Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Another 'interesting' landing


Courtesy of a link at The Aviationist, here's an Airbus A380 of Thai Airways arriving at Narita Airport in Japan in March this year, during a strong crosswind.  I suggest watching it in full-screen mode.





I'm amazed he didn't have a wing-strike with an arrival like that! Glad I wasn't aboard that one . . .





Peter

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9 comments:

  1. Murphy's LawDecember 18, 2013 at 12:04 PM

    Yikes! Time for a FOD check of that runway.

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  2. Stuart Garfath, Sydney. Australia.December 18, 2013 at 3:08 PM

    Forget the runway FOD check, I wonder how many Pax FOD checked their underpants!.

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  3. juvatDecember 18, 2013 at 4:03 PM

    Loved the Aileron into the wind just prior to touchdown to get the upwind wing a little low. Wonder how the Captain liked looking out the FO's side window on approach.

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  4. UnknownDecember 18, 2013 at 4:24 PM

    Somebody buy that poor pilot a drink and a new pair of underwear!

    I'd fly with that guy any time. He (or she) has a nice set of reflexes.

    I'm shocked by how hard and fast that gust twisted the flight path of that huge jet.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 18, 2013 at 5:14 PM

    Juvat:

    Capt. sits in left seat, which is the right side of the airplane as you look from the front, so he was looking out his OWN window on approach.

    Never flown that bird, but looks like you'd get an engine strike, not a wing strike, if too much crosswind. If you managed to get a wing strike, that plane would probably be, um, shall we say, "out of service."

    I wonder how close they were to their maximum crosswind component on that landing. Sometimes what looks really bad to an outsider isn't as bad as you'd think. Sometimes what doesn't look too dangerous is really bad. Intuition isn't your friend here, but that's clearly a scary landing looked at from outside.

    FormerFlyer

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  6. JohninMd.(too late?!??)December 18, 2013 at 7:16 PM

    I'll bet he was wishing for the turnable landing gear of a B-52.....just sayin'.....

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  7. skreidleDecember 18, 2013 at 9:34 PM

    Speaking of crosswinds and/or interesting landings...

    Is this the Closest a Wingsuit Pilot Has Ever Flown to the Ground?

    A friend likened it to Luke trying to blow up the Death Star. :]

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  8. Old NFODecember 20, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    Woo hoo.... ride em cowboy!!! :-) Stomping rudders and full deflection on the ailerons I'm betting!!!

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  9. DaddyBearDecember 21, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    And people wonder why I hate to fly?

    First you say it, then you do it.

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