Lufthansa tries to land in a storm
03-02-2008, 04:16 PM
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03-02-2008, 06:42 PM
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03-02-2008, 06:44 PM
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He was doing pretty well until he tried to straighten it out right at the end.... guess it was too soon to stop the crabbing.
I've been in some pretty tough cross winds where I had the plane pointed at almost a 45 degree angle to keep a straight line track. Not fun landing in stuff like that.
I've been in some pretty tough cross winds where I had the plane pointed at almost a 45 degree angle to keep a straight line track. Not fun landing in stuff like that.
03-02-2008, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by bdkinnh' post='538863' date='Mar 2 2008, 10:44 PM
He was doing pretty well until he tried to straighten it out right at the end.... guess it was too soon to stop the crabbing.
I've been in some pretty tough cross winds where I had the plane pointed at almost a 45 degree angle to keep a straight line track. Not fun landing in stuff like that.
I've been in some pretty tough cross winds where I had the plane pointed at almost a 45 degree angle to keep a straight line track. Not fun landing in stuff like that.
It looks as if he had it nailed and at the last minute, the wind changed speed on him. I'm betting there were a few soiled undergarments in the passenger cabin as well!
03-03-2008, 12:17 AM
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Looks like he caught a gust at the last moment there... he was heading for a near-perfect crosswind landing until that last second.
03-03-2008, 12:44 AM
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I've been on one such landing attempts (exactly the same situation stormy & pilot missed 2 attempts) . The message from the captain (in a nervous voice) on the intercom was "There is traffic on the runway, nothing to worry about" - Yeah, as if any of the frightened passengers believed that. Of course I was not scared at all 
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. The message from the captain (in a nervous voice) on the intercom was "There is traffic on the runway, nothing to worry about" - Yeah, as if any of the frightened passengers believed that. Of course I was not scared at all .