What You Don't Get To See When Your Plane Is Landing
There’s no better window seat than the one in the cockpit.
A Qatar Airways pilot, Sandeep Varma, posted a mesmerizing video to Twitter last week documenting a plane landing at Queenstown Airport in New Zealand, one of the world’s most scenic airports.
The tweet, which has been shared more than 27,000 times, includes a video that shows what pilots see during that particular plane landing: snow-capped mountains above the clouds, prolonged moments with no visibility and a swift approach toward a runway.
This is what the pilot sees and the passengers do not see
During landing at Queenstown New Zealand Airport pic.twitter.com/fQa4yEwXTG— Sandeep Varma (@Sandeepvarma787) October 6, 2017
The video appears to be a shortened version of the dramatic landing that was posted to YouTube in 2013. The extended video, seen below, shows a pilot’s view while flying over New Zealand’s Southern Alps.
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