Why a Harrier Jump Jet Parked on a Cargo Ship | NEGATIVES
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- In June 1983, Harrier Jump Jets flew into the headlines again, but this time it had nothing to do with the Falklands War.
In this episode, we explain how a Royal Navy pilot managed to land his Sea Harrier on top of a moving shipping container, on a cargo ship (Alraigo), in the middle of the ocean...
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If he can land on a couple of containers unassisted, he shouldn't be reprimanded.
That's what I was thinking. Why reprimanded??? He managed to save his life AND the Harrier.
I assume it was more for allowing fuel to go bingo.
Pilots meticulously calculate the safe amount needed for return on any flight.
Thats the military for you.
Tey Treet no he should have been as he did not calculate his fuel correctly and then costed £570,000
Didn't he have a radio problem and could not find the carrier ?
the salvage claim seems a bargain .. about 1/2 a million £ to get your £40 million jet back ( which was used for another 20 years )
Hello xyz insurance, hello a harrier just landed on my van , would love to have heard that call
They probably would have denied the claim as a act of of war.
TDLR; Ran out of fuel so rather than ditch the pilot landed where he could.
Saving £millions of taxpayers money, so why the reprimand? Surely worth a DFC?
@@CanadairCL44 it cost more to get it back than the cost of a new one
@@almac2598 Did it? Seems like the cost with the salvage reward would have been less than one million but to build a new one costs about £10 million.
I'd love to know what he was reprimanded for. His options were to either do what he did or ditch in the water. He saved a multimillion dollar (pound) aircraft and his own life, and created a great story of how versatile the aircraft was and how good their pilots are.
Probably because the other pilot completed the sortie or abandoned it due to comms failures and got back home therefore he probably got asked wtf was his excuse. Operating outside safety limits on fuel etc. There are a few genuine ex-RAF pilots doing videos on YT that would be able to comment.
I'm sure there were other points prior to the attempted landing where he could have acted differently, but despite the dire situation he managed to not only save his own life but also the aircraft. Regardless i'm sure the incident was documented and lessons were learned
probably an instance of "someone's gotta be punished".
Pepsi called And wanted to know how many points to own the plane...
Living on a Dollar
I forgot about that
A great pity about the handbrake being forgotten, but heyho.
I had never heard of this. What a superb little tale.
Thanks.
It isn't a car!
@@procatprocat9647 Most aircraft do have parking brakes. Not sure about the Harrier. But I think the guy was making a joke anyway.
This aircraft is now on display at Newark Air Museum, aircraft was upgraded during its life after this event so doesn't look exactly the same these days.
I love FRS1s.. but the FA2 big bulge nose kinda ruined the looks imho ... i know it was a necesity to fit the larger blue vixen radar
That quip at the end was brilliant - I didn't expect the parking ticket joke. :-))
My guy put effort into this well done man you’re going somewhere. You earn a sub
This channel is related to the British Forces Broadcasting Service.
I'm not sure how it works but you have Forces TV and BFBS Creative. I think this channel is intended for some shorter videos and stuff.
United Kingdom of Great Britain It’s not a personal channel, it belongs to BFBS- the official Armed Forces TV/Radio outlet.
Reprimanded for what? He did absolutely the right thing. His options were (a) eject, lose a plane worth 10s of millions and risk drowning or (b) save the plane and himself. Which option would you take? Thumbs down for (a) and up for (b)
Saving £millions of taxpayers money, so why the reprimand? Surely worth a DFC?
@@CanadairCL44 In the States he surely would have been celebrated and honoured. In the UK he gets a bollocking for putting himself in that position in the first place.
@PerfumedManatee
Yes, didn’t think about that. In true British fashion, he was probably first praised for his skill and quick thinking in landing the plane and saving it, then punished for putting himself in that situation in the first place!
He endangered the ship, his life and that of the ship's crew.
He got lost. That was the problem.
Thanks for this✈️... the pilot was lucky and now he lives here in NZ and sells real estate . thanks from down under.👍🇳🇿
I love what you guys are doing here!
1million subs by 2021....Great work.
The pilots my uncle, Captain Watson. He’s a legend and the sweetest man ever. Didn’t deserve what he got.
Can you tell us what was the official reprimand your uncle received and why?
@@highjix Never got promoted to higher rank.
Good job by this pilot.Fair play to him😎👍!
First a Harrier now they want our fish.
Cheeky ******* wanting salvage on it. It wasn't abandoned it was parked.
On someone else's property. Without permission. Did the pilot leave the craft to eat?
ahhhh a pirate acusing others of pirating... so wonderfull
@ALANSHEARERISGOD ever heard of tongue in cheek? Every dumb idiot could work that out!
ZA176 was first flown at Dunsfold on the 25th November 1981 and delivered to the Royal Navy as an FRS.1 on the 16th December 1981. Placed into storage at RAF St Athan ZA176 was assigned to 809 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton on the 6th April 1982 at the start of the Falklands Conflict. With Victor tanker support ZA176 was flown on the 30th April 1982 via Banjul in the Gambia to Ascension Island. Flown on to the Atlantic Conveyor on the 6th May for the journey south, ZA176 was transferred to 800 NAS and joined the squadron on board HMS Hermes on the 18th May. ZA176 was used during the conflict to provide CAP (Combat Air Patrol) Missions. Returning from the Falklands ZA176 left HMS Hermes in the Bay of Biscay and flew to RNAS Yeovilton on the 19th July. Transferred to 809 NAS ZA176 set sail for the Falkland Islands on board HMS Illustrious on the 2nd August 1982. Returning to RNAS Yeovilton on the 6th December 1982 ZA176 was transferred to 801 NAS. On the 7th July 1983 ZA176, while operating from HMS Illustrious, was forced to land on the Spanish freighter Alraigo after suffering a NAVHARS failure. ZA176 was offloaded at Santa Cruz de Tenerife and returned to the UK aboard the MV British Tay. Transferred to 899 NAS ZA176 then served with 801 NAS on board HMS Ark Royal from 19th January 1988 and in August 1990 was assigned to 800 NAS. On the 22nd February 1992 ZA176 was flown from RNAS Yeovilton to Dunsfold for conversion to FA.2 standard. Allocated to 899 NAS at RNAS Yeovilton on the 11th November 1993 ZA176 was later transferred to 801 NAS on board HMS Illustrious to fly operational sorties during the Bosnian conflict. ZA176 was later transferred on the 24th September 2001 to 800 NAS on board HMS Ark Royal and then in 2002 to 801 NAS also on HMS Ark Royal. Finally withdrawn from service on the 20th September 2003 ZA176 was used as spares at AMG Yeovilton before entering the museum on the 21st July 2004.
TLDR ... ahah
I love the way that nearly every image is of any other type of Harrier except for Watson's FRS.1.
lol. Yup, the red silhouette is an RAF Harrier GR3! Well spotted.
What a fascinating video. Loved the Harrier. Like the F35(!) Loved this video - Great puppetry! Great stuff
Beautiful story. Glad the Harrier survived. God bless that young pilot.
I live in Canary Islands and I still remember this :- D
The Falklands war was 1982, so how could it have just ended on the 7th June 1983
I remember when this happened, was very big and cool news at the time!
This was a great video
I think he did well to land it. Loving the videos 👍
thats just what happens when pilots get pissed
that dude had serious balls to do that lmao
His balls provided 90% of the thrust.
@@jbuckley2546 that sounds weird reading it aloud
Does anyone know if the florist's van was repaired or written off and replaced? And how do you explain that to the insurance company?
I don’t know where you got your information from, but it was S/Lt Watson lack of knowledge of the aircraft Navigation System, and other systems in the aircraft, which was the cause of his problems, he failed to put the ship’s position into the Nav System before take off, hence he didn’t know where the ship was, I was a senior engineer on 801 Sqdn at the time.
Please make a video on what rifles Will replace the sa80
So how much money did he save the Navy by landing on the ship?
Hopefully the plane was worth more than the salvage fee.
A turbine alone is worth that, compared to the loss this was extremely cheap.
Roughly £39.5million saved.
I'm curious. How old was that Harrier at the time?
What happened to the wingman?
Yes, what happened to the wingman?
Yes, what happened to him.
I assumed he returned to Illustrious and he presumed that Watson was missing.
He stalled
@@Frserthegreenengine Ah Watson, I presume?
The only fighter jet to ever capture my imagination.
Harriers do float my boat.. Thank you.
What is that squiggly line on the canopy??
@CHRONICLES 3 Det cord.
As already stated, it's an explosive device but I thought I'd expand slightly. It's to blow the canopy for when the pilot ejects so you don't get rocketed into bulletproof glass and splat on the inside of the canopy, presumably ending up being shredded as you're blasted through it regardless.
It's obvious, he was looking for a parking slot and saw the previous harrier pull out
I swear to god i saw this video monhs ago. Why was it only uploaded last week.
Here we go again! Hong Kong is a new Concentration camp, as if we didn't see this coming?
Harrier makes the van look tiny!
So Ian Watson went to Australiam Airforces or Canada Airfoces , they have F/A-18
I would say that he was on exchange with the US Navy.
Why did he get benched because of this?
He saved the jet. He should be commended.
Wasn’t his fault the communications failed
That's just how the Military (and life) works sometimes.
Rather than admit their own mistake of sending an under-trained pilot up in an aircraft with a faulty radio.
They'd rather just blame the pilot and be done with it.
"It's our fault that it happened but we're still going to punish you for it anyway."
I’ve seen the same thing in GTA.
officer: Sir we know you have a fighter jet but thats no escuse, heres your ticket
pilot: ill give you a flight?
officer: yep no offenders here all legal parking here over * cuuuushh * ok let me in
Been telling various people about this for years,could never find any info on it.
Now you can send every single one of them this video... go, go, go!
he can be my wingman any time
Because he is a pro gamer
I remember this. 🤣 it sold lots of papers
Where did the other guy go?
I would like to buy one that Harrier
Van be like... "BRUH? At least buy me dinner first"
That's how I parked my harrier at AIX(BF2 Mod) 😂👌
I parked my bicycle on a colleagues bike space once
Lands like a hero...but where's the handbrake again?
Why did a Harrier have to land on a ship?
Lucas Electrics maybe?
3:52 ok who ordered the harrier ??
Didn’t a privately American owned harrier do the same more recently?
imagine if the uk goverment gets sent unpaid parking tickets years later
Watson was inexperienced and his communications fault was not his making. I think he did a superb job but if he had ejected he would have been fine. He landed a plane in amazing circumstances but its not by the book. So due to the embarrassment of the landing he got his wrist slapped, even though it saved the plane. It's was a temp slap he later was back on his career with flying colours. It was just emebarssing for the too brass but it saved a 40m plane for 500k. Royal navy should have said what stunning landing it was and it saved the plane.
Yeah I definitely own a harrier jump jet
0:04 Anyone else want to bring out their cutter at this moment?
Why did Ian gained 900 hours in a us plane.
A exchange tour the most likely explanation.
Geoffrey Young 900 hours is a bit too much for an exchange I guess.
He may have moved and naturalized in either the US, Canada or Australia who all operate F/A-18?
Hms Illustrious is now in European waters? It wasn’t involved in the Falklands war.
Yes she was.
Bathwater Salesman no it wasn’t. Illustrious was commissioned a few months after the war. It was invincible
and Hermes that was deployed.
@@spidos1000 its almost like she was commissioned early for some purpose🤔
So he saved a £40m jet instead of ditching it and was reprimanded? What shitty officer got pissed at him for that!!
That wasn'ta salvage claim the RN paid. It was a fine for double parking.
@4:22 Amelia Earhart???
i have toyota in my yard want to buy it?
Does it have any harrier dents on the roof?
1:10 where original meme
This is old!
Because rule britannia!
I landed a f14 in an helipad in a skycraper in a certain simulation about gang crime
BECAUSE THAT BARGE IS REGISTERED CIA SOVEREIGN TERRITORY.
@BFBS Creative - anytime you feel like posting a postive video DO SO... anyone who posts "problems, negatives..." just step back and speak to Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" Ward, get a non biased view please... think in this day and age, it's time someone stood up for what the Harrier did well.
Idea for you - do a fair balanced video - it's also called hard work, I'm not ex military, though sounds like you're taking an easy route... if you're pro F35 then become a fighter pilot and fly one, if not - then do a fair balanced view, it's called reporting.
I'd like to see an answer from REAL HARRIER PILOTS WHO FLEW THE AIRCRAFT, rather than an armchair back seat driver as this is what it sounds like.
What are you on about.
I'm having what he's having.