Interflug IL-62 Lands In Field

[john_pifer]

This is crazy! Apparently they landed it there to put it in a museum.

Didn’t look like he was in control when it bounced!

Couldn’t this have ended very badly?

 

[gman2304]

Translation
Wife : How did you not soil yourself?
Pilot : I did!

 

[IndyFan]

This is crazy! Apparently they landed it there to put it in a museum.

Didn’t look like he was in control when it bounced!

Couldn’t this have ended very badly?

Another crazy Russian pilot. Wow!

 

[Inspecktor]

It did end badly, just not in a crash.

 

[Astro14]

That was...atrocious. Even the other Captain watching was cringing at this bounce/crash.

 

[4wd]

Что за черт

 

[john_pifer]

I can’t believe it stayed pointed in a straight direction and didn’t yaw out of control, roll over, and break up.

Was that the result of any control input of the pilot, or just luck?

 

[Quattro Pete]

The IL-62 has a very poor track record and consumed may lives due to soviet-era manufacturing/maintenance practices. Museum is the only place these things belong to, alas, I think they're still in operation in some parts of the world.

 

[john_pifer]

The IL-62 has a very poor track record and consumed may lives due to soviet-era manufacturing/maintenance practices. Museum is the only place these things belong to, alas, I think they're still in operation in some parts of the world.

I know North Korea still flies a couple of examples.

 

[K2K2]

Landing on an uneven surface of grass is very different than landing on a runway.

With the editing going back-and-forth between the airplane and the crowd, it's hard to actually do a good analysis; but it's obvious that they just touched that little ridge after they cleared the trees and that caused the initial bounce back up in the air.

 

[john_pifer]

Landing on the uneven surface of grass is very different than landing on a runway.

With the editing going back-and-forth between the airplane and the crowd, it's hard to actually do a good analysis; but it's obvious that they just touch that little Ridge when they cleared the trees and that caused the initial bounce back up in the air.

Looks like they did well coming in just above the trees to maximize rollout space. Too close? IDK.

Definitely seems like there were multiple opportunities for it to have ended up in a crash.

Curious how they could have done it better.

Better/earlier flare?

With the undulations in the terrain, and the landing speed necessary for such a large swept-wing jet, it’s hard to say.

 

[fdcg27]

Wow!
A very long single aisle not really intended for unprepared field operations to have made a planned landing in this place.
I love how the crew just comes sauntering off the aircraft looking quite casual and not at all stressed.

 

[4wd]

Wow!
A very long single aisle not really intended for unprepared field operations to have made a planned landing in this place.
I love how the crew just comes sauntering off the aircraft looking quite casual and not at all stressed.

Maybe why they specialize in unmanned single use flights these days …

 

[Kira]

Was film of this event of 37 years past just unearthed?

 

[Tikka]

I thought it was a VC 10 when i first saw it.

 

[dubber09]

I don't think it was Russians, uniforms are wrong, vehicles are wrong, they seem to speak German? And landing looks quite fake to me too.
Edit: Interflug was an East German airline as it turns out. I still think landing video is a fake.

 

[dubber09]

The IL-62 has a very poor track record and consumed may lives due to soviet-era manufacturing/maintenance practices. Museum is the only place these things belong to, alas, I think they're still in operation in some parts of the world.

Hmm, not that I know of or what wiki says, they say it was one of the most reliable and dependable aircraft. USSR/Russia flew it en route from Moscow to Washington with a stop over in Reykjavík, I happened to fly on one on that route in 1991. I was seating in smoking 'section' and did smoke on the flight, funny part was the seat right in front of me was non-smoking but there was no wall, divider or even a curtain to somewhat limit those passengers seating in front of me to smoke exposure.