Airbus A340 EMERGENCY - Engine Failure
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a captivating look at how a professional crew calmly handles an in-flight engine problem.
What it is
Cockpit footage of a Swiss Airbus A340 crew dealing with rising oil temperature in one engine on a Zurich to Shanghai flight, ending with a safety landing. It shows the pilots' procedures through the emergency.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2014 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec joezydeco · 2018-09 · on “Abstract of the NTSB Report on Air Canada flight 759's taxiway overflight at SFO [pdf]”
PilotsEyeTV is a really really neat thing. They sell entire box sets of whole flights. It's pretty cool that the European airlines allow this amount of camera work in the cockpit: [LINK] If you really want to see something captivating, watch this clip of a Swiss A340 crew handling an overheating engine in-flight. It's incredibly well done. [this video]
Recommends joezydeco · 2014-12 · on “The pilots of Instagram: violating rules of the air”
There's a company called PilotsEYE.tv that sells DVDs of exactly this. It seems to be mostly European airlines participating, but they have some serious aircraft filmed in operation. They load the cockpit up with GoPros. Not sure but there might also be someone in the jump seat catching snapshots of the console displays as well. This one of a Lufthansa A380's final approach and landing from FRA to SFO is a really nice one: [LINK] This one of a Swiss Air crew handling an A340 engine problem in-flight is a great watch as well: [this video]
Recommends jballanc · 2018-04 · on “Southwest 1380: think about the flight attendants”
Here's an amazing video of what happens in the cockpit during an engine failure in a commercial airliner: [this video]
Cites sschueller · 2017-02 · on “GitLab Database Incident – Live Report”
There is a neat video[1] where a Swiss flight has to make an emergency landing and just happens to have a film crew in the cockpit. [1] [this video]
Cites bellyfullofbac · 2021-11 · on “Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 entered a holding pattern for 22 minutes”
If going by the book, the pilot probably would have to ask for clearance (although maybe not if they're over international waters?), but it really is a button press (or two of them): [this video]