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Plane Scrapes Runway

Man! I saw that on the news just a few ago, and I thought........" I bet there were a lot of passengers changing their drawers after going to baggage claim."

Edit to add: Props to the pilot for saving what would have been a terrible disaster.
 
I was watching this at work today, and all I can say is that I was glad I was watching it on TV and not first hand.
B

edit: for stupidity
 
I caught that on the news earlier tonight. Damn! I wonder how many people on board needed to change their underwear after that. I've had landings where the wings were flapping like birds wings from bouncing up and down due to turbulence, but never anything like that. Again - DAMN! And more importantly, what official authorized the landing attempt in crosswinds like that?
 
gtadroptop said:
And more importantly, what official authorized the landing attempt in crosswinds like that?
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That's exactly what I was thinking the whole time. Props to the pilot for pulling off the landing. They should have:

1.) Delayed the flight.

2.) Landed at a different airport.

3.) Scrapped the flight and handed out refunds.
 
My goodness what a save. My dad flies a TON for business...it's comforting that there are pilots out there skilled enough to correct things like that...wow.
 
Definitely Big Kudos to the pilot.

There's just no substitute for good old fashioned experience.
 
I do about 100K air miles a year for my job, however if I would have been on that flight it would have been my last flight. EVER.

Lou
 
google.com said:
gtadroptop said:
And more importantly, what official authorized the landing attempt in crosswinds like that?
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That's exactly what I was thinking the whole time. Props to the pilot for pulling off the landing. They should have:

1.) Delayed the flight.

2.) Landed at a different airport.

3.) Scrapped the flight and handed out refunds.
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Because of the lengths and distances of most flights and the fact that the flight plans and weather are prepared by a central office, I doubt the pilot even knew the winds were going to be that bad. You could see the wind drift even with that much correction. When he kicked it straight with rudder he needed far more than the autopilot would allow I'm sure. The Airbus is a fly-by-wire plane, that I'm sure in this case reacted differently than the pilot expected. Still though, great job saving it, and I'll bet he came around for second attempt for a full stop.

Nick
 
npedersen said:
Because of the lengths and distances of most flights and the fact that the flight plans and weather are prepared by a central office, I doubt the pilot even knew the winds were going to be that bad. You could see the wind drift even with that much correction. When he kicked it straight with rudder he needed far more than the autopilot would allow I'm sure. The Airbus is a fly-by-wire plane, that I'm sure in this case reacted differently than the pilot expected. Still though, great job saving it, and I'll bet he came around for second attempt for a full stop.

Nick
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But wouldn't the local air traffic controllers be directing the plane? If they knew there were potentially dangerous crosswinds, wouldn't they be able to warn off or redirect the plane to a different airport?
 
just watching that makes me not want to get into a plane. im kinda sorry i opened that.
:0 :sits in corner crying:
 
Wow, props to the pilot. But why in the world did they attempt a landing in those conditions? Maybe there's more to the story...
 
We had a hurricane here in Germany this weekend... and the plane got caught in a crosswind.

After the close call, he landed the plane on a different runway with a different wind direction.

I would have cancelled my flight as soon as I heard the weather report.
 
These types of landings are done everyday. The plane scraped most likely from overcorrection from either the pilot or the autopilot. ATC only gives wind direction and speed. It is up to the pilot to make a determination based off the information. I'm sure it was just more than he thought or a sudden gust that through him for a loop.

Still, I would need to see some info on the conditions, there could have been wind sheer or sudden gusts that made it so difficult, and look worse than it did. I've done crosswind landings that it seemed I didn't have enough rudder to correct. So I did a landing like he attempted, start with wind correction angle on the upwind side and correct straight at the last second. If you wait to long you can over correct while in ground effect and float like he did, or you risk side load landing that can break the gear.

I'm sure he came around and landed just fine, oh it could have been the captain letting the right seat guy get some experience also, realized it was not going in their favor and took over causing the over correction and wing strike, go around and try it again.

Just my thoughts,

Nick
 
npedersen said:
These types of landings are done everyday. The plane scraped most likely from overcorrection from either the pilot or the autopilot. ATC only gives wind direction and speed. It is up to the pilot to make a determination based off the information. I'm sure it was just more than he thought or a sudden gust that through him for a loop.

Still, I would need to see some info on the conditions, there could have been wind sheer or sudden gusts that made it so difficult, and look worse than it did. I've done crosswind landings that it seemed I didn't have enough rudder to correct. So I did a landing like he attempted, start with wind correction angle on the upwind side and correct straight at the last second. If you wait to long you can over correct while in ground effect and float like he did, or you risk side load landing that can break the gear.

I'm sure he came around and landed just fine, oh it could have been the captain letting the right seat guy get some experience also, realized it was not going in their favor and took over causing the over correction and wing strike, go around and try it again.

Just my thoughts,

Nick
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If the pilot decided to give the right seat guy some experiance during a hurricane... hes an idiot.
 
winds were horrible I was on vacation in that area when the hurricane came on the coast of the baltic sea. every time we go on vacation something happens last me and my wife took a vacation together sept 11th happened.
 
Wurm said:
npedersen said:
These types of landings are done everyday. The plane scraped most likely from overcorrection from either the pilot or the autopilot. ATC only gives wind direction and speed. It is up to the pilot to make a determination based off the information. I'm sure it was just more than he thought or a sudden gust that through him for a loop.

Still, I would need to see some info on the conditions, there could have been wind sheer or sudden gusts that made it so difficult, and look worse than it did. I've done crosswind landings that it seemed I didn't have enough rudder to correct. So I did a landing like he attempted, start with wind correction angle on the upwind side and correct straight at the last second. If you wait to long you can over correct while in ground effect and float like he did, or you risk side load landing that can break the gear.

I'm sure he came around and landed just fine, oh it could have been the captain letting the right seat guy get some experience also, realized it was not going in their favor and took over causing the over correction and wing strike, go around and try it again.

Just my thoughts,

Nick
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If the pilot decided to give the right seat guy some experiance during a hurricane... hes an idiot.
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Agree totally.
 
Double D said:
winds were horrible I was on vacation in that area when the hurricane came on the coast of the baltic sea. every time we go on vacation something happens last me and my wife took a vacation together sept 11th happened.
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Thats it Dale, your officially no longer allowed to take vacation.

Ever again. :sign:
 
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