scary 747 landing

[kokym8]

the pilot did the right thing !!!

he's so good

[ameouchi]

Hey that pilot is good at it.

[MaDahTh]

What? Are you stupid? Its called a cross wind landing idiot!

[seabass0591]

this is ridiculous

what a greatly built plane tho huh?

lots of weight is thrown around

its more than 500 tons (without ppl)

[techy87]

How much training does it take to get that right?

[smallbrady89]

AIRPLANE DRIFT!!!!

[tank2g2]

Definitely Airplane drift

[gadget666]

this isnt a crosswind, the plane needs to approach at that angle because the airport is surrounded by cliffs

[Duncyn]

if you think the approach o this airport requires a FULL cross control slip for normal landing, then i say ,,put your head back down and keep it there till teacher tells you different.

[joaofbi4321]

@gadget666 Their Is Crosswind Because If You Watch Other Kai Tak's Landings The Landing Are Not Like That SO HA!!!!!

[tommygecko]

srry not crosswind its the approach at runway 13 which is difficult

[tommygecko]

This is definitely crosswind cause if a pilot made this mistake, would u think he would even pass the pilot test?

[URSOFUNNYdotCOM]

Actually its called "crabbing" and its the only way a pilot can land with heavy crosswinds. They must fly sideways basically.

[gadget666]

if you look closely at 13 seconds you can see sparks come off the far left engie as it hits the ground.

[Grodinz]

its not pilot mistake, all pilots had to do it like that on the airport.

[mubd]

If you saw closely, the left engine IS touching the ground

[jbo777]

This is not due to cross wind. This is a pilot mistake, who missed the axis and had to correct. He took a massive risk, the jumbo was banking and one of the left engines about to hit the runway. It happened several time there... ANyway well done, the recovery was amazingly a success and it shows how limited time to think pilots have in such situation... Abort or continue landing? He chose nb 2...

[gadget666]

this wasnt windshear, this was the approach vector needed to get into this airfield

[pineappleboy1]

perfectly normal landing for hong kong due to the surrounding terrain. luckily theyve closed that airport now and the new one is much safer!

[FiRese7eN]

I love these landings.. a part in me always wants to see it go wrong >:)

[arfadog]

How did they ever get the smell out of the cabin?

[badassmofo2]

By shoving your fat mum in there.

[philphish]

hahahaha yeah man

[fopstra]

Look at the left engine nearly scratching the ground.

[thecanadianredneck]

it wasn't a crosswind landing or a mistake, thats the approach pattern thats needed to get to that airport. It's somewhere in Hong Kong, i thought it was Hong Kong Intl, but i'm not completely sure.

[gadget666]

kai tak international, this airport is now closed

[shg327]

I'm not sure that that is a display of skill, my guess is he pulled that off with more luck than skill. Hopefully some more pilots will chime in with their opinions.

[8479341441]

i can do that lol

[gadget666]

yeah right

[megakirby2003]

damn thats some sick pilot skills

[jonbee1982]

Korean Air what a suprise.... bad saftey record although getting better but Ill never fly with them, they had some problems before with pilots

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K­orean_Air#Safety_Record

[TWCobra]

Peter, no it wasn't a normal landing. There was hardly any crosswind, the pilot screwed up the turn on to final and didn't go around. I used to fly 747's.

[Petertjuhh]

just an anather kai thak landing it is VERY NORMAL to land there like this the pilots aroind the world have no other choise

[popomunkee]

Mad skills on that KOREAN pilot! Gotta be the best.

[Matty231]

That must of been some hard windshear.

[EvOluTiOn91]

that pilot should have gone around, i mean holy shit!

[Virga]

Not really crosswind, the windsock indicates about 3-4 knots.

[vxracing10]

Cloudedfuture89 - I know that what i look like when i try to landing lol!

[CloudedFuture89]

Heh, looks like me when i play flight simulator. :P

[EvOluTiOn91]

I'm confused........ was that runway 10?! Because if it was 10 the angle of the plane should have had the nose facing the camera (from the south where the localizer is) but instead it looks like he was coming from the north which is not a standard operation. what's going on here?!

[geebner]

This was to runway 13. The IGS approach was almost 90 degrees off the runway heading that required a quick right turn to final because of mountains to the north. This runway was notorious for overshoots and bad landings.

[meggark]

try landing a flexwing in a crosswing...

I think thats that old airport in Hong Kong that's now been closed, one of the most awkward and challenging approaches there is. Could be wrong though

[losemybreath]

best landing i ever seen. such a damn great job

[johnnyfast640]

that is why pilots get the big bucks.

[mbslrm]

Wow.