Top 15 AIRCRAFT NEAR MISS AND UNUSUAL EVENTS

with tens of thousands of flights taking place every day it's only inevitable that sometimes things go wrong of luckily for these people catastrophe was narrowly averted here are 15 aircraft near misses and close calls number 15 US vs. Russian jet January of 2018 the US Navy released this stunning footage of a near miss with a Russian fighter jet it was recorded by an EP 3 Ares to plane as it was conducting a mission over the Black Sea when an su-27 jet flew across its flight path according to Navy officials the Russian aircraft was just 5 feet away and was interpreted as an aggressive and unsafe interaction they wanted lengths to insist that the u.s. plane hadn't breached Russian airspace and that it was just the latest in a long line of Russian military activities that breached international conventions and one of the pilots made one wrong move this would have surely ended in disaster shortly after according to Russian officials once the Navy jet veered away from the border the su-27 returned to its base the russians insisted this was a case of them defending their territory but even so it was surely too close for comfort number fourteen Paraguay Airport Airport workers are used to performing their duties near to large aircraft but they're usually safe in the assumption that they won't be at the risk of being hit by a jet that's landing that's not always the case though as a team of runway maintenance personnel found out in a video that was released in 2019 these six engineers were fixing the portion of the tarmac several years earlier at the essential and CEO Petro Rossy International Airport in the Paraguayan capital city of Lucca when they suddenly became aware that the runway hadn't been closed like they had believed a passenger jet came in to land and they quickly scrambled to pick up all of their equipment and attempted to drive out of the path of the incoming aircraft luckily the quick-thinking pilot didn't touchdown until he had passed the workers but it was definitely a close shave with the landing gears almost touching the roof of their vehicle had it been just a few inches lower there could have been a far more problematic incident number 13 San Francisco International Airport in July of 2017 and Air Canada plane was landing at San Francisco International Airport but due to confusion over which of the two parallel runways it was meant to land on it very nearly hit four other aircraft before making a go-around footage released of the incident shows just how close it came to colliding with the Jets on the ground it was only because the other pilots turned on their lights that the plane was able to see them and take evasive maneuvers according to the resulting NTSB report more than 1,000 people were at imminent risk of injury or death at the plane struck one of the others and the investigation found several errors that led it to happening the Air Canada pilots were tired and had mistakenly heard the wrong runway to land on while there was only one person working at air traffic control meaning there weren't enough people watching what was happening measures have now been put in place including specific training for pilots about landing at the airport to ensure nothing like this can ever happen again because if it did next time people may not be quite so lucky number twelve plane almost hits skydivers skydiving is a popular pastime around the world and while everyone who takes part are made aware of the main risks they face when their lives are in the hands of a parachute there are some things that can happen then no one can prepare for in 2014 a skydiving instructor was performing a tandem jump with a guest like he had done hundreds of times before but on this occasion things were different for some reason after exiting the plane the pilot decided to make a 180 degree dive and can be seen flying extremely close to the people in freefall there was so little distance between them that the drogue and the bridle of the parachute can be seen getting caught up in the wing but fortunately it came free once the plane passed it's a miracle they didn't collide to this day the instructor has no idea why the pilot made the maneuver one thing's for sure though he'll never born a plane with him again number 11 Kokoro a-- airfield the Kokoro airfield serves the town of Tokoroa on New Zealand's North Island and it's regularly and used by both commercial aircraft and private flights 2017 a novice pilot almost learned the hard way how important it is to make sure that runway is clear because he flew into the path of another light aircraft and they very nearly collided he had already made one attempt to land but had to fly around for another try after failing to line up correctly presumably concentrating on how to touchdown successfully the next time he forgot to keep aware of the movements of other planes in the area and only pulls up just in time to avoid a crash the other pilot had no chance to try to avoid an incident and had to continue along his heading but this turned out to be a stroke of luck because if he tried to pull up - they'd have gone straight into each other number ten how low can you go air shows are held around the world to give spectators a chance to see cutting-edge unusual and historic aircraft in action but occasionally the pilots get caught up in the excitement of the display and they forget about the importance of ensuring public safety one of the most dangerous maneuvers a fighter jet can do is fly at extremely low altitudes and during a display at a show on Argentina a pilot decides to take his I a 63 Pampa advanced trainer perilously close to both the tarmac and the crowd at a speed of 300 knots which is around three hundred and forty-five miles per hour he was pulling 5.3 G's as he sped past at just a few feet above the ground the pilot who was probably an instructor was clearly skilled enough to keep control of the craft and avoid the people and other obstacles but this is reckless flying at its finest similar situations at other events have led to the dismissal of everyone involved in this case he seems to have gotten away with it number nine near-miss at 35,000 feet when you're traveling in an aircraft it's often a calming experience to look out of the window you can see further across the landscape than at any other time or perhaps you'll see a sky full of fluffy clouds but surely the last thing you'd expect to see is another plane flying incredibly close to your own a passenger on an air Lingus flight found themselves in this frightening situation in 2019 during the journey between Dublin and Lisbon he saw the other plane and it's jet stream and immediately reached for his phone to record it it is of course difficult to determine the distances involved here but the two Jets were definitely flying too close for comfort luckily they both passed without incident and when the authorities investigated they found that no further action needed to be taken before we move on be sure to subscribe to top 5s with notifications on number 8 helicopter and drone drones can be incredibly fun to fly and are valuable tools for capturing imagery and video that has never been possible before with technological advances they're now easier than ever to buy they come with a lot of restrictions on where and when you can operate them which may have times seemed like overly draconian measures when you see videos of near misses with aircraft however you soon realize these rules are there for a valid reason and if an accident were to occur it could endanger a lot of lives this footage was recorded by a drone that was flying off the coast of Hollywood in order to capture spectacular panoramic imagery as it pans around it doesn't seem like there's any nearby danger but suddenly a helicopter appears out of nowhere and is flying directly towards the drone it shoots past within several feet of it and the two could have very easily collided the incident was reported to the FAA who confirmed that the drone operator was in the wrong but on this occasion they took no further action except for insisting that the drones owner reacquainted himself with the regulations number seven plane versus SUV the airport's most of us use for flights are completely segregated pieces of land that are used solely for the landing and takeoff of aircraft but smaller facilities that are used by fixed-wing planes will often be used by other people too with some even having roads that pass across the flight path of course this is totally fine as long as the pilots and drivers are aware of the situation and listen to instructions to avoid an incident in 2012 things didn't entirely go to plan at a Texas Airport however when a novice pilot was coming in to land at the exact same time an SUV driver who later claimed to have not been aware they were driving through an airport drove into the planes path and with no time to react the landing gear collided with the roof of the vehicle luckily the pilot survived with only minor injuries and it was the people inside the car that complained the most about what had happened the airport manager pointed out the stop signs on the road that were there to prevent exactly this type of thing from happening and laid the blame completely on the driver number 6 watch out for that moment pilots have a huge number of things they have to be aware of when they're flying at low altitudes and while this is just an everyday part of the job sometimes taking their eye off the ball for just one moment can lead to a frightening Lycos call and a stark reminder of how alert they have to be this video shows what happened in Vancouver British Columbia in 2019 when an RJ 85 air tanker was helping to tackle a raging fire it flew as close to the ground as it could before releasing the red-colored fire retardant to limit the inferno spread the pilot however was so focused on hitting his mark that he overlooked the mountain ridge that lay ahead and only had a split second to pull up in time to avoid it the dust that's kicked up around the wingtips shows just how near a mist this actually was and after the event the pilot admitted he had been so concerned with putting out the fire that he had flown lower than had been planned without realizing a report was filed and he undertook extra training to prevent this from again of many in the professions say this was just one of the unusual hazards that they face especially when trying to conduct such precise missions like this one number five Barcelona el prat airport in 2014 and who ter Boeing 767 with 260 passengers on board was making its final approach into Barcelona's el prat airport when an Airbus a340 from aerolíneas argentinas suddenly began taxiing across the runway luckily it was a clear day in the 767 pilot was able to see what was happening and aborted the landing in time to avoid a collision the plane was able to fly around to make a safe landing just a few minutes later but it could have been very different in the aftermath the 767 pilot was interviewed and said there had been a catalogue of errors the captain of the Airbus had apparently ignored instructions to wake by the side of the runway and at a key moment when it had become clear that the Airbus hadn't complied with the order communication from air traffic control went silent presumably because the operator panicked and didn't know what to do the 767 pilot was forced to take matters into his own hands and regain altitude to avoid a catastrophe and it was only because of his quick thinking that tragedy was averted quite by the Argentinian pilot ignored the instruction despite acknowledging has never been revealed it just goes to show how alert pilots have to be because even if someone else says they're going to do one thing there's always the chance they'll do something completely different [Music] number four st. Maarten Princess Juliana Airport plane enthusiasts can be seen near airports around the world trying to get into the perfect position to see which aircraft are landing and taking off but if you want to get up close with planes there's nowhere quite like the Princess Juliana Airport on the island of San Martin in the Caribbean with limited flat available land for a runway this one was constructed next to the ocean but amazingly just at the end of the runway beyond the airport perimeter is a public beach and it often fills up with visitors looking for their chance to get insanely close to approaching aircraft it's become such a popular place to watch aircraft on their final approach that the bars and venues on the beach even have monitors showing the arrivals board of the airport so they know when the next jet will arrive but with em flying lower than a hundred feet above the sand it can get rather dangerous the jet winds stir up the sand and have been known to send people flying to the ground and despite warnings to stay out of the flight path there's always someone who tries to brave it all that might seem safe and just a bit of fun there's a serious risk here and several people have died over the years after getting too close still for the most unusual plant experience in the world this Beach is definitely the place to go [Music] number three watch your head Tom Richard is a stunt pilot who travels the world to put on displays for spectators but his career was very nearly cut short in 2016 with a frightening near-miss that took place on a Nevada airfield he was taking part in the Gold Formula One event at the Reno National Championship Air Race but just as he was about to take off his engines started to sputter he was forced to shut it down he signaled to the race marshals that there was an issue but the three planes behind him failed to receive the message they continued along the runway and the central one only just managed to veer out of the way in time but its wings still collided with Richards plane in a terrifying way and the propeller cut three large chunks out of his right wing cut the approaching plane bent just a few inches in the other direction this could have easily been a fatal incident luckily for all involved that didn't prove to be the case Richard was flying again in a matter of days while the plane he had been in was a total write-off number 2 c-17 flying through a city every year the city of Brisbane and Australia celebrates an event called River Fire which sees a massive fireworks display and a series of other showcases throughout the day in 2018 the Royal Australian Air Force performed a flyby with a Boeing c-17 plane but what came next would frighten people across the city and was widely condemned as being unnecessarily stupid and dangerous the large aircraft flew very close to the ground and towards the skyscrapers of the CBD witnesses were convinced it was about to strike into them when a perfectly time maneuver saw it fly above them just in time there's no doubt that this was a brilliantly executed stunt that would have taken a great deal of planning to pull off had the pilot made one mistake that would have undoubtedly been catastrophic the RAAF insisted that it was perfectly safe and that there were protocols in place in case one of the pilots became incapacitated the pilots had practiced multiple times in a flight simulator many residents remained unconvinced though and it's unlikely the Air Force will be trying anything like this again in any time soon [Music] number one space shuttle flyby flybys are performed around the world to celebrate special events show off new aircraft designs or to entertain the masses at air shows but 2012 residents of LA were treated to arguably the most special flyby to have ever taken place the space shuttle Endeavour had completed its final mission and was being transported to his final resting place as an exhibit at the California Science Center rather than driving it all the way it was taken to the city on the back of a 747 but before landing at the airport it was taken for an aerial tour around the city and photographed alongside all of the major landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge the Hollywood sign and the Los Angeles skyline that was then seen making a low pass over the airport before landing for the final time those who were lucky enough to see it were a part of a once-in-a-lifetime event and it reminded everyone how inspirational the space program truly is subscribe to top 5s for more and check out some of our other popular videos [Music]

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Published: Thu May 14 2020