Airplane Nearly Crashes at Hamburg Airport on 03/03/2008

[Faust Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Faust]

I would not want to be on this airplaine

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[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

I saw the video on the news yesterday. I would not want to be on board that plane. Wing had scraped the runway, lucky that the pilot was able to take off again with out damage.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

This is a situation (cross winds) that pilots have to train for. A USA commercial pilot said the German pilot did a good job aborting the landing.

[idahodude Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close idahodude]

Wow!

I did have one landing where I felt like we were coming in sideways like that until we landed. Was really scary. Of course, we didn't scrape the runway or anything like that.

[btcctomtb Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close btcctomtb]

Pass the Barf bag please!!!!! That is so Scary

[jericap Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close jericap]

Wow, I'm glad i was not on that plane!
One time we were flying into Cabo and the plane did something like that, I don't believe that severe, the pilot aborted that landing, and came around again without a problem.

[hope54 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close hope54]

It would be a very scary moment for the passangers of the airplane. But I wonder if it is hyperbole to say "almost crash landed". It looks like the pilot was in full control, doing the right stuff to land with heavy crosswinds. He aborted the landing, showing his control.

My DH is a pilot of small planes and the principles are the same.

Marilyn

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

That is the reason many airports have cross runways so they can land without so much cross wind. When I used to fly this was my favorite type of condition for landing. Much easier in a Cessna 152 than a commercial jet.

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

It would be a very scary moment for the passangers of the airplane. But I wonder if it is hyperbole to say "almost crash landed". It looks like the pilot was in full control, doing the right stuff to land with heavy crosswinds. He aborted the landing, showing his control.

My DH is a pilot of small planes and the principles are the same.

Marilyn

She aborted the landing. Pilot was female. (Probably still is, too. I doubt the aborted landing was that traumatic.)

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

The smoothest landing I ever experienced was by a female pilot at Cancun.