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Don't watch if you are already nervous when flying....
Level42:
[youtube]http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=usHuqPq7g5w[/youtube]
I hope the pilots got sacked and taken their permit......
Level42:
Ooppssssss, wrong section.....was meant for Everything else.....of course:D
patrickl:
I saw this a few days ago on tv and the reporter claimed that the pilot actually saved the aircraft when it was hit by a sudden gust of wind.
I tried to "land" a plane myself once and I was amazed how sideways I had to fly to stay on course. But then on the small airfield where I was landing they had only one runway. You would expect they'd have a better aligned runway for these big planes.
Level42:
You mean pointed to the wind.... ? Not all airports have a set-up like f.i. Schiphol....if there's only 2 runways, this happens. It's not uncommon to land with cross-winds. Planes are allowed to a certain angle landing, and I've read that the computers are programmed to do landings like that. They test with even much worse cross-winds, but as far as I've seen them on youtube, those are _steady_ winds...in deserts etc. A storm rarely is rarely steady....
The "trick" is to maintain the angle and then do a quick turn just over the first part of the runway and then touchdown. The thing going wrong here is the gust that drops the right wing by a good deal....then it turns right too much. It also looks to me that he's too high over the runway start...but I'm not a pilot :)
I read the 39 year old captain let the 24 (!!!) year old co-pilot do the landing. Would have been OK in somewhat more normal situation, but this was the heavy storm from last weekend !!!
It said the captain took over to do the re-take off.......
patrickl:
--- Quote from: Level42 on March 06, 2008, 06:40:01 pm ---The "trick" is to maintain the angle and then do a quick turn just over the first part of the runway and then touchdown.
--- End quote ---
Yeah that's what I was trying to do too. I tried a flying lesson from Lelystad airport once. Luckily the instructor actually landed the plane. I'm pretty sure I would have wrecked it :P He let me fly pretty close to the ground though. Quite scary.
--- Quote ---I read the 39 year old captain let the 24 (!!!) year old co-pilot do the landing. Would have been OK in somewhat more normal situation, but this was the heavy storm from last weekend !!
--- End quote ---
Ah, just like the Martinair crash on Faro.
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