Miraculous Plane Landing on New Orleans Levee

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Published 2013-04-10
A severe thunderstorm forced a Boeing 737 to attempt an emergency landing on the most unlikely, impossible place: a New Orleans levee. #AirDisasters #planecrash

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All Comments (21)
  • @MrJking065
    This Captain Deserves the Sulley Treatment.This was beyond amazing flying.
  • @tavita8699
    This pilot saved so many lives by using his training and skill.What an amazing outcome for all involved.These pilots deserve the highest reccognition possible. Incredable!
  • @jaimebaca8774
    Today, September 1, 2023, that man retired from commercial aviation. respect
  • @itzblueflamez
    "There wasn't even a bit of turbulance" The plane: Seizure intensifies
  • @nathantzhang
    Flight Crew: Happy, Laughing, Smiling Passengers: Post Traumatic Trauma, Whiplash, Sprained Neck
  • @PowersDave1966
    Sully isn’t the only one. This story and many others including the Gimley glider, are just as cool. These pilots are absolute heroes to me.
  • @codprawn
    This should be just as famous as the Sully landing. Incredible skill.
  • @JWOHALL
    This is smoother than most landings with Ryanair
  • @gracelee4985
    ryanair: see, this, THIS is the level we are supposed to be at.
  • @ROGER2095
    Forget "pilot error" - This is a case of "pilot brilliance!"
  • @dziobakowski
    4 horsmens of aviations miracles: * Hudson landing * 767 Belly landing * Cornfield landing * This
  • They show the landing as externally rough... the flight attendant then says "The landing was so smooth, like a perfect landing"
  • @nickaalex
    These guys deserve an award. By far the best plane landing i've ever seen EVER!
  • Surprised this wasn’t mentioned, but that levee was at the back of the NASA facility in New Orleans where I worked for many years. It’s in New Orleans East - the Michoud Assembly Facility, where the Saturn V boosters were built as well as the Space Shuttle External Tanks. The main NASA building there (Bldg 350) had photos of it and the plane/crew next to the main offices. It was an amazing feat, and just miraculous that nobody was hurt. NASA presented the crew with awards as well. :) I think this was 1988...?
  • @leidyhdez5151
    Have we learned our lesson here? Yes don’t go on a plane with a smithsonian camera guy or bad things are going to happen
  • @ramosf5a
    Why is everybody talking about that he only had one eye. The problem wasn't the eye. The problem was that the two engines turn off. The pilot was a better pilot than most pilots that have their two eyes because he landed that big plane without the engines power and only with one eye.
  • Imagine cutting the grass on a riding lawnmower and you see a commercial jet coming to land behind you.
  • @sillygoose1003
    truly a miracle. mad respect to the crew. the fact that no one died and there were only mild injuries makes this even more impressive.