Kenya Airways 777 Landing at London Heathrow

KQ104 landing into London Heathrow at 17:50 local from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International on 15th July 2011. Boeing 777-200ER. Aircraft Reg 5Y-KQU.

A windy approach and lots of adjustments made by the cockpit crew on finals - it was hard to keep the camera still so my apologies for the unstable picture! The wind caught the aircraft on the flare making the main gear touchdown quite firmly (potentially caused by an over adjustment from the flight crew on the flare, although I can't be certain). Some heavy breaking also.

Filmed using my iPhone 4, airplane mode enabled.

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[kenyajin]

did they deploy the reverse thrusters fully?

[samueldethierry]

@kenyajin Yes I believe so, however because I was sitting towards the front of the aircraft the noise from the reverse thrusters is substantially less than if you are sitting nearer the wing!

[giddi2000]

nice landing

[GilgilKenya]

Brings back memories.

[ritzig33]

...this is a nice vid. thanks a lot!

[ColdOlivia]

Thank you..great job