THIS VIDEO IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATION IN FLIGHT:
21-APR-2021. An American Airlines Boeing 737-800 (B738), registration N981NN, performing flight AAL816 / AA816 from New York Kennedy International Airport, NY (USA) to Cancun International Airport (Mexico), after departure reported about lightning strike and requested return back to New York Kennedy International Airport.
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AAL816: American 816, with you out of 1000 for 5000, runway heading.
DEPARTURE: American 816, Departure, radar contact.
DEPARTURE: American 816, turn left heading 130.
AAL816: Left 130, American 816.
DEPARTURE: American 816, climb and maintain 6000.
AAL816: 6000, American 816.
AAL816: American 816, we need left deviation for weather.
DEPARTURE: American 816, turn 20 degrees left.
AAL816: 20 left, American 816.
DEPARTURE: American 816, climb and maintain 12000.
AAL816: 12000, American 816.
DEPARTURE: American 816, turn right direct WAVEY.
AAL816: Right direct WAVEY, American 816.
AAL816: American 816, we got hit by lightning… We’re gonna need to return to Kennedy.
DEPARTURE: American 816, roger, turn left, left turn heading 040, descend and maintain 4000.
AAL816: Left 040, 4000, American 816.
DEPARTURE: American 816, you’re cleared to Kennedy airport via radar vectors, fly heading 040, maintain 4000.
AAL816: Heading 040, 4000, American 816.
DEPARTURE: American 816, contact Final on 132.4.
AAL816: 132.4, American 816.
AAL816: Approach, American 816, with you out of 6000 for 4000, heading 040.
APPROACH: American 816, roger, are you declaring an emergency or you’d just like to return?
AAL816: Not declaring an emergency, we’re going back for precautionary. We believe we may have been strike by lightning, so everything is fine otherwise so.
APPROACH: American 816, fly heading 010, vectors for ILS RW 22L approach.
AAL816: Heading 010 and we’d like delay, extended vectors just while we're trying to get organized with this, American 816.
APPROACH: Roger, no problem, American 816, just continue on 040 heading.
AAL816: Okay, vector 040, continuing down to 4000, American 816.
APPROACH: American 816, speed is your discretion, turn right to a heading 180.
AAL816: Right turn heading 180, speed is our discretion, thank you, American 816.
APPROACH: American 816, this is just standard for the Tower whenever something like this happens, so the Port Authority will need to know the persons on board and fuel remaining in pounds.
AAL816: Okay, fuel remaining in pounds is 30.0 and souls on board is 172.
APPROACH: I’m sorry, 172 for the persons.
AAL816: 172 total souls on board.
APPROACH: Roger, thank you.
APPROACH: American 816, I’m sorry, so the fuel in pounds is 30.0 of what?
AAL816: That’s correct, 30.0 thousand pounds.
APPROACH: American 816, they're asking me about the fuel, is that gonna be an overweight landing?
AAL816: It will be, American 816.
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THE MAIN VALUE IS EDUCATION. This reconstruction will be useful for actual or future air traffic controllers and pilots, people who plan to connect life with aviation, who like aviation. With help of this video reconstruction you’ll learn how to use radiotelephony rules, Aviation English language and general English language (for people whose native language is not English) in situation in flight, which was shown. THE MAIN REASON I DO THIS IS TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVERY WORD AND EVERY MOVE OF AIRCRAFT.
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