Thursday, December 28, 2017

Coming in with a bang


It seems this Silk Way Airlines Boeing 747 freighter ran into wind shear at the foot of the runway at Holland's Schipol Airport back in April.  The result was this very hard landing.  Note the shaking of the wing and its attachments, and the way the plane is tossed onto a different heading by the time it touches down for the second time.  That was a hairy landing, and no mistake!





Glad I wasn't on board . . .




Peter

15 comments:

Bob M said...

Wow...

Thought for a second the flaps were going to shake off.

Glen said...

Off to maintenance for a day or so of inspections. Expensive landing, even if no serious damage.

Rick T said...

Plus, how many shock sensors on the freight were activated?

Rev. Paul said...

That would neatly realign one's spine, no? Wow.

Flugelman said...

Not sayin' I never bounced one, but holy crap!

MrGarabaldi said...

Hey Peter;

Boeing does build them good.

fast richard said...

Better check all those tires for flat spots. There may be an established hard landing check procedure. I would think all mechanical systems and and any accessible structures ought to be looked at.

Anonymous said...

I agree--I'd hate to be sitting on a board during that! Sounds uncomfortable.
I'm glad I wasn't aboard the airplane, as well.
--Tennessee Budd

tsquared said...

Schipol Airport is known for crazy wind patterns. I have been on a couple planes that bounced but none as hard as that.

RandyBeck said...

It seems more than just a wee bit crazy to have a huge windmill in the pilots' view.

Unknown said...

Well - there are always going to be those who opine that any landing that you can walk (crawl?) away from has to be considered "a good one"...and then set out to prove it, first chance available...

homebru said...

Landings are even more difficult when you can't see the runway because of the pop-up ad.

Don in Oregon said...

Can't believe the tires held up.

m4 said...

Do you know what sound a 747 makes when it bounces?

Boeing, boeing, beoing...


I'll see myself out.

Quentin said...

Schiphol can have ... interesting ... weather. There was a big storm a couple of years back and I was on one of the last flights to be allowed to land. That was a firm landing too.