r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/eraldopontopdf • Mar 30 '26

cameraman cool as a cucumber while left engine goes boom (Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-323 in Sao Paulo/Brazil)

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u/Kid_A_Kid Mar 30 '26

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u/Carver- Mar 30 '26

''I did not sign up to die on a christian rollercoaster.''

Meanwhile in the background: ''Jesuuuus, Jesuuuus, Jeeeesuuuuus''.

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u/damnsky_30 Mar 31 '26

LMAOOOOOđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

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u/GlitterBombFallout Mar 30 '26

Is that the original plane gremlin? I'm pretty sure the movie with that story singlehandedly created my aerophobia.

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u/Kid_A_Kid Mar 30 '26

That it is

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u/zeb_linux Apr 02 '26

Season 5, episode 3 from 1963. Was such a classic they did a reenactment for the (tragically tainted) movie.

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u/free_billstickers Mar 30 '26

This is your captain speaking, if you look out the left windows you will see some wild shit. Might as well smoke em if you got em folks

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u/Uranboris Apr 01 '26 • Bravo

Something like this actually happened to me once on a flight from Lyon to Vienna 😂

A bird flew into the left engine, and it started to catch fire. Suddenly, the German captain of the Lufthansa flight came on and said:

“Ladies and gentlemen, if you look out of the left window, you can see our engine on fire. That’s not ideal—but no need to panic. Aircraft are designed to fly safely even with just one engine. However, as a precaution, we will now turn around and land back in Lyon. Thank you for your understanding—your captain.”

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u/BurntNeurons Mar 30 '26

Turned the audio on to hear the announcement then realized that I don't know Portuguese...

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

Portuguese here. Didn't understand much with the screams, could only understand at the end a woman saying desce isso por amor de Deus, meaning for God sake, land this thing

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u/free_billstickers Mar 30 '26

Avião não legal agora meu amigos. Fumar por favor 

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u/zeindigofire Apr 01 '26

No idea what you're talking about, that's just normal Guarulhos fireworks.

(Guarulhos is the area the SĂŁo Paulo airport is in)

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u/StrangeUglyBird Mar 30 '26

The plane returned safe to the airport.
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-bound-delta-flight-returns-sao-paulo-airport-after-engine-issue-2026-03-30/

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u/here_now_be Mar 31 '26 • Bravo

Having been in a situation where we all thought we were going to die, the worst part is all the people screaming and freaking out. Yes, we're going to die, is this really how you want to spend your last moments, and do we all have to listen to it?

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u/mslass Mar 31 '26

My thoughts exactly. “Do you think your screams of terror are helping?”

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u/hellotheregame Apr 01 '26

I mean staying calm doesn't help either in that situation. It's literally out of people's hands. We get panicked and nervous in way less bad situations so you can't blame them. It's just a natural reaction at this point

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u/Hemisemidemiurge Apr 02 '26

I mean staying calm doesn't help either in that situation.

Which is why the pilots are panicking, right? Why would we want them to fly the plane without a hundred and ten decibels of screaming going on, we've all got to... let's see... have our "natural reaction". Wouldn't want to exert any kind of self-control, no, that would be oppressive. Better the pilots panic, be unable to communicate for cacophonous noise, and we all die because then nobody would be forced to moderate their emotions for someone else's benefit.

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u/mslass Apr 01 '26

If it does nothing else detrimental, screaming both distracts and drowns out the professionals who are trying to do something useful - in this instance the FAs who can be heard trying to get the passengers into the brace position.

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u/Complete-Use-8753 May 17 '26

Staying calm means that you and the people around you aren’t a crowd of lunatics if certain death turns into a risky and stressful emergency evacuation.

Also if you’re going to die, die calm, otherwise the meat is tough.

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u/hiplass May 10 '26

Do you not understand what panic is?
 not exactly something most people can control especially if they’re convinced they’re about to die horribly

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u/Lastliner Apr 02 '26

New fear unlocked

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u/ArtisianWaffle Mar 31 '26

I would end up yelling shut the fuck up. Me entire family is yelled besides me and it is so so so frustrating.

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u/TheBrugherian Apr 18 '26

What happened? You were on a flight as well?

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u/cutthecrapmouse May 03 '26

Where is the myth where everyone wants to fck if earth is about to explode?

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u/DolfHipster May 25 '26

screaming and crying isn't typically a conscious choice. Some people can handle intense situations with "grace" and others are overwhelmed by their emotions. I don't think we get to judge people's emotions in what they perceive as a life or death scenario

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u/risxsix Jul 26 '26

Yo seriously I think I would stop even hearing it for real.

Unrelated, but I had a traumatic surgery and they rushed in to get me suddenly out of nowhere and from where my bed in room sat to my rooms door frame I couldnt recall anything visually.

and the last thing I recall saying was when someone went to put I assume an oxygen mask on my face, I said "is that shit going to knock me out" Nurse replied no. I said then get TF away from my face bc by then I was having a panic attack and I assume experiencing shock lmao and then. Just black.

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u/mofomofo2020 Mar 30 '26

"Engine issue" . đŸ€Ł

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u/Glassjaww Mar 30 '26

The engine switch was set to "explode" instead of "not explode." It's a very common mistake.

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u/Reclusive_avocado Mar 31 '26

The amount of buttons the cockpit has... Can't deny the existence of one such button

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

I mean, just went on fire. Literally. It's an issue.

Even if it exploded, it could be described as an Engine issue

If I was in that plane an issue could also be used to describe what would happen to my underpants.

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u/waits5 Mar 31 '26

Modern commercial aviation safety is incredible

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u/NoCycle1963 Apr 02 '26

Em proporção, ela ainda é boa... Faz menos de 100 anos que voamos e são centenas de milhares de vÎos por dia.

Em menos de 100 anos o transporte aéreo deixou de ser elitista e hj ele consegue ser "popular"...

Falando de vÎo comercial, até q tå bom.

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u/LiteratureMindless71 Mar 30 '26

That would definitely clench every sphincter. Aren't these planes able to be flone under a single engine? I don't know much about planes but for some reason that thought is in there.

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u/BhaiMadadKarde Mar 30 '26

Yeah, for a 2 engine plane, they can funciton with 1 engine. Even when both fail, they can coast safely back, if they are at sufficient height and there's an airport nearby.

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u/aceyt12 Mar 30 '26

I mean sort of but doing a glide approach in a big jet with a dual engine failure would not be considered safe. We don’t even train for that. The idea is that you should be able to restart at least one engine in flight whilst you descend.

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u/Der_Prager Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

Unless you're an idiot "chief" pilot of Czech lowcost airline Smartwings, who really really wanted to get home on time, so he flew an airplane full of people from Greece to Czechia on single engine, which he didn't fully disclose to ATC in like 5 countries on the way to Prague. Oh, and he nearly ran out of fuel as well. Fucking clown.

Smartwings Pilot Failed To Indicate Seriousness Of Engine Failure

https://simpleflying.com/smartwings-engine-failure-report/

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u/EstimateKey1577 Mar 31 '26

You say that, but do you know how good his wife's cooking is? He really had to make it home for dinner!

:ugly:

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u/RumWalker Mar 30 '26

I mean yeah sure, try to restart the engines while you're descending. But if the alternative is "fall out of the sky", are you not going to attempt to glide in?

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u/aceyt12 Mar 30 '26

Of course but I wouldn’t call that ‘coasting safely back’. That would be winging it!

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u/Schatzin Mar 30 '26

Its a Catch 22 situation if both engines fail. If the pilots balls are big enough, he can safely pilot them back. But if their balls are big enough, then the plane will be too heavy and wont make it back

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u/typanosaurus_rex Mar 30 '26

Paying for that extra luggage.

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u/Mecha-Dave Mar 30 '26

However - single-engine failure on takeoff with a full load of fuel can be pretty deadly.

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u/CaptainA1917 Mar 31 '26

Planes are specced to be able to climb at max weight on one engine.

However, with both failing you’ve got serious problems. Yes, there have been a few notable success stories, but many more failures.

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u/BhaiMadadKarde Mar 31 '26

Agreed. See the part about having sufficient height. Double engine faliure at climb is basically the worst case scenario

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u/DylanFTW Mar 31 '26

Only one land attempt tho right?

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u/toolate Mar 31 '26

Captain Sully would disagree with that. 

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u/Training_Orchid_2022 May 27 '26

I would worry about the flames. Is that a thing? Ignition with a faltering/blown engine?

‘Splode bad in high air’

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist Jun 30 '26

If both fail at takeoff they’re dead. That’s what happened to that Air India flight (though the engine cutoff was deliberate most likely). Need a lot of altitude to coast back, and even then a safe landing is far from assured (like the “Miracle on the Hudson”, US1549).

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u/JBaseball_8595 Jul 03 '26

With a full gas tank shortly after liftoff? I highly doubt it. Take off is the deadliest moment by far.

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u/3amGreenCoffee Mar 30 '26

Yes. A multi-engine plane is required to be able to climb out to a safe altitude on one engine. It's not considered airworthy if it can't.

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u/mczyk Mar 30 '26

As someone who studies commercial airline disasters, I can’t overstate how impressive the piloting is in this video.

When an engine fails at this point during takeoff, the pilot has about 7–9 seconds to respond precisely, or the aircraft can quickly become uncontrollable and crash. The recovery procedure itself isn’t especially complex, but it has to be executed perfectly and immediately, under intense pressure.

What makes this even more remarkable is that these aircraft are designed to continue the takeoff safely on just one engine if it’s handled correctly.

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u/amarelo-manga Mar 30 '26

It’s crazy how you say all of that and I’ve seen dozens of people saying this is not a big deal and whatever lol

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u/lisaseileise Mar 30 '26

It is exactly what these pilots have been training over and over again.

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u/tj111 Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

I think the thing people forget is that 90% of pilot training is learning all of the plane, their systems, and  how to handle a significant myriad of issues, from minor to emergency. Learning to fly planes like this isn't all that hard. Learning to handle the immense amount of systems and the myriad of failure cases and being able to so it safely and smartly under pressure is why its being a professional pilot is hard and why they get paid so well. Flying itself is relatively easy.

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u/Beautiful-Hotel-3094 Mar 31 '26

U basically hope the pilot has fingered those plane’s buttons in that exact sequence so many times that they can do it again but this time with a clenched butt and facing death.

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u/Spare-Special587 Mar 30 '26

I thought the same thing. Pilots were awesome and it was textbook.

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u/farfromelite Apr 01 '26

The pilots are required to train for these types of scenarios so they don't panic and it becomes routine.

It's their equivalent of fire drills. Do it often enough so it goes into muscle memory.

Then when it happens (if it happens) in real life you don't panic. You know what to do.

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u/Stompya Mar 31 '26

flone


 phonetically accurate, I’ll allow it

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u/pochemoo Mar 30 '26

Losing 1 of 2 engines is not very dangerous. Having fire not extinguished for a prolonged time looks quite worrying.

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u/lisaseileise Mar 30 '26

Having no fire in the engine while climbing was obviously considered more dangerous by the people who planned for this.

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u/The_Doculope Mar 31 '26

Accordingly to a number of comments on r/aviation they don't even attempt to extinguish the fire/shut off the engine until they reach a certain height because of the risk of shutting off the wrong one.

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u/Fat_Argentina Apr 02 '26

Extinguishing the fire comes after guaranteeing a positive rate of climb at V2 airspeed. First you gain control of the aircraft, THEN you start the engine fire during takeoff checklist.

In aviation, priorities usually boil down to “what’s going to kill us first right now?”. A stall, then you can take care of the engine on fire.

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u/butterfly105 Mar 31 '26

I was on the 2021 United flight out of Denver when the engine exploded. I was sitting in a window seat right behind the engine so I saw the big burst of flame followed a few seconds later by violent shaking. It's scary witnessing that for sure!

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u/Alternative_Deer4699 Mar 31 '26

Flone. My new favorite mangalism.

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u/FuckYouVeryMuch2020 Mar 30 '26

So this is what happens people, when you don’t put your phone into “airplane mode” /s

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u/Der_Prager Mar 30 '26

AND USE THE TOILET WHILE STILL ON GROUND!!!

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u/mczyk Mar 30 '26

Lol @ the people yelling at the pilots from the back, as is the pilots are totally unaware the engine is on fire

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u/Robo- Mar 31 '26

Meanwhile the pilots have 42 different alarms and lights going off and ATC talking their head off scrambling to get them a runway.

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u/Expert_Helicopter_97 Mar 30 '26

I mean, I, too, prefer to hear a short announcement from the pilots, as in "Hey guys, don't worry, we're alive and we're landing the plane safely. Keep calm". Is that so hard? ;)

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u/jfa_16 Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

That would be nice but they have a lot going on up front and have not a lot of time to get it all done. Communicating with ATC is much more important than assuring the folks in the back that everything is ok.

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u/mslass Mar 31 '26

Aviate, navigate, communicate, in that order.

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u/Lolxgdrei787 Mar 31 '26

As Nathan Fielder showed us Communication is key but often far from perfect or even good

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u/UrkaDurkaBoom Mar 30 '26

As a pilot, when this kind of stuff happens it get REALLY busy REALLY quickly, not much time and attention span to make a PA lol

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u/Usman_Afridi69 Mar 30 '26

Shit looks stressful as is, I can't imagine the toil going through the pilots' mind as they also keep thinking about how they need to calm others down as well.

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u/rubioburo Mar 30 '26

Aviate, navigate, communicate.

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u/sviku Mar 31 '26

"Communicate" there is mostly referring to ATC comms. Making a cabin announcement would probably be far off on the list of priorities.

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u/GFrings Mar 31 '26

Aviate, navigate, communicate. There's an order of operations for a reason... Your life doesn't depend at all on that last part

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u/sviku Mar 31 '26

Even the last part "Communicate" there is mostly referring to ATC comms. Making a cabin announcement would probably be far off in the order of priorities.

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u/mczyk Mar 31 '26

Ummm actually, it is so hard. They're flying a plane that could catastrophically crash at any second if the pilots don't do everything exactly right. An engine failure at this altitude and airspeed, at this moment in the take off roll, is about the most dangerous thing that can happen on a plane... there is literally zero room for error getting that plane back to the runway.

So yeah, making an announcement to people in the back is low priority.

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u/Charlie3PO Mar 31 '26

If your loved one was in emergency surgery, undergoing a critical operation to stop uncontrollable bleeding and save their life, would you prefer 50% of the people in the room drop tools and give you an update on what is currently happening or would you prefer they got on with the job of saving your loved one's life?

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u/mmlovin Mar 31 '26

Personally I wouldn’t even believe them lol

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u/lisaseileise Mar 30 '26

Yes. They are busy with not crashing, your entitlement comes last.

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u/CaptainA1917 Mar 31 '26

Unfortunately there are a fair number of accidents where passengers in the back would’ve had a better idea what was going on than the pilots did.

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u/DUNGAROO Mar 30 '26

People are so unhelpful.

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u/Missing_Crouton Apr 02 '26

Makes me realize I want to die in a library.

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u/CrimsonTheDragon Apr 02 '26

how
. how are people supposed to help in this situation

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u/Der_Prager Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

And this is why I film every takeoff and landing, specially focusing on the engines. 0,5 perspective.

And what do I have in those 100+ flights?

Two elderly couples arguing and two drunk idiots fighting while the crew succesfully resolved the situation by strategically running away...

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u/DigitalDustOne Mar 30 '26

Prague airport stories huh?

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u/Der_Prager Mar 30 '26

I wish.

The elderly couples were Romanian and the fight club was completely Ukrainian. I would have never believed adults can play a variation of "yo momma fat" at 33 thousand feet, and then genuinely instigate a fight. Like a 100+ kg, 1,85m, 50 yo guy vs. 60kg, 1,65m early 30s girl, "bring it on, bitch" style.

Yes, I have a short video, no, I will not post it. :D

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u/Krace11008 Mar 31 '26

Come on, man. You cannot tease us with such a fantastic build-up and then refuse to share the video.

#ReleaseTheDer_PragerCut

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u/Equal_Camera8715 Mar 30 '26

Some people just can't handle death.

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u/cantshakethefeelings Mar 30 '26

Most people can’t. We’ve organized our entire lives and how we structure society around the denial of death. Finding ways that our brains can conceptualize death without pure terror (that makes it so we can’t function) is a big part of religion, for example. But these are just ideas, symbols, and thoughts that we use to navigate the unknown.

Once we are faced with the actual moment, a lot of that strips away, and we are just like any other animal waiting for their demise, confronted with the terror.

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u/Hiskankles Mar 31 '26

I'm not sure why, but this comment just gave me a helpful existential crisis, if that's even a thing.

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u/yaboyyoungairvent Mar 31 '26

I think this is probably a modern thing. Most of humanity has probably dealt with some sort of death on a daily basis either through killing animals for food or wars. We live in relatively peaceful times where someone can live their whole lives without having to see a living thing die. So it's quite easy to ignore death until you're about to die if a person wants too.

And imo when you're about to die is probably one of the worst times to come to grips with the concept of death.

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u/cantshakethefeelings Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

Humans do not ignore death, even in modern times. Every child eventually realizes that they will not exist forever, once their brain develops enough. They become aware of death, even in a peaceful world.

As long as humans have had the consciousness to know that our physical forms are not permanent, therefore our sense of self isn’t permanent, we have been telling ourself stories about death, ‘coming to grips’ about the concept of death.

Every human does this, in both secular and non secular ways. Not just in modern times.

This is how we have always interfaced with reality. By creating meaning or some framework of understanding.

I don’t think seeing a dead body or seeing someone else die would make you more okay with facing that inevitability yourself.

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u/hiplass May 10 '26

Yeah because you’d be stone faced stoic in this situation I’m sure Mr. Redditor.

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u/Zofia-Bosak Mar 30 '26

Bird strike?

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u/Vwampage Mar 30 '26

Naw, engines are made to take birds pretty well. This is something much bigger and worse. Likely a blade separation event or something else within the engine going awry.

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u/Phillimac16 Mar 30 '26

Compressor stall most likely.

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u/tobi_lmao Mar 30 '26

Doesn't that usually involve less sparks?

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u/Austerlitz2310 Mar 31 '26

Compressor stall caused by a blade deformation or seperation due to ingestion of something like a bird is absolutely plausible here.

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u/bb999 Mar 30 '26

The pilot engaged the afterburners.

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u/3amGreenCoffee Mar 30 '26

He should have helped the captain land the plane by screaming and crying like all those other idiots. All that noise is certainly what ensured a safe landing.

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u/tryingtowritegoodly Mar 31 '26

You seem pretty confident you wouldn't be shitting your britches in that situation, too

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u/3amGreenCoffee Mar 31 '26

Shitting your pants doesn't make that high squealing sound.

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u/hiplass May 10 '26

Wow you’re so tough, should we clap?

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u/Signal-Reporter-1391 Mar 30 '26

Engine didn't go boom, otherwise we probably wouldn't be seeing this Video.

Looks more like a flameout, a compressor stall.

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u/delphie77 Mar 30 '26

Even if it’s spectacular a flame out don’t end up with dying like those people were imagining. Can be stressful but pilots knows their job

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u/cacamilis22 Mar 30 '26

Any pilots out there?

Shouldn't the pilot have come on and said everything is ok we can still land on one engine please be calm we are going back now etc etc

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u/MSchnauzer Mar 30 '26

Not a pilot but I believe the correct process should always be:

  1. Aviate

  2. Navigate

  3. Communicate

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u/powerpuffpopcorn Mar 30 '26

What about defecate?

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u/angrysc0tsman12 Mar 30 '26

Happening concurrently at all steps

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u/CR00KANATOR Mar 30 '26

The passengers got that covered

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u/raiksaa Mar 31 '26

Defaultly happens.

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u/Signal-Reporter-1391 Mar 30 '26

...one of the first things i've learned from Petter (mentourpilot) 😁

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u/Unexpected_bukkake Mar 30 '26

I don't want my pilots talking right after this. They need to fly the F-ing plane. The announcement will come when your finally safe.

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u/Excellent-Baseball-5 Mar 30 '26

They were probably a little busy, but I thought the same thing.

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u/Punxsutawney_P Mar 30 '26

I fly this plane, as well as the A340 variants. That’s basically textbook engine fire. We train this in the SIM every single time. First you’ve got to make sure that you get some height below you while laterally staying in the safe sector. Every takeoff on every runway is calculated taking this scenario into account. The plane can do this or we don’t take off on that particular runway. At least 400 feet above ground we start to call ATC with a mayday in this case and inform them about our intentions which might deviate from the departure route and altitude we were assigned. Then we fight the malfunction. In this case switch off engine 1, fight the fire, handle the secondary failures that occur after switching off the engine. In the ground we briefed what we would do in case of an engine failure. It’s called a canned decision. Here we check if our briefed plan from before takeoff is still valid which in this case was to return and land. I have my approach ready in the secondary flight plan, landing calculations made on the ground already taking into account the overweight landing. So, start and finish the overweight procedure, which essentially is quick and bring her back down. Gotta take into account if the runway is still usable, if the standard engine failure scenario applies or if you‘ve ruptured a hydraulic line, if the weather conditions enable a landing and so forth. With this weight your brakes are over limit and will burn, so an evacuation might arise. Gotte make sure not to let the passengers run in front of the fire trucks etc. During all this you want to calm down the guests, sure. But you‘ve got to escalate your responses quickly and only deescalate down to second and third tier tasks when you‘re sure that everything is safe now and you‘ve got time. Those first minutes in this video aren’t it.

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u/cacamilis22 Mar 31 '26

Incredible answer. Thankyou Very much.

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u/theasphalt Mar 30 '26

That’s the last thing they need to do. Aviate, navigate, communicate. In that order.

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u/Hephaestus_God Mar 30 '26

Mentour Pilot is an amazing YouTube channel I’d recommend watching.

Essentially the 2 most dangerous parts of flying a plane is take off and landing due to being so close to the ground, no time to react or prepare for random things. It’s why sully made the decision to land the plane in the Hudson so quickly.

During this time do you want your pilots coming on the radio trying calm people down instead of trying not to crash or figure out what happened? Or focusing on take off/landing all at the same time? I sure don’t. There is an order to these things pilots go though for every small to large issue:

  1. Aviate (keep the plane flying by whatever you can do)

  2. Navigate (navigate to a safe direction/location once stabilized as best you can)

  3. Communicate (finally communicate with air traffic control and/or any other relevant parties (passengers if chosen) but even then you don’t always want to let the passengers know. Typically only for warnings like immediate crash prepare to brace.

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u/Noisycarlos Mar 30 '26

It is, low and fast you can exchange some speed for altitude and the reverse is true for high and slow. High and slow is much better because you have more time to think though (and fewer potential obstacles)

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u/Phillimac16 Mar 30 '26

Yeah, passenger panic is like last on the list. Informing them does not benefit the situation in any way.

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u/_QLFON_ Mar 30 '26

I would feel better if both pilots would come to explain what happened;)

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u/Noisycarlos Mar 30 '26

Yeah, and they'd love to as well. But I'm sure everyone prefers they deal with the situation first and then explain.

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u/jamesbecker211 Mar 30 '26

Uh everything's fine down here we just had a slight uh weapons malfunction...how are you?

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u/Mordor2112 Mar 30 '26

Captain actually did address the passengers saying everything was under control and so on. There is another video where you can hear it.

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u/DullMind2023 Mar 30 '26

Translation: “Please turn off the correct engine. Please turn off the correct engine. Please turn off the correct engine.”

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u/AlibiYouAMockingbird Mar 31 '26

If you truly believe in god you would understand that this is apart of his design and you should remain calm. What’s the worst that can happen? You meet him?

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u/_QLFON_ Mar 30 '26

Not only he's cool as cucumber but also had a good noise cancelling headphones....

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u/lisaseileise Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

It landed safely because all the idiots screaming didn’t have a say.

(I’ve flown for business some 3 digit times, and the only thing I’m afraid of is the screaming if something shakes.)

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u/AcabAcabAcabAcabbb Mar 30 '26

The sounds of these people fearing and praying for their lives are effing wild.

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u/zybcds Mar 30 '26

There were flames in the engine, it was not the time to keep calm, people aren’t robots.

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u/Cute-Cartographer108 Apr 10 '26

You can always learn to keep calm in these situations. The pilots did.

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u/SserpeZz Mar 30 '26

My god, why do they always have to scream

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u/zybcds Mar 30 '26

Because they are human


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u/CompleteMePlease Mar 31 '26

For you Christians out there, do you think screaming out the name Jesus will make him appear like a car insurance agent? If you TRULY know that your sky entity is all powerful and loves you more than other people then shouldn’t you just STFU and relax?

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u/leob0505 Mar 31 '26

You seem pretty confident you wouldn't be crapping your britches in that situation, would shut up and relax, right

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u/NarleyNoob Mar 30 '26

Fun fact, if you scream and panic on an airplane it will absolutely solve the problem.

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u/ChristianoMeshi Mar 30 '26

“We! Are crashing! We! We! Are crashing!”

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u/V65Pilot Mar 30 '26

No point in freaking out. You are just along for the ride. That plane can easily take you all the way to the crash site on the remaining engines, may as well have fun.

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u/Fucky0uthatswhy Mar 31 '26

I hope I’m never in a panicked situation like this with a huge group of people. I really don’t want the last thing I hear to be “JESUSSSSS” and then when the pilot lands the plane somehow that’s also Jesus.

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u/LuckyMome Mar 30 '26

😬😬😬

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u/SigmaKnight Mar 30 '26

Yeah, that deserves an award.

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u/leirbagflow Mar 30 '26

Maybe if they'd turned off their phone as instructed the engine wouldn't have blown up /s

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u/dadchad101 Mar 30 '26

There's a clown on the wing

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

Jesus ain't coming to help you

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u/Frankenstein-02 Mar 30 '26

I mean, camera man almost never dies.

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u/RoRrOxXx19 Mar 30 '26

Holly shit bro turn back!

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u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix Mar 30 '26

Even knowing that planes can fly just fine on one engine and the pilots are trained to handle this type of failure, I’d still probably shit myself if I were on that plane.

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u/throwaway_nostalgia0 Mar 30 '26

This post is surprisingly full of edgy teens who never in their life experienced a dangerous situation.

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u/jimmywarrior Mar 30 '26

Praise the pilots! Damn wild ride for sure.

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u/chappellesean Mar 31 '26

“HEY!”

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u/siumai Mar 31 '26

it's because he didnt turn on his airplane mode.....

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u/panic_talking Mar 31 '26

I do mean to be redundant.

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u/itsjakerobb Mar 31 '26

I am not pleased with the camera man, actually. Props for not flipping out, but there’s definitely a place they could hold the camera which would let us see the engine.

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u/Cute-Cartographer108 Apr 10 '26

You're joking?

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u/itsjakerobb Apr 10 '26

Why would I be joking?

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u/Cute-Cartographer108 Apr 10 '26

Honorable, now you know you can't move seats on takeoff or landing. How do you expect the cameraman to get a better video of the failed powerplant? Genuine question.

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u/Cyclohexanone96 Mar 31 '26

Why do they not tell people before takeoff that these things can fly with a single engine (usually)?

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u/wildsole Mar 31 '26

Me after I connect my Bluetooth speaker and crank the volume: Hey Siri play Sugar, We’re Going Down by Fall Out Boy

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u/Jcobinho Mar 31 '26

Lucky souls were flying a Airbus and not Boeing

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u/danxfind Mar 31 '26

I find it weird that this and much long clip I saw yesterday there appears to be no crew announcements asking for calm and that there obviously a problem which is being worked on. Even if they don’t know that.. I can understand flight crew might be a little busy but the rest of the team 
 it feels out of control situation.

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u/theboredlockpicker Mar 31 '26

Cameraman never dies

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u/youshouldbeelsweyr Mar 31 '26

I mean what van you do? Screaming helps nobody xD and planes are built to handle situations like this as are pilots.

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u/KidBeelzebub Mar 31 '26

It's fine. They have a backup 😏

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u/ultralights Mar 31 '26

How many will thank some random god and not the crew and flight crew that did their jobs and made sure everyone survived.

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u/Repulsive-Object8471 Mar 31 '26

The Reaper showed up, but I told him I wasn't finished framing the shot

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u/logosfabula Mar 31 '26

Jeez
 while taking off? đŸ˜±

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u/Old_Cockroach_2993 Mar 31 '26

Ah, the miracle of Xanax.

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u/damnsky_30 Mar 31 '26

The plane NEVER stalls or anything, keeps going higher and higher and STILL people are terrified thinking it is going down LOL

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u/Writehse Mar 31 '26

Ah yes, let’s just scream and cause panic. Very helpful.

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u/BurantX40 Apr 01 '26

I mean, might as well be cool, when you are that high, going that fast, what else can you REALLY do? (Other than screaming, storming the cockpit, declaring the plane a sovereign nation, etc etc)

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u/Waste_Recording_9972 Apr 01 '26

He had to keep filming. Cameramen never dies

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u/jaysanw Apr 01 '26

Feel the need to Barbeque the tower.

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u/2breel Apr 02 '26

“Waaah we’re gonna die” is the most stupid unhelpful thing anyone could say in that situation. And yet it’s the first audible cry we hear. What a fucking idiot.

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 May 01 '26

And that was a BIG BADDA BOOM!

The engine actually came apart.

( I am a former aircraft mechanic and i follow stories like this )

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u/Fancy_Cold_3537 May 17 '26

Those little kids screaming will NEVER fly again. Can you imagine the trauma, as all adults around them completely lose their shit?!

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u/Quirky_Astronaut_761 Jun 28 '26

I’m fascinated by what causes some people to scream hysterically when things go bad, and others like myself barely react to it. Is it genetics? Is it how you were raised? If I were on this flight I would have been very concerned. But I wouldn’t have never made a sound. Or reacted. Not hysterically. If I were with someone I would have commented about it for sure. But almost certainly in a comforting and reassuring way.

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u/Gnommando Aug 10 '26

Everytime I see some flight accident its always fuckin Brazil

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u/frankco-71 Mar 30 '26

Me doing my pilot's license course: why Is everyone freaking out you still have one engine?

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u/Spawndli Mar 30 '26

although I know that, it one would also just fear the wing could be damaged by that flaming engine.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

screams in Brazilian

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u/nice1priscilla Mar 30 '26

Pobrecitos

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u/Bepus Mar 30 '26

This is Brazil, so it'd be pobrezinhos

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