1 Hour of Plane Spotting at HERAKLION (1999)

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21:10, this was the Tu-154 that did an "accidental belly landing" in Thessaloniki as Malév flight 262 in 4th July 2000. The crew initiated a go around a bit too late after they realized that they didn't extend the landing gear, causing the aircraft to skid about 650 meters on the runway before becoming airborne once again. After an additional low pass (to confirm if the landing gear was down and locked this time), the aircraft landed safely. The accident was caused by the pilots turning off their GPWS system (the mountain tops caused the system to falsely alert them during approach) and since there was a 757 taking off the pilots of the Tu-154 decided to not lower the landing gear and initiate a go around. However the 757 took off and the captain of the Malév flight decided to land anyway, but since the GPWS was turned off and the tower was occupied by observing the 757, no one realized the retracted landing gear until it was too late. Malév was already phasing the Tu-154 out of service and ultimately decided that it was uneconomical to repair the aircraft and donated it the airport's firefighter services who used it as a training vehicle until 2018 when it was cut up for scrap.

All the different types, old and new! Not always the same like today A320/B737...

7:09Edelweiss one of the few still operating, in more or less the same livery

29:50Now that was a fighter-like climbout!

What a variety of classics, beautiful

1999, these were times,two years before the awful tragic Event of 9/11,and the World screwed up in many things! Thank you very much for putting this wonderful Trailer of Nostalgie 🙏🧡 All the best, Josha 🙋‍♂️🛩

My first ever time flying and first ever time abroad was from Manchester here to Heraklion with Airtours in 1999.This is really nice to watch , the good old days !

The sound of the Boeing 727 took me back 20+ years! Beautiful old jet. 😍

Miss you my Olympic my love 💓

So wonderful video!, So many great memories of an era that will never come back.

Wow absolutely amazing!! Very nice video from the glory times of aviation. What a variety of planes!! I flew once with a Crossair MD-83 to Heraklion.

8:58Two classic forms of transport there; Boeing 727 and Flying Dolphin hydrofoil

All these defunct airlines, incredible!

I swear theres just 5 at a push 6 airlines that still remain in the game today out of all of these! Thats crazy! (Aegean, Israir, Edelwiess, Condor & Travel Service)

To see some of them airlines exist today in 2024 is awesome.

So many airlines that doesn’t exist anymore 🖤

Lot of ✈️ i never heard of before. love L1011😎

Blimey that 737 aat 29:48 started to bank before its undercarriage was even up!

Memories... Unforgettable sweet memories.... ❤❤❤