I'd love to hear/read the CVR-transcript of this particular landing, because... what the hell where those pilots thinking botching a landing so badly like this and actually trying to put it on the ground?!
This shoukd have been a go-around tye time the plane went past the runway threshold, since there the altitude is to high and would probably result in a runway overshoot. Then again the go-around disicion should have been made when the gust of crosswind caught it just before touchdown. Some really poor and hazardous pilot desicions were made on this occaision to be honest and realistic!
@hafa123 Shut up. Waste your time with sth. else. We're trying to talk about bad landings. That was a horrible one!!! If it was a woman, and I believe it was, a 1st officer, that's it!!!! Now I must pat her just cause she is a woman ??? And WHAT? We came from a combination of genes, both from men and women...that's nature,..we're different, that's why we exist. Coming back to the landing itself, it was not stabilized from the beginning...should have gone around lng before
@hafa123 Shut up. Waste your time with sth. else. We're trying to talk about bad landings. That was a horrible one!!! If it was a woman, and I believe it was, a 1st officer, that's it!!!! Now I must pat her just cause she is a woman ??? And WHAT? We came from a combination of genes, both from men and women...that's nature,..we're different, that's why we exist. Coming back to the landing itself, it was not stabilized from the beginning...should have gone around long before
That is INCREDIBLE video! I would love to have heard the CVR on this landing attempt - you know these cats were wetting their pants until they got that bird airborne again. :D
Hum, I think not much of you are pilots... They deserve no congrats at all, they risk the lifes of hundred peoples by attempting a landing with a crosswind way over the plane capability. They should have overshoot way sooner and land on and other runway or airport. The only exeption would be a low fuel tank... still there every pilot should have a 45 min fuel reserve... and by going around this late, he uses way more reserve fuel than it would have by keeping it's altitude and speed for later.
Think the passengers on the left side were shitting their pants when they looked out and saw the wing strike the ground and the plane go over the side of the runway?
That is a real show of experience and pilot superior skills. Their regular once or twice a year training makes them capable of handling any emergency, such as the one shown in this video. Scary but I would like to extend my congratulations to the pilot and co-pilot. They are awesome!!!
That was a close one you can tell from the video that the wind was so strong it almost blew it over when the pilot tried to straighten the plane onto the runway.
you can see how strong the crosswind was by the way the plane is crabbing on the way in. I wonder why they weren't given a different runway so that they could land nearer into the wind direction.....scary this don't you think!
Yes. This storm was over entire Europe. The next "good" Airport was Milano. I am sure after this, airlines and Captains will think twice, before getting airbourne during such a storm...hopefully.
that is, actually, not true. the pilot was woman, but she was a co-pilot a she was landing it, but she was not supposed to in those conditions, and the captain took over the plane when she nearly crashed it....
po 2 Oni mieli juz mało paliwa... Co y byś zrobił? Leciał i czekał aż się silniki wyłączą, czy lądował?
po 3 Prędzej czy później musieli by lądować, jak nie w Hamburgu to gdzieś niedaleko (max ok 80 mil morskich). A ta takie odległości pogoda się nie zmienia
I live in Hamburg within the approach area of rw 33 which was the alternative to rw 23 the airbus was trying to land first. From my house I could see that almost every plane was shaking really heavy - so the mess could have been happened anyway. Thank God all went out well!
they got an unexpected windburst under their right wing, so no pilot error or what else they say in the media, despite the fact that in such a weather situation, the Captain must perform the landing, not the younger first officer.
In the news said that the woman co pilot averted the accident. To me, nearly causing damage, because when touch the main train on the runway, not crush the plane, allowing the wind to lift his right wing ... There starting the incident. Thank God it was only that.
Screw being on that plane. How many people craped themselves :O good pilot though and being a gamer I think strafing shouldn't be advised when you tryin to land a huge plane like that.
Thanks for the METAR! I suppose they tried to land in 33, didn't they? Or it was in 23? Just to know where it was. With that info we'll be able to know what was the gusty crosswind component and know if they were out of limits. Any of you are an Airbus pilot. Think that Fly by wire works differently than the Flight Controls for a Boeing, for example. They do not recommend BIG CONTROL INPUTS!
Oh I misunderstood... I thought you implied that it's dangerous to fly. I see I was in error. You're point was that stuff like this happens often and is not that big of a deal?
I agree... I've landed in SF plenty of times and we get some good wind too. It's just what we deal with.
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This near-crash is a typical pilot´s fault - it has nothing to do with gusts!
After pushing the left rudder to align the aircraft with the runway before touchdown, the right wing accelerates and produces more lift with a fatal consequence!
As a pilot I have landed in 40kt winds and on Saturday had a 20KT 90 degree cross wind. That 150 MPH had me calling BS (Blowing Snow). I was going to look up the actual observed weather. I imagine it was a bigger gust than 55kt that hit the plane over the numbers, but definitely not 150 and 100 seem highly unlikely, still a BIG wind, full rudder wasn't enough.
To crab the aircraft in at that angle isn't unacceptable in itself. The problem is that to correct the angle just before touchdown you have do kick in a lot of left rudder. School boy stuff that we all know is that the secondary effect of this (yaw) is roll (to the left). In this case with such a significant crosswind the right wing is then pitched up into the crosswind resulting in the loss of height and significant movement to the left.
I think he did an absolutely incredible job of recovering from a landing he never should have attempted in the first place (notice the crab angle he was maintaining on final). I understand he had a more favorable runway available? Maybe he should have used it, rather than trying something that almost ended in tragedy.
All airplanes have a max cross wind limit set by the manufacturer. The airline would reduce that limit also. The winds were gusty with gust most probably exceeding those limits. Even with the correct technique, staying centered down the centerline and dipping the wing, kicking the rudder would have made for a near impossible landing. I would have diverted. Scary!! and Irresponsible!!
Indeed - it's quite shocking that he didn't abort. I found Lufthansa's claim that the wingtip strike was due to a 'sudden gust' rather amusing. It looks like he gets a little gust on flare, but the real problem is that he kicks the rudder to straighten for the flare and forgets the second flying lesson he ever had .. the secondary effect of left rudder will be a left roll. I doubt the aviation authorities or the airline's chief pilot will miss that point.
that was more than just a roll from left rudder at the last second. There was clearly an enormous gust just as he did it. it was pretty much the most unfortunate perfect timing there could have been.
A normal landing is a result of getting the plane close to the runway and reducing then airspeed until the plane stops flying and drops onto the runway. Gusting winds push the plane around while also oscillating its airspeed above/below stall speed. Very dangerous but it appears to me the plane was too high/steep when the the touchdown was attempted, probably due to the gusting wind. The pilot may be a good pilot, but he was certainly lucky. He should have aborted earlier.
Wonderful pilot..great guys
ritiprd 5 months ago
das ging fast in die Hose
25364257 6 months ago
I'd love to hear/read the CVR-transcript of this particular landing, because... what the hell where those pilots thinking botching a landing so badly like this and actually trying to put it on the ground?!
armandox33 7 months ago
This shoukd have been a go-around tye time the plane went past the runway threshold, since there the altitude is to high and would probably result in a runway overshoot. Then again the go-around disicion should have been made when the gust of crosswind caught it just before touchdown. Some really poor and hazardous pilot desicions were made on this occaision to be honest and realistic!
armandox33 7 months ago
He should have aborted sooner, rather than trying to be a cowboy.
oceanic16 8 months ago
i guess the rudder pedals were inop.
boomshakadilly 1 year ago
Pilot must get a medal
thomaskingtp 1 year ago
@thomaskingtp In the USA you get a medal - in Germany you get an Investigation
d4rkf1ght3r 1 year ago
@d4rkf1ght3r well actually usa gives an investigation too but if they find no human error they give a medal.
Cyclonexman 6 months ago
tak ten pilot musel žažít horkou chvilku.
AsohoVidaho 1 year ago
das ging beinahe in die hose;)
ich liebe den nordischen akzent;)
kann ich jetzt in BW leider nicht mehr haben-.-
freestyler1879 1 year ago
Wow, how can those onlookers remain so silent until the plane recovers? I'd be going ''oooooh, aaah, ooooh'' as the plane lost balance.
fabregas360 1 year ago
i be like .. @dude this is awesome ! but i be scared at same time
kurasiak3 1 year ago
Holy shit!!
whitedawg1984 1 year ago
now kids, thats what we call plane-drift-landing
hendrahendra 1 year ago
Closest call on YT. Big wind, brown pants.
sxmadrid 1 year ago
I want one pilot like this!
tadeofurtado 1 year ago
STUPID PILOT, he cant landing when is so windy
saimone1981 1 year ago
actually hes bad pilot should have known that the landing conditions were terrible and that there was too much of a coss wind
dcsilva10 1 year ago
It was a women pilot
MacMan4193 1 year ago
@MacMan4193 hahaha good piont woman and machine don't mix well
Anderzy 1 year ago
@Anderzy You came from a women, be respectful to females would you ? stereotype like you must end, now
hafa123 1 year ago
@hafa123 Shut. waste yur time with sth. else.
jnatan 1 year ago
@hafa123 Shut up. Waste your time with sth. else. We're trying to talk about bad landings. That was a horrible one!!! If it was a woman, and I believe it was, a 1st officer, that's it!!!! Now I must pat her just cause she is a woman ??? And WHAT? We came from a combination of genes, both from men and women...that's nature,..we're different, that's why we exist. Coming back to the landing itself, it was not stabilized from the beginning...should have gone around lng before
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@hafa123 Shut up. Waste your time with sth. else. We're trying to talk about bad landings. That was a horrible one!!! If it was a woman, and I believe it was, a 1st officer, that's it!!!! Now I must pat her just cause she is a woman ??? And WHAT? We came from a combination of genes, both from men and women...that's nature,..we're different, that's why we exist. Coming back to the landing itself, it was not stabilized from the beginning...should have gone around long before
jnatan 1 year ago
thats fucking shitttyyyy and then it goes back uppp ppl on that bitch are flippinnnnnn lol nooooo we jus hit the ground go backkkkkk plzzzzzzzzzzz
NeeKroVal 1 year ago
the pilot is drunk! haahhaha
jollyboi024 1 year ago
oh, great pilot...they're still flying, the wind so strong.
mrdee235 1 year ago
The pilot is big malakas. What are you doing archidi? Just don't try to land if the wind is so strong. Go to another airport skatomalaka.
trelosael 1 year ago
wrong runway maybe
stringcatt 1 year ago
Really nasty crosswind.
achtunglol 1 year ago
Great Pilot and lucky passengers :)
Hamoo17 1 year ago
lol
simonmaersk 1 year ago
RRRRRRRRRRRespeckt an den Piloten!!!
ClanOfSteel 1 year ago
No no no, trat's so crazy, but you do it when you have crosswind (well i don't know the formal translation)
ke1tar0u 1 year ago
mistrzostwo świata
herot25 1 year ago
The pilot was a woman, and she was the co-pilot!
Santiago8952 1 year ago
the pilot was an expert that he did not hit the ground! i'm very impressed! i hope everything ended ok
Salad107 1 year ago
damn what a freakn crosswind..
if he had tryed to land he would have failed..
nice going arround.. damn crosswinds (;
pilot is a pro
owner0007 2 years ago
@owner0007 All pilots are pros
serratop 1 year ago
@serratop hell yeah (:
owner0007 1 year ago
That is INCREDIBLE video! I would love to have heard the CVR on this landing attempt - you know these cats were wetting their pants until they got that bird airborne again. :D
drumology2001 2 years ago 3
so did he come back and land the damn thing?
AllstarKing713 2 years ago 2
No, they´re still flying.
Tibberia 2 years ago 21
nice!!
AllstarKing713 2 years ago
@AllstarKing713 No, they are still in the air
serratop 1 year ago
Jedna z wielu w życiu ...
ROMEKCOMADOMEK 2 years ago
PILOT ARE PRO
Razors1910 2 years ago 2
the life was lost and saved in minutes!!!!!
30629592 2 years ago 2
The Pilot was an expert...
he/she saved all those passengers on that scary, crosswind landing
P.S. Sorry for my bad english... i'm Polish
nikia320 2 years ago 5
Hum, I think not much of you are pilots... They deserve no congrats at all, they risk the lifes of hundred peoples by attempting a landing with a crosswind way over the plane capability. They should have overshoot way sooner and land on and other runway or airport. The only exeption would be a low fuel tank... still there every pilot should have a 45 min fuel reserve... and by going around this late, he uses way more reserve fuel than it would have by keeping it's altitude and speed for later.
Spawnmmjtf2 2 years ago
HOlY Shit! the pilot is either amazingly good, or lucky lol
vinsloveskalsea 2 years ago
Think the passengers on the left side were shitting their pants when they looked out and saw the wing strike the ground and the plane go over the side of the runway?
quantumleap7219 2 years ago
should have gone around alot earlier
shanefiftyfive 2 years ago
That is a real show of experience and pilot superior skills. Their regular once or twice a year training makes them capable of handling any emergency, such as the one shown in this video. Scary but I would like to extend my congratulations to the pilot and co-pilot. They are awesome!!!
camdez99 2 years ago 2
That was a close one you can tell from the video that the wind was so strong it almost blew it over when the pilot tried to straighten the plane onto the runway.
snake5891 2 years ago
WOW!!!!
76Godzi 2 years ago 2
I guess THAT is why they put those teflon runners on the underside of the wings!!
4Dmetricology 2 years ago
holy fuck!
domenicostorino 2 years ago
wow so amasing the pilot have done a great job!!!!!
19932606D 2 years ago 3
you can see how strong the crosswind was by the way the plane is crabbing on the way in. I wonder why they weren't given a different runway so that they could land nearer into the wind direction.....scary this don't you think!
tony00165 2 years ago
ohhh shit
drunkenirish420 2 years ago
omgg eyy
annesininbirtanesi 2 years ago
Wow holy jesus! They were lucky
BiggestEagleFan 2 years ago
wow!
theKing4720 2 years ago
"Das ging beinoh in die ho use" :)
warminator 2 years ago
he shouldnt even tried to land it
irvrod 2 years ago
The pilot was a woman. She did a amazing job saving the airplane and securing all the passengers to safety.
And what do you expect them to do, keep flying till the gas runs out? lol, they have to land at some point.
LiroyvanHoewijk 2 years ago 4
i would think they could have gone to another airport
irvrod 2 years ago
Yes. This storm was over entire Europe. The next "good" Airport was Milano. I am sure after this, airlines and Captains will think twice, before getting airbourne during such a storm...hopefully.
allevian 2 years ago
exactly what morons
irvrod 2 years ago
that is, actually, not true. the pilot was woman, but she was a co-pilot a she was landing it, but she was not supposed to in those conditions, and the captain took over the plane when she nearly crashed it....
richardpalan 2 years ago
w ogóle nie powinien podchodzić do lądowania
xPawcio32x 3 years ago
po 1 pisz po angielsku...
po 2 Oni mieli juz mało paliwa... Co y byś zrobił? Leciał i czekał aż się silniki wyłączą, czy lądował?
po 3 Prędzej czy później musieli by lądować, jak nie w Hamburgu to gdzieś niedaleko (max ok 80 mil morskich). A ta takie odległości pogoda się nie zmienia
nikia320 2 years ago 2
Gratulacje dla pilotów za umiejętności... Pozdrawiam
Lukasz4141 3 years ago
That pilots got skills ;) But they must have that to trust them when u are in the air =)
BrorGertrud 3 years ago
wow!!!! man id be freakin out all over the frekin place!!! awsome pilot tho!!!
killerlad9 3 years ago 2
it was a female pilot... good job *thums up* respect
4ndi91 3 years ago
good pilot one,lucky plane,fucking wind...
mest1tsr 3 years ago 28
loool, totally
Seusslikes 3 years ago
verdammt gute piloten
AEIOU1628 3 years ago 6
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megaVotze 3 years ago
apparently you don't have any knowledge of airplanes. This is certainly true. I had even heard it on the news.
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didnt know you can drift a airbus TAKE THAT D1 CHALLENGE!
killakojak 3 years ago
wow close one
rimmer089 3 years ago
Crossing wind
hilal84 3 years ago
What a fools
chrandioso 3 years ago
Its crowd of that video in youtube. :)
bamboali 3 years ago
WOW ! speachless of the command and the skill of that pilot.!! God bless!
NorthenLight1 3 years ago 3
This is exactly what I would've said
bigjaw1 3 years ago
These are pilot......
diegone1992 3 years ago
the pilot was an expert, he saved lots of lives that day, God bless him!!
41linestreet 3 years ago 4
she, her!
gulldarek 3 years ago
It was due to high winds on that day.
MelaMan 3 years ago
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Hallo Leute ich bin der Pilot der Maschine,war echt knapp habe es aber trotzdem durch mein geschicktes können geschaft.
bc8225 3 years ago
holy crap, that was close
Freak81666 3 years ago
great pilots didnt lost control oO
Basketno707 3 years ago 2
never drink and fly lol
mrpreetyboyricky 3 years ago
I WOULD FUCKING HOOP MYSELF !!!!
waynestuntface 3 years ago
to the best of my knowlage, the pilot is a young blond woman from Poland
milkah123 3 years ago
Who gives a shit even if her pubics were dyed blod too!?It doesnt affect on her piloting abilities does it?
jusulauta 3 years ago 2
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jusulauta 3 years ago 2
now lets see whos gonna try and tell us all how the pilot fucked up,, even though they would know shit!
jackhbuilder 3 years ago
jesus christ if i was on that plane id shit my pants
mikewaplak 3 years ago 6
wow thats good if not for him oh my gosh they would be crashing
safariharley 3 years ago
close call
bijennest 3 years ago
holy shit, but pilot should not of made an aproche after they saw how much rudder they need, just plain crazy!
Triskell00 3 years ago
Totally agree, was in something similar in January 2008 at Newcastle airport but we never quite got that low!
That must have been one scary moment, I know it was on my plane but at least the pilot in mine had the good sense to abort before it got that close!
crockofplot 3 years ago
holy SHIT
cbmtrx 3 years ago
jeez... this pilot is damn good
LUIZAOO 3 years ago
Yes.. Both damn good, and dam lucky also..
Skoda130 3 years ago
The winglet was probably destroyed but it will be a great lesson in aviation schools.
Amazing. This ain't Flight Simulator, this is real hardcore situation with a big boy plane!
themeanstar 3 years ago
the hijacking comment was really funny and stupid:)!!
cemil1 3 years ago
The pilot is a god
cks2026611 3 years ago 2
that is a good pilot crap that was close
louis2710 3 years ago
Someone Give That Man A RAISE!!!
harvstrofsorrow 3 years ago
It was a Woman. A 24 year old Lufthansa F/O that landed the plane.
81tibr 3 years ago
pilot is a god....
hooliganeagle84 3 years ago
crazy!
filipinhooBANKS2008 3 years ago
That was close! Great save!
What happened to to the right aileron application? It looks like it was applied after the plane was blown too far to port.
kirkifer 3 years ago 3
smoothy landing?
pietjanhenk 3 years ago
The pilot is a Master!!
pawelfci 3 years ago 2
yeah and fucking lucky to still be alive xD
NLhyperNL 3 years ago
Erm ...no...A strong wind by mother nature....not muslims...
Vhayes1992 3 years ago
Oh. I guess it was some English-speaking (probably Americans) sucking soooo much that that poor plane fell nearly out of the sky.
bergloewe78 3 years ago
And some muslims took away the propellers and installed jet-engines. In the air. Yes. That's true!!! It was in the media! Really!
bergloewe78 3 years ago
YEAH, muslims brought the wind! you are crazy
89031NV 3 years ago
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FFDepees 3 years ago
No wonder he almost crashed,his propelers have dropped off.
rusian1220 3 years ago 2
O.o right
wtfisthis1989 3 years ago
idiot it a jet!!!!!
flimbisquikie 3 years ago
yeah right. the a 320 has propellers: zero
89031NV 3 years ago
Everything with the approach was great, just that gust just before touch down really caught everyone i think.
walshy3000 3 years ago
Erm ...no...A strong wind by mother nature....not muslims...
siwoc 3 years ago 3
he saved it i would fly with that pilot an day
Solarfi 3 years ago 5
Bet the shuttle would not land in those conditions
windrivercountrykid 3 years ago
I live in Hamburg within the approach area of rw 33 which was the alternative to rw 23 the airbus was trying to land first. From my house I could see that almost every plane was shaking really heavy - so the mess could have been happened anyway. Thank God all went out well!
palmerfranklin 3 years ago
ahh yes, and they landed on the other runway. without any problem
Lacud 3 years ago
they got an unexpected windburst under their right wing, so no pilot error or what else they say in the media, despite the fact that in such a weather situation, the Captain must perform the landing, not the younger first officer.
They were lucky the engines were not on idle...
Lacud 3 years ago
In the news said that the woman co pilot averted the accident. To me, nearly causing damage, because when touch the main train on the runway, not crush the plane, allowing the wind to lift his right wing ... There starting the incident. Thank God it was only that.
CharlyHeredia 3 years ago
that was my dad flying that air plane but he sayed ther was a great tale wind so it mad him go left right
imkewlneo 3 years ago
¥T
MISTAFIEDONEEIGHTSEV 3 years ago
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the pilot is a lil bit stupid...;-)
peanutbutter115 3 years ago
what really happened:
the young female co-pilot flew this plane until the wing touched the ground THEN the captain took over and prevented a crash!
diebelx 3 years ago
well it sounds weird that a woman nearly made a crash and the man prevented it, but it is a matter of fact. (source: german newspapers)
myztic123 3 years ago
how did they land the second time? the wheels must have been smashed?
Rattnuff 3 years ago
pilot made a damn good recovery
Zaarin2007 3 years ago 2
Questo è un pilota di altissimo livello che riesce a mantenere in volo l'aereo piu' grosso del mondo con quel vento da record in germania
surio81 3 years ago
Screw being on that plane. How many people craped themselves :O good pilot though and being a gamer I think strafing shouldn't be advised when you tryin to land a huge plane like that.
meglomaniac666 3 years ago
METAR was: EDDH 011220Z 29028G48KT 9000 -SHRA FEW011 BKN014 07/05 Q0984 TEMPO 29035G55KT 4000 SHRA BKN008
Thanks for the METAR! I suppose they tried to land in 33, didn't they? Or it was in 23? Just to know where it was. With that info we'll be able to know what was the gusty crosswind component and know if they were out of limits. Any of you are an Airbus pilot. Think that Fly by wire works differently than the Flight Controls for a Boeing, for example. They do not recommend BIG CONTROL INPUTS!
osanmiguel 3 years ago
Oh I misunderstood... I thought you implied that it's dangerous to fly. I see I was in error. You're point was that stuff like this happens often and is not that big of a deal?
I agree... I've landed in SF plenty of times and we get some good wind too. It's just what we deal with.
Papachair 3 years ago
wow they're showing this alot arent they... i thought i'd seen this video along time ago but apparently this just happened recently hmmm
Myview246 3 years ago
cochranexyz, don't you understand that it's even more likely that something terrible will happen if you drive.... anywhere.
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sullay1990 3 years ago
hasn tokin no sense at all! who does he think he is? pro pilot? it was obvious, crosswind was to blame.
mojorossi 3 years ago
"Dat ging beinah' in de Hose!"
Oh je, der hamburger Dialekt ist schon brilliant x)
misswaikiki 3 years ago 2
yo, find' ich auch. Brilliant, ich versteh's sogar in der Schweiz :-)
crossbike 3 years ago
But you know that there was a hurricane, don't you?
misswaikiki 3 years ago
this pilot deserved an award he saves a plane and the passengers for cm
gomex12 3 years ago 7
he was 39 Years old, the co-pilot was 24.
imagine that! :O
misswaikiki 3 years ago
Lufthansa's dry cleaners will have been busy.
May not have left skid marks on the runway but guarantee more than a few left in the flight deck and passenger cabin. Pucker factor 8.5+
inversboy 3 years ago
This near-crash is a typical pilot´s fault - it has nothing to do with gusts!
After pushing the left rudder to align the aircraft with the runway before touchdown, the right wing accelerates and produces more lift with a fatal consequence!
Hasn767 3 years ago
The pilot did an excellent job of not crashing and killing every one. The 160 MPH winds pushed the wing. Hasn has no idea what he's talking about.
AVHER 3 years ago 3
i used to be a flight attendant, and i know that i would have been scared as sh*t...especially taking off again for another go around.
nycsky38 3 years ago
160MPH winds ????????????????
METAR was: EDDH 011220Z 29028G48KT 9000 -SHRA FEW011 BKN014 07/05 Q0984 TEMPO 29035G55KT 4000 SHRA BKN008
Do you know what you´re talking about?
Hasn767 3 years ago
As a pilot I have landed in 40kt winds and on Saturday had a 20KT 90 degree cross wind. That 150 MPH had me calling BS (Blowing Snow). I was going to look up the actual observed weather. I imagine it was a bigger gust than 55kt that hit the plane over the numbers, but definitely not 150 and 100 seem highly unlikely, still a BIG wind, full rudder wasn't enough.
ComDesignsID 3 years ago
Well, the point is that he saved the plane and all the lives. It could be said that it was pilot's error if the thing crashed but it didn't.
BudgieOwner07 3 years ago
To crab the aircraft in at that angle isn't unacceptable in itself. The problem is that to correct the angle just before touchdown you have do kick in a lot of left rudder. School boy stuff that we all know is that the secondary effect of this (yaw) is roll (to the left). In this case with such a significant crosswind the right wing is then pitched up into the crosswind resulting in the loss of height and significant movement to the left.
davebruhl 3 years ago
I think he did an absolutely incredible job of recovering from a landing he never should have attempted in the first place (notice the crab angle he was maintaining on final). I understand he had a more favorable runway available? Maybe he should have used it, rather than trying something that almost ended in tragedy.
petewenk 3 years ago
Any of you here making these comments Air Carrier pilots. Be careful when judging!
captwafer123 3 years ago
I was for 7 years.
mikesblack 3 years ago
All airplanes have a max cross wind limit set by the manufacturer. The airline would reduce that limit also. The winds were gusty with gust most probably exceeding those limits. Even with the correct technique, staying centered down the centerline and dipping the wing, kicking the rudder would have made for a near impossible landing. I would have diverted. Scary!! and Irresponsible!!
mikesblack 3 years ago
I wonder if the pilot(s) even broke a sweat during this.
I always wonder if pilots are struggling in the cockpit when flying in heavy turbulence.
ErasmusIII 3 years ago
Indeed - it's quite shocking that he didn't abort. I found Lufthansa's claim that the wingtip strike was due to a 'sudden gust' rather amusing. It looks like he gets a little gust on flare, but the real problem is that he kicks the rudder to straighten for the flare and forgets the second flying lesson he ever had .. the secondary effect of left rudder will be a left roll. I doubt the aviation authorities or the airline's chief pilot will miss that point.
AusFlip 3 years ago
that was more than just a roll from left rudder at the last second. There was clearly an enormous gust just as he did it. it was pretty much the most unfortunate perfect timing there could have been.
crazysox 3 years ago
didnt come down heavy enough, wind blowing him all over the place..maybe flight plan was for better weather landing
Deed333 3 years ago
damn how scary must it have been to be onboard while that was happening
i actually know whats happenin aerodynamically since ive been taking aerospace classes the last 3 years
yay me
masterShake32891 3 years ago
halt ichs aus... aber so quer hätt ich gar nicht erst angefangen zu landen!
tachy001 3 years ago
A normal landing is a result of getting the plane close to the runway and reducing then airspeed until the plane stops flying and drops onto the runway. Gusting winds push the plane around while also oscillating its airspeed above/below stall speed. Very dangerous but it appears to me the plane was too high/steep when the the touchdown was attempted, probably due to the gusting wind. The pilot may be a good pilot, but he was certainly lucky. He should have aborted earlier.
MySetDancer1 3 years ago 3