LOWEST 737 LANDING EVER! @ Skiathos, the second St Maarten | Air Italy 737-8BK crazy pilot!
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Then get friendly waves by the pilots, while they have their cockpit windows open, and watch the captain look back, outside the aircraft, to check the tyre marks he had made before!
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As plane spotters at Skiathos airport, also known as the Second St Maarten, we wanted a low landing, but we definitely hadn't seen this one coming! Many people have said that it was the LOWEST LANDING they had ever seen at Skiathos and it is definitely one of the lowest landings in the world itself. After touchdown, two clear marks from the landing gear were drawn before the runway threshold!
Beat that, St Maarten!
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That was 2 meters away from another episode of aircrash investigation.
mahdogzbite xD
impossible.......italian pilots are very well trained!!!! :)
But they are still humans, and humans make errors.
Marco Aria ... clearly not! There is persistent low level wind shear below 500ft at this airport and such a low approach is NOT good flying. Any wind shear occurring close to the threshold could have caused that aircraft to miss it's intended landing point.
There would have been no time to power up to miss the threshold. In other words, there was no margin of error ... they were on the limits ... not a good idea. The runway is 5,300 feet long which isn't huge but not so short as to warrant such a landing. Boeing 757's are checked out to land here. This was a 737 a considerably smaller and lighter aircraft.
mahdogzbite more like 2 feet
He musta been going for the "get as close to the fence as possible" pilot achievement. +20 to his avatar.
Lol
Been there and done that. For anyone wondering, that was one of the shortest commercial runways in the world (the other end is the sea.. no overshoot). When I was there they could only carry 30mins of fuel on take off to reduce weight and had to land almost immediately on the Greek mainland to refuel.. and what a take off it was. Apparently they have now extended the runway for safety!
I love how he turns around to wave at everyone. 1:37
We are very educated and friendly boys (us italian)
MrWolfSnack They're probably laughing their asses off in the cockpit.
Vic Morrow Chick Hehe Yep!
zeno toffali It was an Italian plane surely
MrWolfSnack and
And nobody is talking about how hard that landing was
*WHEN IT COMES TO COOL* ...you can't beat the Italians
Air Italy lets the passengers land the planes.
+zeke Carbajal really?
+Cheesy Nachoz ....
You are so right!
that was a horrible landning lol!
The tail of this 737-800 is 6.6m so - even if there is a bit of perspective - you can see that the landing gear was around a meter away from the fence.
Extremely scary.
Agree. I hate to say it but that landing should get a reprimand, it's beyond the fun and games.
Excellent landing, short field runways are a beast. The pilot got every possible inch. The unused threshold was smaller than on any other landing I’ve seen at this airport
It bounced a bit. It certainly touched down in front of touch-down zone, perhaps even in front of the numbers. Then again, it only had about 800 ft of "spare" runway.
you could literally throw a brick into the engine
+TheGreatFlyer lol
+TheGreatFlyer just that all airports are highly secure and fenced off, just odd to me.
+magzire Did you watch this whole video? This one definitely isn't fenced off, very cool!
+TheGreatFlyer haha, not sure i'd want to though
+wb5704 be fun watching 200 people burn tho
I'm just thinking that if someone was standing on top of the car they would surely die.
Yeah! If you pause the video right as the rear gear is over it there is probably 5 feet of air between the two!
hmm let me know why you'd be standing on top of the car 🤔
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Hansolo lol my thoughts.
At leats its better than my flying in gta 5
Jordan Armstrong we (both) are poor in these thingummies
محمد العوادي ikr lol
EliteGamerJA lol
EliteGamerJA tbh, same. I don’t think I’ve ever successfully landed an airliner in gta without it blowing up
EliteGamerJA my landings are great in gta v
The landing was absolutely beautiful and terrifing at the same time. You have guts. Too bad you missed the take off of the last plane.
Good thing Ryanair doesn't fly to Saint marten
do Ryanair have notoriously bad pilots?
bad airplanes
Timothy Van Iseghem
No they don't. They have 737-800's with an average age of 5 years. That's better than most other higher cost airlines.
+Timothy Van Iseghem no ok pilots
I would like that. Then I could afford flying there.
Nice to know airline pilots still get to do short field landings, they're fun.
Some people cannot drive their cars properly, but some people can "drive" these giants. Love it.
That is CRAZY! The FO waving to you w/ window open (WTF?). At least you were smart enough to offset to the left for takeoff! Good job!
Garry Wing Seriously, right?! That rocked!
J. Lynn Detamore that was cool
They are taxing. I don't see any problem with window open, in this case.
Of Couse, in the moment of landing, they were closed.
What's crazier is that he tossed the cigarette butt out at 7000 ft!
Hehe ... and I'll bet people wonder why there are so many black tyre skid marks on the runway, haha
For the Air Italy one, all I can say is WOW!!
impressive show by that Capt. superb!!
I have been there. The runway is really short so if you want to get the plane to slow down before the end of the runway, you have to land quickly. This also means that the bigger plane you have, the sooner you have to touchdown.
He had a calzone on his right hand, land the airplane with his left!
This is a heck of a pilot!
The Pilot was probably an Ex-Ryanair Pilot XD
Haha lol
Lol
Actually Ryanair has ones of the best pilots... why do you say bullshit to people?
xXxElisabettaxXx you don’t get the joke. Its about saving fuel
@@Jimmy-B- Well, even worse. I think this is defamation.
Wow, that's what it means to be THE BEST !!! This guy definitely knows what he's doing !!!
Wow, im from Greece and i never knew this! I love airplanes so that will be a reason to visit Skiathos !
Pilot: "whoops i thought this is USS Nimitz"....
Damn this place is more intense than Marteens. My next stop, Skiathos. Way too cool and no restrictions into the runway.
Honestly, this looks even closer to the action than at St. Maarten!
Great Video, mate! Thanks for sharing! Cheers from Hamburg
Real flyers spirit is alive in Italy !
04040040 but I this case he's in Greece (Skiathos Island)
I think the message "glideslope" was heard a lot !
This airport doesn't have ILS.
.:AirbusFan:. True... Funny that the slomo was the right speed ...
Jaap Lubbersen What do you mean?
.:AirbusFan:. I think (also because of the rough landing) that his speed was to high.
Jaap Lubbersen Pretty sure the landing was hard because he went low on purpose and didn't flare really good and not high speed.
Not crazy but very good pilot !!
PISTAAAAAAA.... arrivano gli italiaaaniiiii!!! :D
Siii hahahahaah
Hahaha giah !!!
Wow those pilots are savages
The fps in this video is incrediblely satisfying 👍😌👍
Wow, you could probably strike a match off the underside of that plane lol :)
Balls, this pilot has them.
absolutely insane, incredible, awesome, terrifying and badass.
Unbelievable.........hats off to you......👍👍👍
Amazing what a pilot 👌
waw Dimitri! you are superamazing. almost 7M views.. I am so proud of you! :)
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He messed up that landing pretty good. It was by sheer luck that it was not an accident.
And skill, and years of training
+JordanCO_ TV That was a pretty dangerous landing though....
Lindsey Swain Not exactly, just a simple approach and glidescope and a slightly lower landing. With enough training, it's not that difficult
+JordanCO_ TV well, the plane literally bounced off the runway... I'm not saying it's easy to land a plane in these conditions, but still. It's just an opinion..
Lindsey Swain Many people don't realize, but aircraft bouncy like that all the time. Most don't go around as the aren't noticed. This landing was okay
Went there in 2008.. When we landed the brakes were full on, a bottle of water & a few other things went shooting down the aisle.. everyone clapped!!
waynester71 As my plane was landing at Tampa Int'l I was bent over in an attempt to grab ahold of my bottle of soda,which I did.Unfortunately I was not able sit up because of the sheer force of the plane coming to a screeching halt. Thankfully I did not get my ass chewed out by a flight attendant.
I`ve done the Skiathos one 20 years ago. Didn`t know of its reputation then, but I saw how close it was when we flew in, and just had to go there. It was amazing!
about the same height over the fence as Wizz this weekend
Glad you watched my new video!
Beautiful landing. He aimed for the numbers.
Looks like somebody used to be a navy pilot
That could've gone wrong really fast.
The great pilot in the world, thanks for sharing
What has my life come to watching videos like this...
The wheels nearly clipped the fence!
anyone who's taller than the fence is gonna getg freaked out
This runway is shorter than those of St Maarten, so the chance to get lower landings is bigger on skiathos!
Wow .... that's really some very cool footage!
Sciabolare con un coltello is for boys
Sciabolare con un aereo is for real alpha man
If the guy under the plane jumped I'm sure he would have been hit by the landing gear.
and probably get his arm shattered in to a million pieces but he never would have to pay for a drink at a airport bar ever again
the pilot was probably almost shitting himself haha "am I about to die or lose my job?"
hey greatflyer :) is there any chance to use this video in one of my compilations? it's a amazing and of course i'd give you all the credits for it
It was cool to see them messing around and the fact he had the brakes on under full throttle confirmed it.
bg147 Runway is 7,546 ft. (2,300m) long. A Boeing 737 needs a required take-off field length of 7,874 ft. 328 ft. shorter runway than the minimum requirements for the plane. Hence the short landing and high takeoff climb.
Ive seen a lot of landings from there but that was for sure one of the best.
1:40 "Hello there! I almost killed you all, sorry!"
Pe11e lol
Many comments below praise the skill of the pilot but these posters are ignorant. This landing was very unprofessional and needlessly dangerous. He landed short (skid marks prior to the threshold arrows) with plenty of runway to use, and way too low to allow for any slight deviation in wind shear, bird strike etc that may occur at the last few seconds.
Air transport relies upon % safety margins and this crew seemed to be more interested in showing off than their duty of care to the passengers and airline. The fact that they were busy waving from the cockpit windows just before takeoff on a notorious runway reinforces this point. I'll remember not to fly with the Air Italy Group.
And if the parked car would have been a high truck, the landing gear would have hit it.!
Don't give them ideas, this runway will become the next 8 foot 11.
I guess this road is forbidden for them.
the skills of the pilot man!!
The best landing I've ever seen
Good crazy italian pilots!bravi!
Awesome landing video!
I'm afraid that looked dangerously irresponsible. Sorry to be a wet blanket here, but. There was literally about a foot between the fence (or those signs) and his mainwheels.
You can imagine late 70's Athens -Skiathos DC9's & 10's ....was a truly amazing experience :)
I got a nice photo of an Italian jet landing there in 2014. Cool runway to see from a ferry coming into port.
matey wasnt too far from being decapitated there
Good work brother
"Mamma Mia" Air Italy.........three feet short of a tail strike ... !
Mamma*
+Sheik ...ooopss.!!!! now corrected :)
Italia si raga see
Bella!!!
Nicolò 05 si cazzooo
Wow
He came in a wery sharp angle, and did a relly hard landing on the blast pad. Brave moves
Great landing, Bro-celli!
Das war Francesco Schettino :D
Thats very HARD LANDING!!
o nee hoor
Zeg jij Julia!
And Very fast!
Yes and very fast :P
Kees das nie waar hij vliegt juist erg laag!
I love the 737s just a beautiful plane with perfect balance. Like if you agree.
pilot of the year! still after 2013! BEST PILOT EVARRR
Awesome footage 👍
Why does the window of a jumbo jet open up? What, are you going to be cruising at 30,000 feet and say, "It's stuffy in here I think I'll open a window."
So when all the electronics and engines fail they can jump out with a parachute and let the passengers perish
Lol owen
Brandy Garrett What, did you hear some bad comedian say that and decide to repeat it on TH-cam? If you are referring to the cockpit windows, in a 747 (an actual "Jumbo Jet"), none of the windows open. No pressurized airliner has opening passenger windows for the obvious reason that it would probably kill everyone on board if a passenger opened a window at 30,000ft. For aircraft that do have opening cockpit windows, they are there for several reasons. First, so the crew have a way to escape if the aircraft is on fire or something. The passenger cabin has escape doors, the cockpit doesn't. On aircraft without cockpit windows, like the 747 and 787, the crew are given an overhead escape hatch and special "inertia reels" which lower them to the ground so they don't have to jump and break their legs. Second, in many cases, two of the forward vision panels can be opened in case the glass is obscured by condensation, rain, dead bird guts, or anything else. This allows them to open a window so they can see forward to land, like flipping the windshield of a Jeep down so you can see when it's covered in an inch of mud. These are called "clear vision" or "direct vision" panels, but are almost never used. Still better too have them and not need them then to need them and not have them. Third, it's a way to communicate with ground crew if needed, although that's rarely an issue these days. Traditionally, it was more important, such as when starting a piston engined aircraft.
It may surprise you to learn that aircraft manufactures actually have some slight idea of what they are doing, and rarely add pointless features to an aircraft "just for the hell of it". Unless they are Airbus. (Just kidding. Although I kind of wonder about sidestick controllers....)
Owen Alpp Yeah, great idea, jump out right into the path of a turbofan engine spinning at 8,000rpm. Be a lot quicker than going down with the plane, right? Even if you miss the engine, you'll almost certainly hit the wing, which is traveling at 400mph, and even if you miss that, you still have the horizontal stabilizer as a backup! Guaranteed instant death! That's brilliant. You should see if you can market that idea to the airlines.
justforever96 you sound like the boring virgin friend everyone has
either that runway is short as fuck or that approach was way too low or both
Both.
AV8R Runway is 7,546 ft. (2,300m) long. A Boeing 737 needs a required take-off field length of 7,874 ft. 328 ft. shorter runway than the minimum requirements for the plane. Hence the short landing and high takeoff climb.
a 737 does not need 7800ft for takeoff. That's incorrect. Whatever actual takeoff distance it needs will vary greatly depending on wind, temperature, altitude, and aircraft weight. I don't have access to the performance charts, but know they're capable of taking off on shorter strips. (i.e. KEYW, KMDW). if this runway was 7500ft long, there's no reason for such a low approach and rough touchdown. Im a CFII CPL AMEL
MrWolfSnack - The runway at Skiathos is 5,341 feet, or 1,628 meters . The runway at St. Maarten is 7,546 feet, or 2,300 meters.
Dude, they land and takeoff 747s from that runway.
Bruh... The landing gear was literally 3 feet away from hitting that car.
+SpookyGMD I think that's just false perspective...the planes is actual behind the cars. if this was 3d then it would be more obvious.
Okay so im not the only one who's obsessed with planes !
Remember being here 5 years ago unbelievable to watch this in person 👌
Feels like ages ago! We were incredibly lucky that day.
How to get a free plane ride with this RIDICULOUSLY EASY TRICK!
Step 1: wait for the plane to take off in the other direction
Step 2: When the plane takes off, hop up off a car and grab the wing.
Step 3: Hang on for dear life
Step 4: You're there.
WTF LMAO. Very funny. So we basically hang on to the plane the entire journey, and we freeze to death during cruise. xD I know this is a joke.
Works every time. Its the one ridiculously easy trick airlines don't want you to know about. Just ask the seven time lottery winner, he agrees, sort of.
Did you figure this out when you flew over the US boarder from Mexico??
Ok, so the main gear hit the pavement before the threshold! The arrow points to the beginning of the legal runway! I'll bet when the company saw this video, the cockpit crew got some time off the think this landing over and how dangerous it was! Their aim point was really off by over 1000 feet!
ST. MAARTEN: THE SECOND SKIATHOS.
Been there at the time was the shortest runway in Europe.
Absolutely paradise.
Grande pilota
The only way this could be cooler is if it were in 3-D.
Nice carrier air-pilot.
Just as you start this vid.....just click on and off for the first few seconds no more than 5 seconds, and you will find one VERY FAST U.F.O. in the picture.
* After doing it over and over and over I found 2, one at the top, one below going at a crazy speed!!
+TheGreatFlyer Well now that is funny!
Seriously, they are not birds.... no bird can FLY at that Speed.!!!!
+mossie1954 ya I paused it at 4 or 5 sec and ya I'm a crazy person about et life and that shit looks real as fuck its not a bird because when you pause it its sliver plate is reflecting off of it
+mossie1954 Good catch!
+jmiller5382 Thank you :)
+Wendy Schraiber Try pausing well before the 3-4-5 seconds.You have to keep doing it, to get results.
took me a lot of tries to get them at different 'spots' on the screen, then you see they are Super Fast. :)
It's nice to fly with friends again!
Awesome video as always. :)
i would be the one throwing rocks at the plane as it"s landing
Thug life chose you.
+Ziggmanster definitely
while it's doing 160 mph??? good luck.
+AVERAGE DOG throw it a few seconds early to accommodate for the planes high speed
Tyreek Murillo lol no one will notice tho
a little to the left and they might have taken some paint off that van
Definitely Don Vito Corleone was at the controls.
I've been to Skiathos, it's very amusing to just sit in one of the restaurants down by the seafront and watch how low the planes get to the ground before getting to the runway.
Holy Crap! That Is The LOWEST Landing I Have Seen In My Life! Great Video! Subbed!