FIRE ON BOARD! Crew Initiates Emergency Descent and Landing [ATC audio]
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Published 2022-03-04
February 16, 2022. American Airlines Flight 2036 from LaGuardia (LGA/KLGA) to Charlotte (CLT/KCLT) is cruising at FL340 when a fire breaks out in the forward galley. Fire services are mobilised on the ground in Greensboro (GSO/KGSO) after the crew begin an emergency descent and elect to divert there. Firefighters meet the crew after they vacate the runway. Watch and listen as the pilots and air traffic control coordinate to get the aircraft back on the ground safely.
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0:00 American 2036
0:30 Checking in
3:07 Approach
5:54 Landing
7:28 Taxi to gate
#Emergency #Mayday #AirTrafficVisualised
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Air traffic control audio courtesy of LiveATC.net.
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Content Attribution:
"N519UW - Airbus A321-231 - American Airlines" by Colin Brown is licensed under CC BY.
All Comments (21)
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Every airport needs their ARFF to have the call sign Smoky lol
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This clip shows exactly why a read back is required. There were a few misreads that were corrected. Good job by all
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The Cessna that was told to wait N79549 used to belong to my father. He left it to me in his will. My step mother put him in a nursing home and sold the plane and his house that he left me as well before he passed away. Seeing the N number in the video brought back lots of memories, some good, some bad. Anyway enjoyed the video as always.
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GSO: "...I need souls on board and fuel in pounds..." Pilot: "133 souls and two hours of fuel". GSO: "...emergency services are requesting your fuel in pounds." Pilot: "Yes ma'am, we have two hours of fuel and we'll be on.... two hours of fuel."
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Pilot was having a bad day. First he had this emergency to deal with then he did his PA to the passengers on ground frequency haha.
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SMOKY's gotta be the cutest radio handle ever for a fire brigade. So adorable! GREAT video production, no BS, no intros, no "buy my VPN" stuff. Simple, clear and visual. Thank you!
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I always marvel at just how calm and professional everyone involved is during emergencies.
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As an AA mechanic at a station that specializes in damaged Airbus, I'm watching wondering why we never heard of it and why didn't they bring it here. Then the pilot says it's in the bag. That explains everything. It's a passenger laptop and there is no aircraft damage. That's why we didn't hear about it.
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This is the fourth one of these videos I've watched now. Subbed. Videos are extremely well done. Also, I'm always surprised at how calm and collected ATC and pilots are even during an emergency. Also, as soon as they said the fire was in a bag, my first guess was lithium ion battery fire in luggage. Indeed it was...
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This channel is so well done it is baffling. Nicely done.
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Love the attention to detail on every aircraft moving in the area even if they don't affect the audio at the moment 👌👍
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Rear galley directly behind the cockpit, never heard of that aircraft configuration before.😀
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SMOKY# is a great call-sign. 3 quick syllables instead of 6 with tiny pauses between each letter. Also instantly memorable/distinguishable even in an emergency to pilots and ATCs that they're fire crew.
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"We don't have any souls on board or fuel" left would be a sobering comment to hear out of context in this situation lol
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Favorite part of the production was when you pulled the localizer after they reported it OTS. LOL
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I’m sure he was more mortified about doing his PA on the ground frequency 😅
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Such courteous personell! Love the nice responses from the ATC.
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My worst nightmare. Well done, Smoky, ATC, and Flight Crew.
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Smokey3 was like, 'We had trouble hearing you, on account of the nap.'
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Excellent team work and coordination by all. ATC was great.
