DC-8 Freighter in Nasty Crosswind

[PhxAZtecKING]

Crazy!!. Damn wrong brothers

[jimbax1204]

This is a ups cargo plane no passengers flight crew of 3 only

[isaichev]

Как они успели перевести двигатели с реверса???!!! Охренеть!!!!

[sal3060]

And it took several hours to get the pilots off the seats after they landed as they had puckered about 2 yards of fabric inside themselves...

[sphmusak]

@sal3060 love it!

[insaneupsdriver]

best pilots in the world!!!! thats why they make $250,000+ a year ad have they distintion of being the only airline to "NEVER" have a crash!!! at all! we've had contracted planes go down but no UPS pilot has ever crashed. cool eh!

[KartKing4ever]

he was pushing the nose which would have broke it so he did the right thing

[MRIYBR]

agreed, while watching, I was like... NOSE UP, NOSE UPPPP !!!

then Thank-God, the quick witted pilot did the right thing!

[KartKing4ever]

he could be going to fast and the flaps are causing the plane to rise that's why speed is important

[91Snyder]

@ KartKing4ever are you retarded it is clearly windy as shit out. he just caught a nasty crosswind gust right at the last second.

[KartKing4ever]

he was also pushing the nose is you aren't blind fucktard

[91Snyder]

flaps dont cause a plane to rise "fucktard" plus when you have flaps out you have to push the nose hard if its not trimmed out correctly, at this point you pitch for airspeed and power for altitude, if you dont do that you will stall it, i wouldnt wanna stall on final approach. YOU ARE RETARDED!

[KartKing4ever]

well all im saying is he was pushing the nose

[JeremyEB2003]

This is real time. You have to approach the runway quicker in crosswind situations just like you would with a tailwind. Under normal circumstances a plane wouldn't approach this quickly for various reasons. I'd estimate the crosswind to be 25-35KT gusting 37-50, for this reason your approach speed is increased for the very apparent reason here.. Your turbines stay spooled up and you're still generating lift, so you can go around in these violent situations. He only has about a 1/4 flaps to RWY.

[MrOzzo29]

Except you don't approach quicker with a tailwind. Unless you are referring to the aircraft's ground speed. You would expect a higher airspeed with a headwind, not a tailwind.

[DcBlink182]

@JeremyEB2003 no one asked for the lecture

[32middlelinebacker]

dood....awesome skillz haha

[Corello1249]

That is some incredible flying. He damn well better be my pilot next time I fly somewhere.

[footylad08]

did he land it safely??

[ahpuchisvoz]

he diverted to LAX after 3 attempts, those are the pilots I want flying my planes

[turpstang]

Nice recovery!!!

[soadfan01]

Ahhh the Santa Ana's at Ontario

[reagansoccer]

great pilot

[bratonabike]

fk me and u can tell me thats a crazy crosswind! he flying the dam plane sideways and almost got it! *shakes head in admiration*

[P0w3rM3tal]

someone buy that pilot a beer

[falconlem01]

Ontario, CA UPS has a hub there

[Ubeans2001]

you sure?? I heard it was Colorado Springs in a documentary.. Mountains look too high to be Ontario and it looks a bit barren too.

[abzymno]

Couldnt agree more; however, the vehicle seen at 17 seconds is only in service in Canada.

So you lose

[Ubeans2001]

I guess if you guys say its Ontario, CA.

[capnsean520]

@abzymno Says who? It's a friggin belt loader. It's ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, dude. I live there, and those mountains in the background are way too familiar to be anything I've ever seen in Canada...

[ChickenSlayer17]

wrong man... its crosswind and he was hitting the left rudder pad too much

[jimmyshitbags]

shit!!! maybe there should be emergency runways that go at an angle to normal runways?

[thetallgiant]

You never know from where the wind will come

[mvlady]

its already been invented :) look at google earth airports

[DaniRs1]

wow it was like he made a drift lol

[hannub]

great job:-)

[CompHelp2]

The Crosswind got him extremely off course!

[flchange]

excellent decision to go around, good judgement, good timing, good job!

[henningbaer]

They got caught in a windshear. I have seen this on TV before. They were lucky...good recovery.

[Nick01Z28]

Actually thats not wind shear. We have the "Santa Ana" winds here in the Inland Empire area which brings consistent north easterly winds. Wind shear is a difference in wind speed and direction. Trust me, that wasn't wind shear. I've flown into that airport myself plenty of times with the same conditions.

[capnsean520]

@Nick01Z28 Finally... someone who knows. lol Thanks, IE brotha...

[NEVERBACKZ]

Amazing stuff looks like they wer close

to crashing but the pilot prob sees it all the time. To us they just escaped wit their lifes. In reality the pilot had the plane under control at all times!

[PakWing16]

Haha....for sure ,all those people on board were the luckiest people on earth:-)

[dangerzone24]

yeah, all 2 or 3 of them

[lucky2271]

thats not a DC-8 but its a good video

[dangerzone24]

looks like it to me, the 707 would have the pitot tube/needle on the tail, there are no other 4 engined narrowbodies...

[lucky2271]

oh thats true

[Link3Ann]

Perhaps you need to relearn aircraft recognition...?!!

[nakedcomputing]

@lucky2271 It is absolutely a DC-8. 

[capnsean520]

@lucky2271 Then what is it?