Too Close! Airplane Nearly Lands on HOTEL!

Get Exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/pilot It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ----------------------------------------------------- Imagine sitting in your #hotel room on a tropical island, casually looking out through your window and seeing the landing lights from a #Boeing 737 which is coming straight for you at an altitude of only 50 feet over the sea! This might sound like a #movie scene but it actually happened on the island of Sint Maarten a few years back and the fascinating story of what lead up to this, is what I will be covering today so stay tuned. ----------------------------------------------------- If you want to support the work I do on the channel, join my Patreon crew and get awesome perks and help me move the channel forward! 👉🏻 https://www.patreon.com/mentourpilot Our Connections: 👉🏻 Exclusive Mentour Merch: https://mentour-crew.creator-spring.com/? 👉🏻 Our other channel: youtube.com/mentournow 👉🏻 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mentourpilot 👉🏻 BOSE Aviation: https://boseaviation-emea.aero/headsets Social: 👉🏻 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MentourPilot 👉🏻 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentour_pilot 👉🏻 Twitter: https://twitter.com/MenTourPilot 👉🏻 Discord server: https://discord.gg/JntGWdn Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. ----------------------------------------------------- Sources Final Report: https://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/aviation/2017/a17f0052/a17f0052.html Vor beacon: Phil Collier, NATS engineer https://nats.aero/blog/2015/05/has-gps-killed-off-the-vor/ NDB Beacon: AZIMUT https://www.aeroexpo.online/prod/azimut-jsc/product-171010-2963.html Quick Access Recorder: UNKNOWN https://hackaday.com/2018/10/15/teardown-d50761-aircraft-quick-access-recorder/ Aircraft used: PMDG 737-800: https://pmdg.com/pmdg-737-800-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/ Scenery used: Saint Martin & Grand Case MSFS by Airworthy Designs: https://secure.simmarket.com/airworthy-designs-saint-martin-grand-case.phtml CHAPTERS ----------------------------------------------------- 00:00 - Intro 00:33 - Sint Maarten 01:41 - The flight crew 03:22 - Approaches 04:45 - Eyes on the weather 07:43 - A slightly different approach 11:29 - Descent towards Sint Maarten 14:37 - Runway lighting 16:41:- Setting up for final 19:35 - A little psychology 21:29 - Runway in sight?? 23:34 - A clearer picture 25:50 - What exactly happened?