Flying on Qatar Airways B747-8 Cargo Plane

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I love Sam! Always secretly hope one of these days I’ll bump in to him in a flight but if you’ve watched any of his videos we don’t exactly take the same kind of flights.

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- This is probably the best restaurant in the sky. (upbeat rock music) Oh, every little inch is precious here on the 747 cargo. (upbeat rock music) We don't need any Qsuites on this aeroplane. I'm gonna show you something even better. (upbeat rock music) Who needs first class? (upbeat rock music) Let's quickly go back to the upper deck because we just got a seatbelt, there's a turbulence. There you go, your full flat bed in the sky. I have super power, I'm gonna use one of my finger to pull the container forward. (upbeat rock music) (upbeat dance music) It's been a longtime dream for me. Today I'm gonna fly on a cargo plane! And what's better than the one behind me, the 747-8 cargo of Qatar Airways? Let's fly together guys. (upbeat dance music) It's really, really crazy weather outside in Hong Kong but the cargo loading just started onto the 747-8. So let's check it out. (beeping) - Hi, my name is Guillaume Halleux. I'm the chief officer cargo for Qatar airways. We are very pleased to welcome Sam today on board our 747-8 freighter from Hong Kong to Doha. Very unique flight today, fully loaded, as quite often with Hong Kong. We expect 34 positions, main deck of cargo. We expect one engine connecting in Doha into Madrid. And very soon Alberto will open the nose door for us so that, Sam, you can show our viewers from the outside, the unique feature of that aeroplane. Well this is really, really, crazy weather. A non-stop torrential rain in Hong Kong. But, look at this, 747 nose is about to open to load a cargo in. (upbeat dance music) I'm soaking wet but this is the operation. They must go on. I mean, I'm with all the people who work hard on the frontline, the operation. You must load all the cargo in the plane and in about 40 minutes, we're closing the door to take off. So hats off to all the people who work under rain or shine like this. (upbeat dance music) - This unit here, as we can see, is a rubber wheel. It's called the power drive unit, PDU. It basically helps the traction of the pallet inside the main deck so that the staff and our pulleys don't have to push very hard. Each pallet can go up to seven tonnes for one position. But sometimes we even have 20 tonnes pallet. So nobody can really move it. Those roller blades here are actually helping also the movement. So be careful where you step 'cause I don't want you to fall down. - I'm on the flight deck of the nose here. And just one more pallet will come in through the 747 nose. There's already one right here, which I filmed from down under the plane. So there's one more from this position gonna come in. What's happening, Alberto? - So now, due to the heavy rain, the pallet has a lot of water on top of the - [Sam] Oh the water's on top of the pallet! - Yeah, so we have to get rid of all this excess water. So that's why they're bringing the pallet down so that they can remove that excess water. - [Sam] Shake it off. - Yeah, it's part of the job so. - [Sam] Look at all this water on the pallet. Yeah, get rid of the water, too wet. - [Man On Radio] (mumbles) higher on the below deck. - [Sam] So this is how you lock it? - [Alberto] Yeah. - Can I try? - [Alberto] Yeah, yup, and then make sure they click down. - [Sam] Oh sorry, lift it up? - [Alberto] Yup. - Yeah, clicks down. - [Alberto] There you go! - We're like fully loaded from Hong Kong here. Ready to go. Look at it, it's still wet! Everything is plastic sealed. - So, Sam, I want you to see and observe this pallet in the nose part. Look how high it is. It's actually a couple of centimetres from the ceiling of the plane there. This is pure optimization of the space we have on the freighter. This is how we maximise the aircraft and we move as much cargo as possible in an efficient manner. (upbeat dance music) - [Sam] Oh, barely, barely made this door. - [Guillaume] See how precise it is? - [Sam] Precise, yes, oh wow! - [Guillaume] People like Rolls-Royce, when they design an engine, or GE, they make sure that the maximum size fits the cargo doors of the aircraft available in the market. Because they know that otherwise nobody can transport it. - That's right! Talk about real estate here. Every little inch is precious here on the 747 cargo. Just barely fits the ceiling of the cargo deck here, this engine. They're still having problems moving. So it's going back and forth at the moment. (upbeat music) - So Sam, what you just saw is called a turn. The turn meaning that the pallet enters perpendicular to the aeroplane, then they have to turn it 90 degrees in order to load it. (upbeat, funky music) - So now the engine is in position. What we'll do is listen to the load master and apply tie down on the engine. We'll spend approximately 20 minutes on the tie down. - Normally, we use these locks on the floor to secure the pallets on the aircraft. But for this type of loading, which is centre loaded on the 747, we have to use straps. We cannot use locks to secure the cargo. That's why we are having all these straps to secure the cargo. There's nothing else holding this pallet to the aircraft. (upbeat, funky music) - On each side of the 747 freighter, you have a narrow passage you can come through. 'Cause the whole main deck, everywhere in the centre is occupied by the cargo pallets. And today we have full cargo pallets. This plane's huge! Taking 135 tonnes capacity of cargo. - Hi guys, I'm Captain Orso. Today doing the freighter flight, Qatar Airways cargo to Doha from Hong Kong on our beautiful 747-8. And let's move on for the outside inspection. Okay before each flight, we check that all wheels are in a good position, that there's nothing wrong with them. All the tyre pressure is good, nothing leaking. We have our landing lights. Everything looks nice. Entrance of the pickup tubes is not blocked or something. That's very important for - [Sam] You mean these two? - [Captain] Yes. - [Sam] This is the sensor, right? - This is the sensor. It takes the air and we have also static sensors and according to what they have as an input, we get the air speed out of this and also other things. Here we check that everything is good with our powerful GE (mumbles) double engines. We check downstairs that there is nothing leaking, no hydraulic, no fuel. And then proceed forward to check our in blades. (upbeat music) - We have a huge engine being loaded in our aircraft. - I was told Rolls-Royce Trent 700. - Exactly, the one used on the Airbus 330. And of course since it's so big, we have to strap it down very tightly. - You want it extra strapped down. - [Captain] Exactly to have a safe flight today. - [Sam] So you do the final check before you sign off. - Exactly, before we close the doors, I come down and check all the locks and everything inside the main deck. And then after if I agree with everything, I do sign off the load sheet and we close the doors and go. (upbeat music) - And now I'm just climbing up the stairs to go to the upper deck, where the pilots fly. And where also there's a crew rest where I'm gonna sit today as a passenger on the 747 cargo. (upbeat music) - Suggest you to keep your seatbelts fastened. If they see anything that there will be any turbulance or we are already in turbulence. Sometimes it's a clear air turbulence. We cannot see before. I will set the seatbelt signs on. So you just sit. If there is anything today during the departure, if we have to abort the takeoff for example, I will call you guys supernumaries. So if I say, "Supernumaries, be seated," just keep seated. Don't stand up. We don't use this door for any emergency. We have another door right here. If we tell you to evacuate in such a case, which will hopefully not happen. - [Sam] Right here. - Yup. We have this done and in such a case, we go always already come to you. And we will open the door, push out the slide, and then we will slide down all together. - These are the seats on the 747-8 upper deck. There are six seats, two private bunks back at the back. Ciao, Giancarlo. - Hello! - Today first officer from Italy. - Today on our flight from Hong Kong to Doha, that'll be around seven hours and 35 minutes. We will cruise initially at an altitude of 30,000 feet, since we are really topped up today, fully loaded. And thereafter, after using some more fuel, we plan to climb to 32,000 feet to continue until Doha. - Captain, I wanna know like you fly 747-8 cargo. Have you flown passenger flights? I want to know what kind of difference as a pilot flying cargo compared to flying passenger? - Yeah, I did passenger flights as well before. I feel that cargo flights are a little bit easier for the crew. - Yeah. - There is no passengers, nothing to wait for. If the load is finished, you just close the doors and go. - Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, bye! - Good to go! (intense music) - [Man On Radio] Qatar 841 niner behind the landing triple seven. Line up and wait, 1007 right behind it. - [Captain] Behind landing traffic line up and wait, 07 is right behind the Qatari 841 niner. (dramatic music) - [Man On Radio] Qatari 841 Niner, wind at the upwind end 100 degrees, one eight knots from a 07 right, clear for takeoff. - [Captain] Clear to take off 07 right, Qatari 841 niner. (dramatic music) Rotate. (mumbles) - [Giancarlo] Gear up. - Gear up. (mumbles) - [Man On Radio] Qatari 841 niner contact for departure from 123 days night clear. - [Capatain] One two three point eight, Qatari 841 niner bye. (dramatic music) - [Sam] Fly over Bangladesh, Calcutta, just north of Bombay, over Arabian Sea. Were flying over north over the Strait of Hormuz, down to Qatar. So after takeoff, we're all getting hungry. - Yes. - Alberto is the load master. I think you are also the chef on this flight. - I will be onboard today yes. - Yeah, we'll see what kind of meals on a cargo plane we have, gourmet, five-star Qatar Airways food. - Of course. That we call the magic box. So we have - Magic box? - Yes I don't know what's why - Let's have a look! What's the magic? - [Alberto] So - [Sam] Oh! - [Alberto] Snacks. - [Sam] Snack. - [Alberto] Snacks, cookies. - [Sam] Oh this is nice. This is like nuts. - [Alberto] Yeah. - [Sam] All right, cookies. - [Alberto] Cookies, some wheat. - [Sam] Weeatbix, wow! Cool! - [Alberto] Plus we also have tea, coffee, very important. - [Sam] Coffee, oh, Nairobi coffee. Oh yes, cup noodles. - [Alberto] (laughing) Of course. We have salmon. - [Sam] Salmon, ooh. - [Alberto] We also have chicken. - [Sam] Chicken. - [Alberto] And pasta. - [Sam] What's this one, pasta? - [Alberto] Pasta. - There's no flight attendants. So you gotta help yourself, come to the galley here, order your food, and help yourself. Much quicker, no? (upbeat music) Well there are six seats on the upper deck on the 747-8 freighter here. I mean like these seats are not really the Qsuites, but they do recline pretty deep. It's like an old La-Z-Boy. It feels very, very comfy. - In order to go downstairs, we have to carry this oxygen bottle because there's no oxygen mask like in the passenger aircraft. So this in case of a decompression. So, in case we need it, you just open the valve, place the mask, breathe normally. That's it. - Now I'm just going downstairs. So now, I'm wearing this oxygen mask in case of decompression. Just going down to the deck to take a look all the cargos. (upbeat music) I was just looking out this window. It has amazing engine view. Okay, let's go continue now. Coming to the middle of the fuselage, where the engine is now. (upbeat music) - So these flashing lights mean that the seatbelt sign has been turned on. So we have to return to the main deck because of turbulence. So. - Let's quickly go back to the upper deck because we just got a seatbelt. There's a turbulence. Oh I can tell you carrying this oxygen mask. It's a couple kilos, it's not easy. Ooh, better sit down and seatbelt now. Captain, the CB, what's the ceiling like? It looks really bulbous. - According to the weather charts we have today, it's going up to 45,000 feet. It's well above us so there's no another chance than avoiding as we're just doing right now. - You are small adjustment trying to go around going, not going through, okay. - Exactly, it would be real dangerous to go inside those clouds. And we are just going, we try to do smallest adjustments. Sometimes we have to do larger ones. Like right now, we are 30 miles to the right of our track, but we have to do it. There is no other chance to avoid them. - So now, I'm gonna show you the best thing. We don't need any Qsuites on this aeroplane. I'm gonna show you something even better than a Qsuite. Follow me. Now, look at this! I have my own private bedroom here. There you go, your full flat bed in the sky on the 747-8. There's nothing better than this. Your feet doesn't hit the wall and you know you got all the room. Look at how wide this seat is. And it's full flat, it's like a mattress on here. This is better than all the business class seats I have tried out. (upbeat music) We finally went past the weather system. The seatbelt sign's off now. So I'm going down to check out the cargo. (upbeat music) 747 hold about 145 tonnes, pallets and pallets of cargo. (upbeat music) Oh my god, this part is really narrow! By the nose coming out from the back to the nose. Oh, very narrow, made it, geez! (upbeat music) (white noise) Actually self-serving and now I'm going to the cockpit for my meal. What a great place to have a meal at. This is probably the best restaurant in the sky. Ah, look at this, beautiful, huh? - Yeah, that looks good. (upbeat music) - Nothing better, cruising 34,000 feet. Just flew over the Indian coast, on our way toward Arabian Sea and having my second meal in the cockpit. (dramatic music) - [Man On Radio] Qatari 8419, runway 34 right, clear to land, surface wind 020 degrees 05 knots. - [Captain] Clear to enter for flight Qatari 841 niner. - [Other Man On Radio] (mumbles) - [Robot Voice] 50, 40, 30, 20, 10. - [Giancarlo] Speed brake up. - [Man On Radio] Qatari 84 delta go higher left 34 I BOEs 136. - [Man On Radio] Qatari 8 Hotel Tango tower east, continue approach, Q and H niner niner, eight tack pascals. (dramatic music) - Welcome to Doha! Thank you very much for joining us today. And I hope you have enjoyed the flight. Hope to see you on another flight at Qatar Airways. All right, Giancarlo - Thank you. - Yeah, thank you and. - So this is your last flight I heard before you go back to your home country, stationed at your home country. - That's correct. - Are you gonna miss this? - Of course. - Big time. - This is an amazing job so I really enjoyed all this time here in Doha so it's time to go home. - Well, thank you so much for looking after me on the flight. I learned so much and this is a flight to remember. - Yes of course, even for me this is I will remember this for a very long, long, long time. Thank you very much also. - And guys, it's not the end. We haven't shown you all the cargo facilities, loading, offloading activities in Doha. So stay tuned! Super, super humid in Doha here. But nothing better than walking down a 747. What a glorious arrival! (upbeat rock music) - Welcome to the Hamad International Airport cargo campus. This is our hub. This is where all the transit cargo that came to Doha will be broken down, sorted, and put on a connecting flight. Again, similar process as the passengers. So this is an example of a lower deck pallet that is ready to go and to be loaded. The three components, the aluminium sheet, this is the base of the pallet. The boxes inside have been positioned to a certain height to make sure it fits in the belly. And then the plastic sheet to protect from water. And the net, and the net would be tightened to avoid that the content collapses on the side of the pallet. (upbeat rock music) Sam, earlier in the flight today, we talked about the contour of the aircraft and contour of the pallets, right? If you come with me to that side, you clearly see that one side is actually very straight with a top, and then it goes and it makes sort of an arch. And the arch is designed to match the fuselage of the aircraft in order to maximise the space used on the pallet. (upbeat rock music) - Sam, we're now in a danger zone. We're talking dangerous goods. So we have classfied them - Dangerous? - Very dangerous. So we've classified them in several categories. And they're segregated from one another. So you have your corrosives. You have your flammables over there. And further down here. I don't want to go too close, but again, properly segregated. So it's all in safe hands. And this specific one is for cargo aircraft only. So it will not travel in the belly hold with passengers, only cargo aircraft. - All right. So most dangerous goods travel on cargo planes. - Not all, but certain categories. It's all categorised and you see it in the labels that are displayed on the box. So this has the categories so. (upbeat rock music) - Qatar Airways, we transport more than 1,000 cars per year. - A thousand cars? - To around the world, this one is a new one. It's a main deck car. It's too high to go on the passenger flight. But sometimes we move Ferraris or Porsches in the passenger plane. So don't be surprised if next time you fly, through the window, you see a Ferrari being loaded under your feet. (upbeat rock music) - Sam, this illustrates one of the great pride that we have at Qatar Airways, contributing to a better world by sending aid and relief to people and populations in need. So we do it twofold. We do it with NGOs. We also do it, part of our humanitarian activity, meaning we ship some cargo free of charge to a number of locations when people are in need. - We are in our live animal facility, full air-conditioned facility where we look after all of our animals, the smaller animals. Little cat here going, coming from Sofia and going to Jakarta, fabulous nation. - [Sam] From JFK to Lahore. Beautiful cats. (meowing) - This is area for dogs where we just have delivery coming in from Washington here for Doha. So the owner, very happy owner, will be soon collecting his beloved dog. - So Frank, what kind of exotic animals do you transport as cargo? - Oh Sam, we go from zebras to lions to elephants, but not today, unfortunately. (upbeat rock music) - Welcome to our climate control centre. This is where all the perishable cargo we transit. We guarantee temperature from 15 to 25 degrees. In the other room over there from three to eight degrees. And we carry here pharmaceutical as well as food and any sort of other perishable products. (upbeat music) - It's actually really easy. These wheels made it. I mean you can push four tonne by one man. On your own, you can push four tonne in cargo. Oh, look, you got fresh fish coming in. It looks really easy, they just push it like this! (upbeat rock music) Well thanks for showing me so much. I actually never thought about you know when people think about cargo, we don't really think much about it really, honestly. And now seeing all the facilities you have like the perishable one, like you have a dangerous one. You have so much, so much areas. You have all sorts of cargo. You know when you think about, for example, the phone I'm holding here. This came in on a cargo plane. - You're right, Sam. Cargo is an industry that is not well-known to the wider audience. However, it's everywhere. The shirt you're wearing came to your shop in cargo. The watch, your iPhone, probably your shoes, and the salmon you had last night in your hotel in Hong Kong came to Hong Kong on Qatar Airways cargo. - Wow, well thank you very much for showing me. - My pleasure! - It's a huge pleasure to fly on a 747-8 Qatar Airways cargo and also see the world-class facility here in Doha. - It was a great pleasure to have you. Thank you. - Thank you. I have super power. I'm gonna use one of my fingers to pull the container forward. Watch it. Using one finger, let's go. (squeaking) Wow, that was the super power I have after the 747 flight, but honestly, it is an empty container. Thank you so much for watching!
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Channel: Sam Chui
Views: 8,222,177
Rating: 4.8702664 out of 5
Keywords: qatar airways cargo, qatar airways, qatar cargo, cargo, 747-8, flying, plane spotting, qatar airways cargo 777f, 747-8 qatar cargo, qatar airways (airline), 747-8f, boeing 747-8, 747 8 qatar cargo, 747 qatar cargo, boeing, qatar cargo 747 landing, 747-8 qatar, airplane, qatar cargo 747, Cargo Loading, Cargo Operation, Hong Kong Cargo, Emirates SkyCargo, HACTL
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Length: 25min 33sec (1533 seconds)
Published: Sat Sep 07 2019
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