F-18 Declares EMERGENCY in MIDDLE of Sea | Diverts to St. Paul
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"On Monday July 25, 2016, Jessica Earp was monitoring 20 to 30 aircraft in two sectors of sky over the Bering Sea between Alaska and Asia when one voice suddenly declared an emergency. This was a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet (VMFA 242 based in |wakuni, Japan), on a ferry flight from Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks to a training exercise in Asia. The pilot, Capt. Jesse Simmermon, turned his aircraft back toward Alaska, with another F/A-18 accompanying him. Both were running low on fuel. A tanker aircraft traveling with the jets was refueling another Hornet in the flight group and couldn't break away. Earp said the tanker tried circling back to reach the two F/A-18s. But by that time, the jets were too far away. "When (Simmermon) started asking, 'Where is the tanker, how much farther is it?' I started to hear the catch in his voice," Earp said, recalling the incident. Soon the engine failure forced the Hornet pilots to a lower altitude. Earp said the Hornets were planning to land at King Salmon - still 550 miles away. But she had a different idea. "There's an airport about 80 miles to the southeast, St. Paul," Earp radioed Simmermon:"I can get runway distance, if you need, and conditions." "Affirm," Simmermon promptly replied. "We need all that." Within seconds of Simmermon's request, Earp quickly and calmly relayed the information he'd requested, along with a vector from their current location to the island's airport. Despite dismal weather at other airports across the region, the skies over St. Paul were so clear that the Marines had no problem spotting it over 40 miles away. "It's a needle in a haystack," Earp said. "It was the only viable airport in the Bering Sea he could have landed at." "I will never forget the cool, calm and collected voice which politely suggested that we consider making a landing at St. Paul," Simmermon later wrote in an email thanking Earp. Soon after their landing, Earp said, confirmation of their safe arrival came from an FAA weather camera on the island. Less than an hour after the 2 Hornets were on the ground, Simmermon wrote that the weather had taken a turn for the worse.
Jessica Earp's handling of the situation earned her the Archie League Medal of Safety Award, named after the first air traffic controller and reserved for members of the profession whose work saves lives. She received the Alaskan Region award at NATCA's convention in Las Vegas.
(source: Anchorage Daily News Archives)
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Got it after a 20 minutes search on the web! 😎😎 "On Monday July 25, 2016, Jessica Earp was monitoring 20 to 30 aircraft in two sectors of sky over the Bering Sea between Alaska and Asia when one voice suddenly declared an emergency. This was a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet (VMFA 242 based in Iwakuni, Japan), on a ferry flight from Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks to a training exercise in Asia. The pilot, Capt. Jesse Simmermon, turned his aircraft back toward Alaska, with another F/A-18 accompanying him. Both were running low on fuel. A tanker aircraft traveling with the jets was refueling another Hornet in the flight group and couldn't break away. Earp said the tanker tried circling back to reach the two F/A-18s. But by that time, the jets were too far away. "When (Simmermon) started asking, 'Where is the tanker, how much farther is it?' I started to hear the catch in his voice," Earp said, recalling the incident. Soon the engine failure forced the Hornet pilots to a lower altitude. Earp said the Hornets were planning to land at King Salmon - still 550 miles away. But she had a different idea. "There's an airport about 80 miles to the southeast, St. Paul," Earp radioed Simmermon:"I can get runway distance, if you need, and conditions." "Affirm," Simmermon promptly replied. "We need all that." Within seconds of Simmermon's request, Earp quickly and calmly relayed the information he'd requested, along with a vector from their current location to the island's airport. Despite dismal weather at other airports across the region, the skies over St. Paul were so clear that the Marines had no problem spotting it over 40 miles away. "It's a needle in a haystack," Earp said. "It was the only viable airport in the Bering Sea he could have landed at." "I will never forget the cool, calm and collected voice which politely suggested that we consider making a landing at St. Paul," Simmermon later wrote in an email thanking Earp. Soon after their landing, Earp said, confirmation of their safe arrival came from an FAA weather camera on the island. Less than an hour after the 2 Hornets were on the ground, Simmermon wrote that the weather had taken a turn for the worse.
Jessica Earp's handling of the situation earned her the Archie League Medal of Safety Award, named after the first air traffic controller and reserved for members of the profession whose work saves lives. She received the Alaskan Region award at NATCA's convention in Las Vegas.
(source: Anchorage Daily News Archives)
Thank you
Thank you for taking the time and effort to look this up
Good job 👏
@@p.c.9714 this is why I love the comment section 📈
She did a PHENOMENAL job. What a fantastic controller.
Her voice out of nowhere telling them that an airport was 80 miles away must have sounded like the angel they needed. Jessica Earp was the right person at the right place at the right time. Listening to this unfold and the resolution brought tears to my eyes.
Glad I'm not the only one!
That's who you want on ATC when the chips are down. Great job by Jessica.
👍
Out over the Bering Sea, with an issue bad enough for these guys to say, "An uncontrolled airport, with no support, on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere? Yep, works for us, point us to it". Must've been having a bad day, and quickly turning worse.
Good job on the part of the controller and the pilots to smoothly work it out and get them down safely.
My thoughts exactly! Could you image the oh shit moment of thought of maybe having to ditch the plane in the freezing cold water of the Bearing sea!😬
St Paul traffic, emergency flight of 2, straight in for runway 18 at 350Kts 30 Miles, St Paul.
Embarrassing planning...
A runway six times longer than their ship... but no arrestor gear.
@@David-ql1hd Why? What is planned about losing an engine? Or did the significance of only one aircraft having an emergency, and not being able to maintain altitude, escape you?
thank you, aircraft controller, for getting these two birds to safety over the Bering Sea. you done good.
Great job done by ATC
These pilots can find a steel football field in the middle of the ocean and land on it in pitching seat, in the dark. This island must have seemed huge, and perfectly still. Jessica made this happen and she deserves a ride in an F 18. (Fully fueled this time)
Unless there are polar bears on the runway . . . 😮
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ATC Was an absolute Rock Star! Amazing job, Ma'am.
Yeah 👍
Lady controller is super professional
Absolutely 👍
What a controller! Good job 👍
I love it
Congrats Jessica and thank you for helping our Marines. God bless and know we are greatful you were there.
Great job
Incredibly lucky that the weather allowed them to have a visual of the runway. Its more common than not to turn around in commercial flights because the weather is too bad to land there. I've been turned around more times than landed in St. Paul.
Shout out the the ATC on this one. She sounds well trained and knowledgeable!!
That gals legit and to the point clear and specific. Kudos to her.
Man, that was an excellent ATC!
Amazing Controller - incredible!
Professional 🫡
Military aircraft commicate on such a higher level and clarity.
Yeah
@Flight_Follower I also follow Ward Caroll's page. His recent one on fuel tankers was top notch. Never knew that Navy and Aitr Force had two different methods. I've seen them both but never knew the difference. War caused them to adapt and conquer. Also Business Insider. I travel the world through their videos. My quest for knowledge is endless.
Welcome to our channel sir
Pretty much the same as any professional pilot
Holy Mary she's good. Could NOT have done better.
Well I know who I'd want to talk to in an emergency situation. Outstanding professionalism.
pilots waiting for the local Uber to collect them. pop 413. somebody will feed them.
😂😂
I believe there's a bar or two on St Paul for them to warm up at. It's a busy port for the crab fleet.
@@harryfatcat petty much figured that. ever heard of the Altair or Americus?
Great Audio! I Love Listening To ATC When They Don't Sound Like An Auctioneer! Thank You. (Like #528)
What a wonderfully helpful and professional controller, Thank you
Glad you liked it!
Excellent ATC.. great communication and situational awareness.
This isn't the first fighter flight ive seen recently where they went bingo gas. But this was so much worse being over the Bering Sea! It would take the JayHawks from Kodiak a long time to reach them if they had to punch!
Not to mention without the proper survival suits they wouldn't survive the temps long enough to be picked up, unless they really caught a break and there was a fishing boat right where they ditched ... good thing everything worked out well for them!
So, just use your imagination, how do you think 'bingo gas' would make them "unable to maintain altitude". He lost an engine.
@@cageordie I don't know the fuel system on this fighter, but if a tank on one side goes dry, then the engine on that side could flame out, particularly if there isn't enough in the other tank to cross feed... I'm only a retired Navy ship driver, not a pilot!
Also, that's why I think the 35 is a really bad design. It's bad enough to flame out one on a twin engine bird. Flaming out one on a single engine bird will ruin your day!
There’s no way they make it to king Salmon , great job ATC , awesome pilots ,
What a terrific Controller. Hope the Marines made it in safely.
U kidding?
Very professional all around.
This controller definitely had her shit wired tight. 👍🏻
😂
These give me the chills but make me very proud of all involved.
Truly fascinating how quickly that all unfolded with the distances covered. Admittedly I’m ignorant to the ins and outs of these systems but impressive work under pressure on both ends.
Always beats a swim
Oh man. That area is NOT a place I’d want to be swimming!!
She did an amazing job.👍
Undoubtedly
Imagine all the terrible scenario's going through his mind thinking he's going to have to punch-out over the Freezing-deadly Bering Sea....Then Jessica's voice pipes in!...I wouldn't have cared if he choked up a bit....
Nice job ATC👍🏼👍🏼
Incredible work
Absolutely
Wow, friendly ATC did everything for them!
Top notch both ways.
American hero. Thank you Jessica.
ATC for the win.
Of course
Professionalism at its finest.
ATC was on top of her game that day. BZ
Awesome work by Earp!
That is wild they had no tanker support in the area. I can see one having a fuel issue but not both unless the wingman was landing with regardless.
aparently they had because they were to fly to asia. the rtanker was unabele to divert with them becaues he was refuling other aircraft. the moement he was abele to turn the jets were to far away to reach
Any ideas on what the issue might have been?
I don’t have any information. Sorry for that
@@Flight_Follower I figured the audience might have a few interesting theories ^_^
@@budyeddi5814 waiting for those 😬
@@budyeddi5814 classified :P
It said they were low on fuel, tanker got too far away to be an option. Bailing out at that latitude has got to be a very grim choice...
Very professional controller. Great job....I would like to know "The Rest of the Story". How did they get refueled and serviced and get off the island?
Great stuff!
Glad you think so!
How lucky they had VFR weather over the Bearing Sea. When does that ever happen? Glad they made it.
Fighter jets and there thirst for fuel, i have watched many interviews where the pilots say thats the most stressful part of flying missions.
Badass ATC.
I wonder, can any military aircraft whether they're for training, cargo, fighter, heli, etc. make a 'pretend' emergency Mayday call without informing ATC to test the readiness of ATC, ground crews, and any other necessary services/agency's throughout USA territory? Like a surprise 'audit' I suppose. I mean, I'm sure there are hoops you have to jump through and people you gotta tell to perform an exercise like this, but what if the pilot just doesn't tell anyone except his direct superior that they plan on testing readiness of action? Who would need to know of it, and if everyone knows wouldn't that defeat the whole purpose of the readiness audit?
Please Note: I am no pilot nor am I in the military, just a regular civy curious about a 'What If...?'
Good Job !!
Good job lady!
Great job
FEUD, not FUED
Thank you 🙏
Nice!
Glad there wan't any wildlife on the runway. He had no way to know until he was there and out of air.
F E U D.
Diverts to St. Paul ISLAND. Big difference between St. Paul which is in the middle of the continent & St. Paul Island which in the the Bering sea. Nice clickbait title though.
False headline.
Maybe they should issue a good handheld GPS to crews so they can see what is where.
You are kidding. Right??
GPS doesn't do so well in the Far North - Satellite Coverage is worse than spotty above the Arctic Circle. Orbital inclination of the Sats is about 60 degrees. The Arctic Circle is 65. So - you either don't have a line of sight to a sufficient number of sats, or they're so close to the horizon that lensing can occur. Your only reliable NAV system is INS (Intertial Navigation Systems), and that depends on a proper alignment and location at takeoff, and accuracy drifts over time, as errors add up. (And there are always errors.)
Would the airport have fire appliances if there was jo vontrol tower thank god landing went well if there was no engines they must have bern really desperate dituation to tske a jon vontrolled airport refulering pksne mystvhave bern desperate ehrn it couldnt hrlp as it was refuerling one but how had three planes tun iut of furl they needed engineers down to their landing g places to check plane over begore they risked flying back to their base
Calm as a cucumber 🥒
If the map position is accurate, the nearest airport on land was Bethel, not Salmon. Not sure what they were thinking, if this was an emergency, why did they need to be pointed to SNP? Hit the "nearest" button on your GPS and point your airplane in that direction.
You been playing too much MSFS my dude. That ain't how an F18 works.
@@Mentaloow I don't play MSFS. I do fly real airplanes, and that is how it works in real life in airplanes that I fly.
Wow. If you were looking for a whole lotta nothing, St. Paul Island is the place to be.
They have an airport and a 6500 ft runway. That's a whole lotta something. Ask the pilots.