A320 lufthansa nearly crashed during crosswind approach

[lohphat]

The approach was not stabilized. He was rolling on short final and way too high. Also, he kicked the rudder over before the mains were down and spoilers applied; by kicking the rudder over too soon he caused the crosswind to get under the right wing and start to turn the plane. He/She made the better call to balk and go around once it was clear that it was past the point of salvage. THIS is why we have recurrent pilot training -- they are NOT overpaid bus drivers.

[brewy1973]

that is why i hate flying

[Salad107]

It's so super stupid to let a plane land in some scary conditions. I think ATC was an idiot and the pilot also, because he (or she, heard it was her,woman) shouldn't accept directions from ATC. Weird, really. This wind could have killed them...

[kochmarby]

pilots - super professionals..

[gettubin]

WWWREE

[caco1953]

En el archipielago quizas faltó la decisión de no rehusar y tirarse como sea no mas

[balmaceda191]

Si lo que paso en el archipielago fue algo parecido a esto, ufffff "sin comentarios"

[RBChoman]

Amazing. Check the winds, online, is a good and easy thing to do before taking an airplane. Just to have your own criteria.

[Slasherzza]

Oh my goodness, that's insane. Don't know how I'd cope in that kind of xwind. I agree with whoever says Lufthansa or whoever are bloody at fault for that landing, not the pilot. As the old adage goes, the inexperienced pilot is still flying in bad weather, the experienced pilot is returning to the airfield and the most experienced is on the ground. Poor bloke, lucky for the passengers that he made the right call. Good on him. :)

[TheFlyingDoll]

Wow! that pilot is awesome!! Crosswind landings are crazy, been in a few myself! A good pilot knows when to do the go-around like this guy!!

[MacrophileWolf]

AMAZING PILOT!!!!!!

Although he didnt land the plane.

BUT HE SAVED THE PLANE AND THE PASSENGERS.

[Alexvideoclip]

@MacrophileWolf and his job

[ntountoukis]

Oh my dear Lord!Holly mother!!!I almost cry out!!!

[fuck4freei]

well if not touched it, was milimeters long to do it

[kubatova1]

and the worst part is, you pay a shit load of money to Lufthansa, for being taken at risk like this. Come on these pilots are moroons. Never again Lufthansa. This company is a shame to the airline industry ...

[bbelilovsky]

@kubatova1 What does it have to do with the pilots? If anyone is at fault for launching a flight in those conditions it's the people who are responsible for planning the flight. The pilots have little to nothing to do with that, and in this case the pilot tried his best to land this, and when he saw he can't he went for a second run, like every regular pilot would do.

[TheFlyingDoll]

@bbelilovsky

Not the case at all, any moron knows the weather is erratic and can change from the time you plan and take off to when you land, this is why pilots are regularly tested for this. Pilot is awesome! Say no more!

[cipmars]

@MARMARR1 Isn't landing in thik kind of conditions forbidden?

[iZafTouch4G]

thats how i first tried to land a plane on gta san andreas

[TheMaxtractor]

@iZafTouch4G me too:)

[an49ocean]

German authorities have discovered that after the the landing gears of the plane touched the ground the plane computer switched into "non-flight" mode.

The pilots where not able to make the right manoeuvres for about three seconds until they switch manually to an emergency-mode, that is why they couldn't avoid that touch with their wing. Airbus is updating now in his software ;-)

[MKhsv]

translation:

A: that almost ended up in a disaster

B: you know what, I think they will close the airport soon

A: think so too...

B: have you seen that? the wing must have touched the ground in my opinion?!

A: yes it really looked like it did

[logitechbreath10]

the guys there were so lucky god and the pilot were there to help.hats off.

[mharrop396]

bad thing about goin around is it may not be any better the 2nd time.....

[MisterHowzat]

@mharrop396 You know, what you say sounds clever. For just about one fifth of a second. It may or may not be better the 2nd time, who knows? but it sure was not a good idea to land that time.

[rogati1000]

Some pilotsgreat.

[kralc93]

their going around.

[sas945]

Im not sure, but if that plane was a boeing 737-800, would the engine hit the runway?

Credz to the pilot who manged to avoid a disaster.

[drrajbir1964]

KUDOS TO THE EFFORTS OF PILOTS . HATS OFF TO THE SPIRIT OF PILOTS

[levend98]

god saved them

[7070legend]

@levend98 no shithead,it was training and practice on the part of a REAL person that made that happen not some invisible sky spook,give all the credit to the person actually flying it,,,good grief,when will you jesus freaks learn?

[alexalex939]

that is 1 bad ass pilot there boy 

[atco10]

FUCKING ADVERTS



[FoulOwl]

@TomUytterhoeven What in the hell are you talking about fuckhole?All I said was he should have aborted earlier.So, cockhole smartass what about my comment below is "know it all"...fuck you.

[spikonaleash]

hooolyy shit dude, the left wing touched

[GERMANLOVER7000]

NO MATTER WHAT...LUFTHANSA STILL THE NUMBER ONE AIRLINE IN THE WORLD...

[siLentks]

in german newpapers was said that a unexpiereinced female copilot was trying to land and the other pilot was saving the plane from crashing then

[FoulOwl]

I never get tired of watching this.He never should have tried to put it down though.Should have aborted waaay earlier.Like before he even lowered the gear.

[MisterJihad1990]

This trick with clicking on 0:00 never works to me. ;)

[keichan22]

if i was the passenger inside the plane, i think i will never ever ride a plane anymore

balls of steel to them! and a very good job to the pilot!

[argerami]

I wouldn't say the pilot did such a good job. Part of the problem (besides the conditions, of course) was that the pilot straightened the plane too high on the runway and that was what almost caused him to slam the ground with the left wing.

[takkcertu]

Very scary.

[phoenixon99]

the engine nearly hit the ground too

[IbnKush]

Das war doch in Düssseldorf,oder?

[KaiserFeuerscheisser]

what an adrenalinjunkie this pilot ;-)

[adeemmalik]

nice work by pilot... also who uploaded this video

[emolastik]

omg.. that pilot was so smart saving the others people life ...in the accident of colombia the other pilot diring thnikg that , that's why they had the accident !!!!! that pilot was more smart !...

[MaxVFremen]

Why not using alternate with some better weather conditions?

[JKPGNIELSEN]

Im not flying Lufthansa ever again :-)

[Reaperdoctor]

@JKPGNIELSEN

That wasn't Lufthansa's fault! In fact, this video should encourage you to fly with them. The pilot of that plane had to use a lot of skill to save that plane. Some airline pilots might have been less successful...

[JKPGNIELSEN]

@Reaperdoctor Yeah i know but i looks scary :-)

[skeetereze]

I would have had a heart attack. No kidding. Where did he then land?

[CL747]

Its a german pilot.. :)

[peqanionline]

:A ohhh hiiiii interesting change plan !!!

[Edwardlovesleather]

Damn good flying..damn good

[silverknight1231]

he should have aborted the approach when he realized he missed much length of the runway cause u need some space for braking as well or it would have been the seen similar to air france accident which ran out of room and crashed!!!

[LarQuiz]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahah

[Dynamo9784]

Not sure what the wind direction was but you think runway 33 might have been a better option

[emachines34]

i feel sorry for those passengers, imagine how scared they must have felt when the left wing touched the runway

[manchuk666]

Мудак, раскачал самолет, кто же такие крены на посадке делает?

[Marron077]

good pilot!

[loswaldo666]

You gotta wonder why the airport wasn't closed already. Those conditions look almost cyclonic.

[FioX094]

lol the airport is normaly very calm so...

so think if it would haben the same to New York or London do you think they would close the airport? hm NO

[faizbakshi]

boy why did it get landing permission on the first place..

[jaws981]

the pilot in command can request anything as long as he thinks its safe.

[1000markb]

cool

[yyx316]

AWESOME

[langeminerva]

Wow...

[zuber2002]

superhuman skills!!!

[MrStansted]

SHE did an excellent job! This was in Hamburg, Germany.

[davidlorek]

where is that?

[MisterDirtyWorkz]

Man, he has got some piloting skills for sure !

[danesbenoit]

OMG - this pilot got BALLS OF STEEL

[cycool100]

dude that is this crazyiest tuning and all i nerver seen

[Basti6814]

guter Pilot!

[andre10feb]

He got piloting skill

[djclubforce]

At that Day was the Orcan "Kiril" and they stop the Start and Landing 10 Minutes later ...

[GreenKoldAid]

looks like he stalled coming in :o

[schnor88]

nice!

[hugh738]

I'd hate to have to clean up the mess on that plane after everyone shit themselves

[Rawinho]

@hugh738 lol

[TheJetbus]

this is bad piloting. The pilot should have added more right aileron input as he was pressing on the left rudder, that should keep the airplane from drifting to the left. Another reason to keep that right wing down is not to allow the wind to pick it up like it did in the video and have a possible wing strike on the left side.

[Superseimon]

@TheJetbus

actually an investigation showed that the computer of the airplane switched to "ground mode" as soon as the left wheel accidentely touched down, what supposedly caused the airplane to drift away.

i can't give more details, but i read such an explanation in recent news.

[Superseimon]

@Superseimon

of course that doesn't mean your explanation is incorrect, but the thing with the onboard computer surely made things worse.

[5Cork5]

damn lucky and skilled germans...

[Shiyru]

That's some awesome piloting skills there.

[mawk27]

that's not awesome, that's idiotic piloting skills. He should have aborted the approach much earlier.

[ThankGodForACDC]

Yikes!

[transdrole]

hehe 'winglet'

[JamaicanBalla23]

damn, I wonder how many people pissed themselves.

[kkinski2000]

Apparently it was a software problem. The computer switched to ground mode as soon as the first tire touched the runway. As a result, the pitch elevator unexpectedly did not allow for sufficient counterbalancing for a couple of seconds, until the computer was reset and put back into flight mode by the pilot.

[centrosound]

glad I wasn't on that flight

[smokinjoe11]

thats close...i gues there would b a rush 2 go toilet among pessengers afta that

[kane767]

He should try to land others place..

[blademanx]

fuckin hell lol...why bother landing at that airport wth those winds

[LPdude71789]

damn good job to the pilot for saving that

[daan594]

@LPdude71789 ja dat is waar ja

[alexanyanEVN]

oh my God

[jamesecu]

the wind was way over the max crosswind for the aircraft type, so the captain was crazy to even try it, I dont think he would have still had a job after this got out!

[Rubens77]

awesome pilot! he almost did it!

[PatForFree]

Eins wundert mich aber sehr: Wieso hat der Pilot eingefahrene Flaps? Liegt's vielleicht am Gegenwind?

[jeanfernandes0812]

Brasil! Putzz ;.. o piloto eh mt bom, axo q

tava ventand mt ...

parabenz a ele !!

[Brendanberlingeri]

Thats a pretty good pilot

[LiiTLeKaiserin]

omg

[Kingsmead87]

How many were on board ????

[LASpurs]

Fucking hell, I bet half the passengers (literally) shit themselves!!!

[nimbarkadasa]

looks like something like this could be the cause of the Fed-Ex crash at Narita today (23rd March 09)?

[LASpurs]

Wind was definitely a factor. I saw the video yesterday too, very sad :(

[ianchen886]

agree with grandbosse. TOGA was the right move. could be earlier, though.

[hannahhazlehurst]

thank god i weren't on that plane

[cakedude063]

Glad I wasnt on that flight ...

[grandbosse]

A320 is probably the saftiest plane nowadays....but when it gets windy, there little the pilot can do

[jackal575]

holy shit.. surprised he didnt hit TOGA earlier....

[jackal575]

or she :P

[Gian092]

The pilot of this flight was a woman

[GreekDestination]

This is Larnaca airport!! (Cyprus,Greece!)

watch?v=CCmcVFt8Y7c

[earthfreak94]

its hamburg idiot

[GreekDestination]

Your mum's an idiot,arsehole. Im talking about my video,thickoooo! Duh!

[earthfreak94]

man be cool i thougt you talked about this one sry -.-'

[GreekDestination]

Well dont call me an idiot :P

[chop98]

Yes. Bring out a fresh pair of drawers for all the passengers. This is your captain speaking.

[Abanamat85]

Oh that A320! Always full of surprises!

[yojo619]

faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaack

[Einsatz24]

Brace for impact!

[ranagr8]

fuck me

[billingtonkid]

Nope, Airbus is all fly by wire, there is very little room for error on the Airbus!!

The Boeing however, can be controlled if all else fails, it has a tendancy to glide in response rather than slither like a snake such as the Airbus

[wahlhans]

dat ging beinah in die hose xD

[abadiqaisy123]

try again , its hard to

[SFpwnr]

that.... is one dang good pilot! Not joking.

[blytqb]

glacial blood

[emersonbsfrota]

Caralho esse ai nasceu com a bunda virada para a lua!

[madirishmandy]

now thats scary stuff

[andymizzi]

The pilot made a good attempt to land, but did the right thing by going around.

He was coming in on the centreline, was doing well, but when he touched down the wing on the right had more lift because it was on the side with the wind....causing the plane to bank.

[Tomex13]

What the hell are they doing using a runway like that?! Surely there must be a more into wind one...?

[tynanthomas]

thank god it was an airbus, none other could have reacted as effectively

[semiauto25]

oh c'mon.

[ALM1972]

That is absolute B.S. I've flown in Boeing and Airbus aircraft, I'd say it depends more on the the pilot flying the aircraft, than the aircraft itself.

[alzeNL]

brown trouser moment for sure

[miniman30222]

wow hes a good pilote

[toxaris71]

wow

[TheDogsNutts]

hairy scary..........

[adslparts]

That all looks pretty routine. Just a missed approach

[adslparts]

He /she was way outside the slope. At 100 ft call out I would have declared missed approach. X wind landing are just part of everyday flying..... and yes I fly a turbo prop twin.

[holydoggy123]

call 911

[6SLipoJuice]

Holy Moly!

[RandallFlaggNY]

STRIKER!!! YUR' COMING IN TOO LOW!!!!

[helobelow]

LOL! Roger Roger! You have clearance Clarence. Do you have vector, Victor?

[RandallFlaggNY]

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking coffee.

[helobelow]

LMAO! What a great movie...still a classic!

[MoMoMEGATRON]

Anyone who calls tha pilot "bad" is an imbasile.

A bad pilot would have crashed.

This pilot knew what to do and attempted to land for a second time. He kept his cool in a time of near crisis. If he would have panicked there would have most definitely been a crash.

[8ballbum]

like pilot say any anding you get out alive on is a good landing

[SlickUnit]

dont drink and drive smoke n fly

[thiago497150]

whats the speed of the crosswind?

[ravi008]

good pilot good thinking!

[kenshinvin]

da crosswind dey nasty broda!!!

[teta809]

a bad pilot would've tried to land the plane right their, but a good pilot like him tries to land the plane for a second time

[737go]

good pilot

[aussiestuff]

thats a damn good pilot

[Macinabit]

Normal practice to come in on fnaal approch side on into the wind but this guy had some vortex floating around at the same time by the looks of it, traffic control should have told hime to go around1.

[stananizer]

Imagine the smell in the cabin after THAT.

[nasty0surprise]

lol

[abrahamaiza]

bah...airbus aircrafts are shitty...imagine a a380 on that condition...but they "fly by wire" LOL

[Donz5885]

Boeing 737NG, 777 and 787 series are also fly-by-wire.

[abrahamaiza]

Yeah, but they are not dependant-only on it, airbus training teaches pilots to depend a lot on the fly by wire joystick system...its good, but not in conditions as seen here, were i bet the system was used till the tail back pull LOL.

[Magges89]

passengers said they didnt notice anything like this, only felt the wind.

stupid airport control!

[pega57]

frankfurt to hamburg.. $124

Telling your grandsons and daughers about a really hairraising landing in a scary flight that nearly caused a catastrophy but ended well becasue the pilot did a good job..Priceless

[benq100182]

I like that =)

[rebtima]

shit..that was reaally good job!

[Teedles05]

great

pilot!!!

[explocham]

my uncle was in the plane^^

[CLEMOtheGREAT]

I would loved to have been on that plane (knowing it would be OK in the end!) - Wow did he tell you what it was like on board?

[TwnFlyBoy747]

the "retard retard" annunciation at the end of the flare in Airbus always sounded offensive to me....haha

that's I say "if it's not boeing, I'm not flying!!"

cheers

[uglybettyjd123]

actually,airbus had a better safety record than boeing.u might disagree but just look at it,from the time a320 went into service,, a320 had a better safety record than 737...

[TwnFlyBoy747]

I'm sure you're right, Airbus are built to protect aeroplane from pilot errors, so it tries NOT to give pilots too much freedom.... for example you CANNOT stall an A320, because the computers just won't let you to do that.... it's safe but it's less fun when you have less freedom to actually CONTROL the aeroplane

[emosandknives]

wow didnt know that but isnt it dangerous if the computer malfunctions (depending on what it does to prevent a stall) ?

[boerebroed]

I saw it on TV several times that day: the pilot commented it dry as a very demanding landing.

Cool, TOP and: heroes :o) !!!

A teaching play for all aviation pupils: manage this in a storm of same strength and you're worth your 5-6.000 Euros per month ;o) !

[dissershock]

damn, excellent pilot!

he should get a medal for just that!

[quamarquazi]

great pilot to recover from that

[JerseyNumber19]

who cares they are germans!! lolz..jk...boy that was a close call and you have to give the pilot some credit.

[plsniper]

Why do you say that about Germans? I'm Polish, I should be saying crap about the Germans, but I worked for the airlines for almost 10 years (JFK)and believe me, I got to know people from all over the world. Germans are the nicest people you can deal with. Very pleasant and friendly. The worst ones are Izraeli, French, and some Italian.

[JerseyNumber19]

haha i completely agree with you my polska buddy.. i was just joking...but ehm ehmm yaaa i agree with what you say..plsniper you rock..