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thanks also do u know how u downloaded them safely

@@AmericanAviation Either purchased from the developers directly or downloaded from freeware sites like flightsim.to.

Ok thanks

This was early days of MSFS and an A321 model. At the time, the only livery available.

This was a Boeing 737-800 NG. A bird strike can also happen to any aircraft, not just the 737 family.

Absolutely. This flight was a great display of on-the-nose flying, pilots thrown into the thick of it amongst nighttime flying through a valley. Forever grateful for the crew we had onboard!

Certainly a little different to the kind of things I upload, was quite the event to experience first-hand!

@@Drawyah yeah not for me mate 😐

That's an odd one, setting the pilot weight to zero should definitely hide the avatar! Perhaps check if there's an update?

Was definitely quite the sight to see on landing, hundreds of flashing red and blue lights lined up in front of the terminal when we arrived!

@@Drawyah It's been a while since I was back in Invercargill but there can't be more than 1 or 2 engines at the airport and probably 5 or 6 for the whole city. Maybe a few more from the fire engine museum if you really want to wind the drama/comedy up.

The 737 doesn't dump fuel, rather it needs to burn it off. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the aircraft on FlightRadar24, see if and when it does leave Invercargill! Either they'll have to fly in a new engine and swap it on the spot, or get it working to the point they can limp it to a base for proper repair. I can't imagine Invercargill having much of a base for repair.

Was quite the experience! I appeared on a couple of news stations across Aus and NZ!

The 7News interview was a pleasant one, good pair of hosts on the morning show!

I was a passenger along for the ride, no point panicking, just let the pilots do their work! Fortunately I know enough about aviation to know that a bird strike is something that can generally be managed.

If you head straight down the lake there is plenty of clearance at the end and you have about 15 nautical miles in which to gain altitude. A bit narrow but safe.

We departed Runway 05 side, little option other than to follow the valley around!

I can't imagine you guys get many interesting visitors, let alone a Virgin Australia 737!

A town 48 hours ago I have never heard of, quite the wild story from people who have commented! Sounds like this was the most interesting thing to happen here in years. 😅

In Melbourne now, tomorrow finally gonna make my way home!

I don't know about virgin or air NZ, but Qantas has specifically trained pilots for approach and takeoff from Queenstown.

VA pilots also do extra simulator and training for Queenstown flights. Something that was commented on after the incident.

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Absolutely. Very reassuring for us when the pilot spoke in such a peaceful manner!

A town 48 hours ago I have never heard of, quite the wild story from people who have commented! Sounds like this was the most interesting thing to happen here in years. 😅

Seemed like compressor stall to me also. To avoid potential engine damage, the 737 QRH for "Engine Limit or Surge or Stall" calls for progressive retard of the affected engine throttle until the situation is resolved, or the throttle setting reaches "flight idle". I'm curious why this wasn't done much sooner in this case. Perhaps because of the terrain around Queenstown, the degraded thrust was still deemed critical?

@@JoeBlow-zr2ru Exactly, the engine out procedure would have been briefed before take off and also practiced many times in the simulator. The media of course turn the issue into a pending disaster.

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A response to that emergency would be to do an immediate turn and land visually. As you know the land around Qtn is, ahm, steep and high and it is a night so that probably precluded that. Axiom in avaiation is Aviate, Navagate, Communicate. Pilot was probably doing that IFR departure anyway so I would say he decided that once they completed the Bold Face items of the checklist to keep on that departure then go to Invecargill (which is a lot flatter and open!)

@@KevinSmith-yo8qb sounds valid! out of interest, do you reckon a plane this size could come to a complete stop on time, with one engine, given our runway length? My understanding is that this is a key issue with Qtn.

@@packthekids Yes it can. Generally speaking, if you can take-off you can land again... you'll just cook the brakes! Queenstown has a Visual pattern the Pilots can fly, by Day only, for an immediate return in the event of an emergency. The real issue, at night or when in cloud, is the Terrain. On a single engine, you wont meet the performance requirements of the the departure. As such, for approved operators (essentially, the Airlines) there's a separate Engine Out procedure which allows bad weather and night departures. Off RWY 05, after circling the Basin around Morven and Lake Hayes, it heads down Wakatipu, past Kingston and down to Invercargill. This keeps the Aircraft clear of the Mountains... and, if you've had an engine fire, it's much safer to land at Invercargill now you're there instead of turning around and heading back to say Christchurch.

It was quite the experience for sure, the loudest bang you can ever hear on an aeroplane! I did appear on 7News, ABC and 9 News talking about the experience, here's a link to one of them below! ruclips.net/video/3injNXR9r18/видео.htmlsi=14hCIKdbigzHjqXq

The Virgin Australia pilots and crew showed pure professionalism from start to finish. You're absolutely right too, Queenstown has an offset approach and surrounded on all sides by mountain with unpredictable winds. Flying on one engine, here was an absolute no-no. Invercargill was the safe and right choice.

The noise in the cabin was quite something too! We all made it to Invercargill safe, thank you for the kind words. ✈️

Speaking to people below the flight path, it seems as though it was more traumatic for them than those on the plane! I know some families who hid their kids under tables etc because they thought the plane (or a part of it) was about to fall from the sky. Some very logical, clear-thinking adults who just thought 'well I guess this is it'. Possibly the people in the plane had more information than those underneath it, which helped them stay calmer (in the plane).

Oh no, this was quite extraordinary! Not the flying experience I expected to have, and especially at the start of my journey back home to London! Missed my connection at Melbourne and my plane leaves Kuala Lumpur in an hour....sods law I guess! 😅

@@Drawyah such a big hassle, but at least you and everyone were ok. At least you of all people know there is very good procedures to follow in this situation, but you must of glanced over at that left engine to make sure it wasn’t a dual! Feel like there might be a Drawyah sim emulation video on the cards!

Professionalism from the Virgin Australia team, they deserve all of the credit. Start to finish, the onboard crew were superb in keeping us calm and up-to-date, the ground staff at Invercargill Airport helping us plan the next steps and now on a coach heading back to Queenstown.

@@Drawyah That's great to hear. Tbh at first, when I first saw the title and thumbnail of this video, I tought that it was going to be some kind of engine failure flightsim simulation video haha..

Once I get myself back to the UK, that will most certainly be the plan!

Was meant to be my last flight out of NZ, heading back home to London! Slight change of plan (in quite the explosive way!) now with an additional stop in Invercargill. 😌