747 Landing in St. Maarten during a Hurricane

Corsair 747-400 Landing Maho Beach SXM During Hurricane Dean

The big daddy approaching Maho Beach on a warm August afternoon. It's windy because the outer bands of Hurricane Dean were just beginning. Later the winds were 090 at 30 knots gusting to 39, according to the ATC we heard at sunset beach bar

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• Dean

[disastertom]

that has got to be the sunniest day I've ever seen during a hurricane!

[Choolboy72]

@disastertom do you live in hole?

[JWI01]

It's the eye of the storm.

[kenzo1708]

bullshit time waster

[MachoCain]

@shug6868 LOL ! I think he wants to "see" a hurricane... ha ha ha ...

[newbeefly]

That was the driest, sunshine hurricane I have ever seen.

[jessecruzu]

Where is the hurricane?

[747lolman]

I thoght you where on a plane and that plane was about ot hit you for a secend

[baseball10182]

must be in the eye of the hurricane..

[VIPBaller]

That's one strong hurricane there.

[SangsungMeansToCome]

The Boeing is landing almost directly into the wind, it's 090 at 30. He's using runway 09 (now changed to 10). That's probably why it looks like a normal landing. If this had been crosswind, he would have had to divert.