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martin · 03-02-2008, 05:55 PM

Almost a crashlanding of an A320 in Hamburg during storm "Emma" on Saturday. Puhhh

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185

Captain Hornblower · 03-02-2008, 06:45 PM

Oh sh###...

vladuna · 03-02-2008, 07:02 PM

Unique video but would not be happy to be sittung in that plane

Munden · 03-04-2008, 04:10 AM

I heard about that on the news, and was going to go look for the video. Thanks for putting it up here so I didn't have to go hunting for it.

Appletom · 03-04-2008, 02:20 PM

In addition to GEH, I also hang out on a few aviation related forums - mostly FlyerTalk.com.

Airplanes can and do land in crosswinds all the time. It's believed that the Lufthansa flight landing in Hamburg had crosswinds of 25 knots, then a 70 knot gust hit just as the wheels were a few feet above the ground. The laws of physics state clearly that the wing pointing towards the wind is going to lift in this situation. Conversely, the opposite wing has to go down.

If you want to see some absolutely unreal crosswind landings, look at the Boeing certification tests as pilots land a 777's and a 747 - http://www.metacafe.com/watch/39256/crosswinds/

GEH4EVR · 03-04-2008, 05:02 PM

From what I can tell, the pilot was mad to try and land in such conditions, And only in todays paper did I find out that the wing actually clipped the ground. That could have been a pretty bad situtation.

sladys · 03-04-2008, 05:21 PM

The latest news from the incident is that it was the 24 year old female co-pilot who flew the plane at landing and not the captain according to the german Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (Federal Flight accident department).

But the captain took over when it allmost crashed and he started up the plane again.

Now they are investigating why the captain did allow the co-pilot to land the plane.

The plane had 131 passengers on board and came from Munich. No one were hurt but many were in shock.

http://www.sat1.de/news/index.php?ac.../news_stories/

Captain Hornblower · 03-04-2008, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GEH4EVR

From what I can tell, the pilot was mad to try and land in such conditions,

The conditions weren't actually the problem, they should have used another runway. They got clearance for the 23, which has a "completed landing system"* and the captain acknowledged. Due to the weather conditions (storm with 11 Beaufort) and the wind direction he should have changed to the 33 (almost towards the wind). This is under investigation too.

However, the best pilots are always on the ground. We weren't in the cockpit to judge them. But my respect to the crew to keep that bird almost undamaged in the air and finally landed it safely.

*maybe McMaster can explain that better

martin · 03-04-2008, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Appletom

If you want to see some absolutely unreal crosswind landings, look at the Boeing certification tests as pilots land a 777's and a 747 - http://www.metacafe.com/watch/39256/crosswinds/

Must be quite a stress for the running gear...

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03-04-2008, 04:10 AM	#4
Munden Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 683	I heard about that on the news, and was going to go look for the video. Thanks for putting it up here so I didn't have to go hunting for it.

03-04-2008, 02:20 PM	#5
Appletom Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 1,050	In addition to GEH, I also hang out on a few aviation related forums - mostly FlyerTalk.com. Airplanes can and do land in crosswinds all the time. It's believed that the Lufthansa flight landing in Hamburg had crosswinds of 25 knots, then a 70 knot gust hit just as the wheels were a few feet above the ground. The laws of physics state clearly that the wing pointing towards the wind is going to lift in this situation. Conversely, the opposite wing has to go down. If you want to see some absolutely unreal crosswind landings, look at the Boeing certification tests as pilots land a 777's and a 747 - http://www.metacafe.com/watch/39256/crosswinds/

03-04-2008, 05:21 PM	#7
sladys Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Horuphav, Denmark Posts: 2,397	The latest news from the incident is that it was the 24 year old female co-pilot who flew the plane at landing and not the captain according to the german Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung (Federal Flight accident department). But the captain took over when it allmost crashed and he started up the plane again. Now they are investigating why the captain did allow the co-pilot to land the plane. The plane had 131 passengers on board and came from Munich. No one were hurt but many were in shock. http://www.sat1.de/news/index.php?ac.../news_stories/