777 Gets Trapped Above the Clouds and Can’t Land (Air India Flight 101)

Episode 5 of Air Traffic Control Stories

After a 15hour nonstop flight from Delhi, India, on approach into New York, Air India Flight 101 began encountering multiple system failures.

None of the instruments in the Boeing 777300ER meant to help the pilots land the plane were operational, such as autoland and the Instrument Landing System. The weather in New York was poor and in some places, the cloud base was as low as 200 feet.

They couldn’t land somewhere else because the fuel was running out after the long flight from India. With multiple systems failing, low fuel, and no visibility, the pilots were responsible for the lives of 370 people on board.

This is the real conversation between the pilots and air traffic control on the morning of September 11, 2018.

Air traffic control audio licensed from LiveATC.net.
Unnecessary communications and pauses were trimmed for clarity.

The positions of the aircraft may not be 100% accurate. Only involved aircraft are shown. Animations are based on air traffic control communications and data from flight tracking services.

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