Serious crosswind landing! - Smart Car of America Forums : Smart Car Forum

**jwight** · 03-03-2008, 02:50 PM

Check this out:

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

Old smart · 03-03-2008, 02:54 PM

Not often when an A320 becomes a "bolter!"

strider63 · 03-03-2008, 03:00 PM

I watched that on the news today, man.
I had experienced something similar to it while landing on a puddle-jumper flight from Denver to Cortez Colorado. Only the pilot did land the sucker.

the link you gave is to slow downloading.

Here is a better one from YouTube

YouTube - Plane landing on heavy wind, almost crashes

**jwight** · 03-03-2008, 04:23 PM

"...the link you gave is to slow downloading."
Starts right up for me.

august8pm · 03-03-2008, 04:50 PM

Wow.... I got goosebumps just watching that. I don't know anything about aviation, but I'm guessing the pilot was pretty good?

Robbie51 · 03-03-2008, 04:56 PM

wow amazing! you always think how big planes are and how they seem so heavy......... that's just.....WoW.

**jwight** · 03-03-2008, 05:49 PM

I believe Lufthansa is giving each passenger a voucher for new underwear!

Smarteq · 03-03-2008, 07:10 PM

The pilot wasn't good. He was an idiot. What the hell was he doing risking the lives of all of those passenger? He should have diverted to his alternate airport. Luckily he landed safely. It could have just as easily gone the other way.

**jwight** · 03-03-2008, 07:27 PM

Yep, 3 on judgment, 10++++ on skill. Still beats being dead, though.

After getting the facts (what a concept), please ignore my "3 on judgment" comment above. The guy did an outstanding job handling the sudden crosswind gust. Bravo!

dbwill · 03-03-2008, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smarteq

The pilot wasn't good. He was an idiot. What the hell was he doing risking the lives of all of those passenger? He should have diverted to his alternate airport. Luckily he landed safely. It could have just as easily gone the other way.

Just the crab angle he had just before he tried to touch down led me to believe that the cross wind component had to be way above the allowable. I assume they still have those limitations on planes today.
Just out of curiosity is that type supposed to be landed in a crab or slip?