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Check out video Cro-Storm posted...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:45 pm
by Ed Mahmoud
Re: Check out video Cro-Storm posted...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:12 pm
by Ed Mahmoud
DetailsThis was so close to a disaster today…
Here’s a video of a Lufthansa A320 ripping off its left winglet on the runway at Hamburg earlier today in an aborted crosswind landing.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185 And here’s a photo of the wing strike.
http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.file?i ... OltUWB.jpg The A320 has a crosswind landing limit of 33 kts gusting 38 kts
According to the data at the time, the wind was 35kts, gusting 55 kts.
EDDH 011220Z 29028G48KT 9000 -SHRA FEW011 BKN014 07/05 Q0984 TEMPO 29035G55KT 4000 SHRA BKN008
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:22 pm
by brunota2003
Wow, had that wing been on the ground a second longer, it is possible the plane would of ended up cart wheeling across the runway.
Re: Check out video Cro-Storm posted...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:46 pm
by Stephanie
I give A LOT of credit to that pilot! My heart was in my throat watching it trying to land
sideways.
Re: Check out video Cro-Storm posted...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:47 pm
by Ed Mahmoud
Never should have attempted that landing...
Re: Check out video Cro-Storm posted...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:48 pm
by JonathanBelles
Ed Mahmoud wrote:Never should have attempted that landing...
I agree with that entirely.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:49 pm
by HURAKAN
Really scary.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:14 am
by Pedro Fernández
Re: Check out video Cro-Storm posted...
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:43 am
by fwbbreeze
looks like a pretty tough cross wind landing. However, these landings occur everyday and are not that uncommon. If you read the story he was successful at landing the plane on the 2nd attempt. Pilots are trained to handle cross wind landings, however an unexpected gust of wind at touchdown can throw a wrench into the situation. Kudos to the pilot for getting it back up into the air and then getting it safely on the ground.
TO see more cross wind landings just go to youtube and search for them. There are some amazing ones!!
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:41 am
by JonathanBelles
This video was on the weather channel!!
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:52 pm
by brunota2003
It is not a matter of whether it is done every day or not, the winds were well above the safety criteria for that particular aircraft...they should of landed somewhere else.
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:20 pm
by Cyclenall
fact789 wrote:This video was on the weather channel!!
This video was on every channel. I saw the LiveLeak logo on the top every time.
