STORMY LANDING!!!! TUI Airways Boeing 737-8K5 Ibiza to London Stansted!! [G-TAWL)

Описание: And yet again, TUI outdid themselves. By far my most impressive experience with TUI. Onboard 10 year old G-TAWL for the second time in the space of week, and filming from exactly the same seat too, and of course, In typical Seth style I got to the airport the best part of 3 hours early, which was amplified by, again, check in being incredibly quick, and because of my hidden disabilities lanyard, we were whisked to the special assistance check in and given priority boarding! Thanks IBZ!!!

Boarding started right on time at 12.25, (and for once I wasn't last to board) and we were all strapped in and ready by 13.15. The good thing about IBZ airport, is no push back needed! Engines started and we just started taxiing out and on to the runway! Holding short, and First Officer Gavin, the same first officer as the outbound flight, then went for it. Sadly we were sat on the left hand side of the aircraft, so not the stunning island view that you and I were both hoping for. Climbing initially up to FL320, then FL360, FL380, and when we hit turbulence later on, down to FL370.

Pretty quickly the cabin crew came down the aisle with the food orders and as usual on a return trip I opted for the Ham and Cheese toastie, which was pretty good. Nice and warm, and the bread wasn't soggy or anything. Truly 'food to fly for.' And came with all the popular condiments upon request, though sadly no knife or fork to be seen???

Little to my knowledge, my mum had actually spoken to one of the Cabin Crew members about how I helped the cabin crew last year, on G-FDZX, well yet again I found myself with the rubbish job, with the lovely cabin manager trailing behind me. Thanks for the free Pilot Teddy! Shoutout once again to Captain Gavin, for the wonderful chat, and allowing me into the Cockpit when we had arrived into STN.

And then the real drama kicked off. Storm Antonie was having a real paddy about our flight path so decided to give some real REAL turbulence as we trudged towards Stansted. Look out for the part where we violently judder to one side and the seatbelt sign is immediately switched on. And it remained bumpy until our landing. Check out how close we are to the ground when we emerge from the clouds, my jaw dropped! And only moments later, a firm touchdown onto Runway 22 vacating very quickly, much to the approval of ATC I am told. And in typical bad weather fashion, a round of applause from fellow passengers. But to be fair, through discussion with the Captain, he did say the approach was rather challenging! Check out the BA Embraer we were parked up next to, that had intentionally repositioned in from LCY?

FLIGHT DETAILS:
Aircraft: Boeing 737-8K5
Seat: 4B, filmed from 4A
Flight time: 2 hours 19 minutes
Registration: G-TAWL
Engine Type: CFMI
Age: 10.6 years
Delay: 6 mins
Departure Time: 13.10 (actual 13.27)
Arrival Time: 14.40 (landed 14.46)
Route: IBZ-STN (LEIB-EGSS)
Cruising altitude: FL320, FL360, FL380, then FL370
Departure Runway: 06
Arrival Runway: 22
Flight: BY5623/TOM5623
Callsign: TOM1FT
Date: Saturday 5th August 2023
Equipment: Samsung Galaxy S10, Keep Calm Powerbank, Samsung Galaxy S21
Livery: TUI Standard
Interior: Sky

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:10 FR24 Profile
00:14 Saying goodbye to Ibiza
00:26 At the airport
00:48 Inbound Flight arriving 24 mins early!
01:04 Boarding
01:48 At my seat
02:07 20% off all fragrances!!!!
02:13 Captain Peter's Announcment & Seat pocket content
03:12 Engine Start
03:45 Flaps and slats set
03:59 Taxi
06:15 Takeoff!!!
08:30 Slats retract
08:45 Karen's Announcement
10:03 Café Menu Selection
10:18 Ham and Cheese toastie ft. Upclose
10:37 Climbing
11:15 Cruising FL360 and stunning views of Spain
11:52 Cabin view and Overcast over France
12:12 Loo review (some weird things in this loo!)
12:47 Now at FL380
13:04 First Officer Gavin's Announcement and TUI merch
15:37 Cloudy France
15:57 TUI Pilot Teddy Bear!!!!
16:15 Banking
16:38 TURBULENCE!!!!
17:20 Captain explains what is going on
17:47 More Turbulence
18:28 English Channel
19:00 Top of Descent
19:16 Descending/Approach STN
23:18 Flaps and Slats Set
24:14 Approach/Very thick layer of clouds
28:00 Final Approach
29:10 Vacating Runway and applause
29:47 Taxi
29:55 Cabin view
30:49 Emirates 777!
31:00 On Stand
31:10 Last picture of good old TAWL
31:16 Plenary Text and Outro

Thanks for watching this video onboard my favourite airline and aircraft!
Stay tuned for videos onboard a Piper PA-28!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
1. Cabin manager Karen, for letting me do the rubbish round, again! And for the free Pilot Teddy!
2. First Officer Gavin, for the great chat, and for letting me in the flight deck again and to
3. Captain Peter for explaining all the holding patterns over London!
4. Dad (Martin Peel) for filming takeoff and landing