACA’s pilot was blind in one eye makes that story even more incredible.
Excellent stories
In the first story, while all the crew were exemplary, the stewardess (yes, that's what they were called then) that moved passengers to the forward cabin, thus taking them out of the death-trap tail area that broke away on impact, is why no one died. Thanks to her memory of the death toll in another crash, when the tail also broke away, and immediate initiative everyone got to go home for dinner. I hope she was suitably honored.
Yes heros
Why am I not surprised to find that the English plane had problems with the electric system?
wonderful compilation, thanks for the upload
Thanks for this collection of fascinating stories.
Absolutely brilliant work!!
Shortest 52 minutes on YouTube.
Capt Richard Ogg was the 1st 'Local Hawaiian' Pilot, hired by Hawaiian Airlines, from Maui, and they named the Maui airport 'OGG' in his honor…!!
First-rate aviation reporting, History Guy! This episode held my interest for a hour in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep. Or maybe I couldn't sleep because it was so interesting! Either way, it was an informative and entertaining presentation.
And to think, there is talk of using AI for piloting airplanes. I dare say, few if any of these landing would have been successful using AI, especially the last one!
Alway good as you say forgotten history! The work you do is always appreciated. Thank you.
Only in Russia would they re enter a crash landed jet liner into service.
There is YouTube docco of a pilot who was overcome by fumes in his small plane and passed out and woke up later in his plane on the ground (at night). The plane landed itself and the pilot had minor injuries, crawled out and found a light over a hill and got help. It was a good landing!
the best landing i heard of was the dhl plane hit by a rocket that landed safely in 2003 in Baghdad
Nowadays Taffy would've been executed for health and safety violations
Ohhhh I just got it! Bill Nye was the Science guy and you are the History Guy! Of course, I feel dumb now 😀 took long enough to realize, I've been watching this channel for years now
Well, for context, Bill Nye is not well known in my home country.
Nice of you to slide that Coast Guard Officer's combination cap in the background!
I love amazing stories about hero pilots. If you haven't done so in the past, I would love to hear you tell the story of 'The Gimli Glider' – Air Canada Flight 143 – July 23, 1983,
What incredible flight crews! True heroes who saved lives. The support folks on the ground deserve thanks as well!
I have no piloting qualifications but I have heard this, "Any landing you walk away from is a good landing". Other than Sullivan I don't think I had heard of any of these events, and there are so many others. Aloha Airlines 737 convertible, the Gimli glider and a n AirTransat that glided farther than the engineering note said it could, landing in the Azores I look forward to Best of: Miracle Landings part 2.
I really enjoy the stories that you tell about historical events involving airplanes and the unusual and spectacular things that have happened with them and I would really? Enjoy If you know anything that happened on early commercial flights. But whether or not you are able to fill this request. I will continue to enjoy your program immensely and my father who is now in his 80s who doesn't get around much anymore but was a pilot with over 10,000 hours of flight. Really enjoys listening to your retelling of all these airplane stories!
Great video H guy your the best 😊
How did you know that I have been on a flight disaster video binge lately? 😅
Maybe pilots should keep a plumb bob in the cockpit to find their flight angle when their systems fail. Would be easier than a glass of water.
Re Flight 1549 (Hudson ditching), The Captain always gets a mention, (of course), however it was teamwork on by both the flight deck crew and and the cabin crew that made for a great outcome.
semper paratus..
What wonder ful story-telling.
The story of PanAm Flt 6 sounds so much like the plot to The High And The Mighty.
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The lone Russian airport attendant who kept the runway clear, in my opinion, is the big hero in that story. He didn't have to do it but did so anyway.