We Must Land NOW!! The Incredible Story of Singapore Airlines Flight 319

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I almost always go into these stories blind, so every time Petter says, "...unfortunately we will never know..." I get that sinking feeling in my gut. Then sometimes it turns out it's just because the information was lost... not the plane. My emotions have to make a go around!

Once my flight was delayed because the captain wouldn't take off till they provided enough fuel for the second alternate (and there were some disagreements with the company or provider, as far as I could understand). We ended up in the second alternate because of tornadoes at the destination and first alternate. Still thankful to him!

I was a passenger on this flight and, having watched many air crash videos, knew we were on borrowed time. This was a truly horrifying experience, only numbed by the fact that we were stuck at Batam for nearly 13 hours before getting back in the air, and the sleep deprivation softened the memory of what happened. 6 hours into the wait, the pilots greeted the passengers and I was mortified to see them being bombarded with questions as to why we hadn't diverted to KLIA. I shook their hand, said my thanks, and later found out that the crew had all assumed we were water bound some time after the second go around. I'm glad to know this flight is helping in training scenarios now, and ironically having landed in Heathrow the day after that BA flight skidded off the runway over a decade ago, to know that the change of flaps settings in this secanrio may have prevented further issue on the runway in Batam is a bit freaky!

My Take away from this video is the following quote 'its always better to slow things down and give yourself more time when the perception is there is less time available.' Its applicable to any timebound stressfull situation we come across in our lives. Your attention to details in presenting every story is top notch. Thank you and your team to the hardwork that goes behind making these videos.

As a Singaporean, thanks for doing this video. This was reported a couple of times on the media here, but I think 99% of Singaporeans did not grasp how critical and close to a crash this incident was - and didn’t expect this, given Singapore Airlines’ solid reputation. It is quite shocking and sweat inducing to know how bad the flight was… great job.

As a retired controller from Chicago I’d like to add this. I spent a lot of my time holding aircraft for KORD. I worked the sectors that included the majority of first the Pullman arrival then the Windy arrival. When ever I went into the hold for something other than routine runway changes I would keep my pilots informed. Once I had my holding established if I thought it would become a lengthy delay I would ask the pilots to give me their max holding time and alternates. I would then use this info to lobby with approach, or plan on how best to help. I was not above taking planes out of sequence if I was sure that I could get everybody in but the sequence meant a diversion for someone else. I had a pretty darn good record of getting as few diversions as humanly possible. But I fully believe it was good communications between pilots and ATC that made the difference.

Ahhh… nothing is better to sit and watch this videos with a cup of coffee just before doing a long plane travel… wonderful

Is it just me, or does this guy have the most riveting speaking voice you ever listened to? I know nothing about flying but I actually can understand about 90% of what's explained.

I really didnt think this plane would safely land. Amazing work in the end.

I read a lot of criticism of the report for this incident, as the report made it sound less concerning than it actually was. So glad you covered this incident!

As an ex paraglider we had a saying, 'it's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground'!! This flight was scary AF. My anxiety is off the scale!

I absolutely love your detailed and professional videos of incidents with no casualties. If not for your channel, we, general public, would never know. Thank you so much for covering such incidents

Despite the poor judgement calls, this pilot had some incredible fortitude to do the right thing and perform that last go around instead of sucumbing to the tunnel vision that could have so easily killed them all.

The captain should be congratulated on not rushing an unstable landing. Took real balls to make that final go around.

I want this guy to be narrating my entire life. "He should have poured out the coffee grounds over the sink ensuring the safety of the kitchen counter...but that's NOT what happened"

Thanks Petter, great coverage of this frighteningly close to disaster event. Having way over 25k hours in heavy jets, (and now retired), I can recall many situations where the weather issues we faced were similar, including arrivals in to Changi with storms all around, having come down from Heathrow. One absolutely has to stay ahead of the game, make a positive diversion decision when required, and then NEVER EVER get yourself into a rushed approach situation which can mean an unstable approach and thus an unnecessary go-around…. or much worse. I was literally cringing listening to the events unfolding- it’s a miracle that the outcome was as good as it was- just pure luck rather than good management. As I said- well done presenting it all, nice work!

I discovered Mentour Pilot about 6 months ago out of curiosity, and because of my constant binge watching, I realized I was getting a supreme flight education, and always appreciated your thorough descriptions of every part of aviation for us non pilots. Fast forward to today, and my husband and I look forward to flying different aircraft each night with our new flight simulator and yoke system. I can’t thank you enough Petter, for helping make this 50yr old gal’s dream of flying come true!

My dad always says, "If you don't have enough time to do it right, you must have time to do it again."

What I think. The Pilots were brilliant in a very stressful situation. We all say we could do something different until we are faced with a situation and then training and will takes over. Thank goodness they all landed safely.