Thursday, December 27, 2012

Fasten your seatbelts and watch what happens inside a cockpit in video of 43-minute flight from Rio to Sao Paulo


By Leon Watson


PUBLISHED: 13:33 EST, 26 December 2012 | UPDATED: 16:18 EST, 26 December 2012


Fasten your seatbelts and get ready to find out exactly what happens inside a plane cockpit on a normal everyday flight.


A 43 minute movie posted on YouTube claims to show an entire Airbus A320 flight between two major international airports in Brazil.


The action takes place between Rio de Janeiro (SBGL Galeao) International and Sao Paulo (SBGR Guarulhos) International airports.


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Checks: The pilot and flight officer carry out checks on the runway before starting the flight

Checks: The pilot and flight officer carry out checks on the runway before starting the flight



In the air: The 43 minute movie posted on YouTube claims to show an entire Airbus A320 flight

In the air: The 43 minute movie posted on YouTube claims to show an entire Airbus A320 flight


Coming in to land: From the cockpit window it's possible to see the ground below as the plane nears its destination

Coming in to land: From the cockpit window it's possible to see the ground below as the plane nears its destination




It starts with the maintenance status check, walk around, flight preparation, take off, climb, cruise and approach procedure, even a Traffic Collision Avoidance System alert over the busiest terminal area of the country.


All air traffic control communications in in English, due to that the approach briefing were cut out of the movie once airline policy requires that they must be in Portuguese.


The video ends up on a nice landing on RWY09R performed beautifully by the flight officer who had to contend with crosswinds up to 20kts.







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