A380 Landing in 100KMH crosswinds

[Discomark]

強風着陸　A380 JUMP! SUPER LANDING NRT BASE THAI AIRWAYS! - YouTube

Close call and the landing gear would need a good inspection after this landing.
Should they have aborted and landed elsewhere is the question.

[robbotd5]

Yep, a brown undies moment for all on board.
Regards
Robbo

[justinc]

Checkout the Wing flex!:twisted::D


JC

[Sitec]

The stress on those wheels and the landing gear must have been huge! Undies moment... I'm thinking he's lucky to have come out of that!!

[Disco Muppet]

Now that's what I call Tokyo drift.

[isuzurover]

I had a similar landing in Guatemala once...

[sheerluck]

I had a similar landing in Guatemala once...

Probably not in an A380 though!

[stallie]

I hate monday morning quarterbacking and I'm not saying for a minute that my landings are any better :D ... but there is a definite aileron movement in the flare which would roll the aircraft to the right (drop the right wing). Freeze frame at 1:35-1:37 you can see the control surfaces move mid way down the wing. The rudder is being used to kick it straight which can raise the upwind wing.

A bit hard to judge though from side on, but the wing drop could well be pilot induced in trying to override the expected upwind wing rise.

[isuzurover]

Probably not in an A380 though!

767

[sheerluck]

767

I had one in a 747 landing at Heathrow a couple of years ago. The wind switched direction from being at about 1 o'clock to directly behind (so came the explanation over the tannoy), the plane rocked violently, swayed from side to side, bounced one wheel off the tarmac, and then the pilot aborted and performed a go-around.

[JDNSW]

Saw a very similar performance at Canberra with a 737 quite a few years ago (1990s I think)- wingtip missed the ground by (guessed) less than a metre. As many of you will know, there is only one long runway there, so airline jets have to use it regardless of wind direction and strength.

John

[VladTepes]

There may only be one runway but surely it an be used in both directions... ???

[ramblingboy42]

I watched it twice and it appears to be totally controlled all the way.....the aircraft are very strong.....it didn't crash down.....it was flown down.....I feel the pilots did very well.

[Bushie]

27.4m/s is around 51knots which was the maximum that Airbus encountered during their type certification trials. The aircaft had been sized (wing dihedral etc) to avoid engine contact at 40knots.

When I first watched the video I thought it would have been outside their operating parameters.

A380 (http://www.amgroupes.fr/admin/compte_rendus/446_compte_rendu.pdf)

A380 (http://www.google.com.au/url'sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CFMQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aci.aero%2Fmedia%2Fb9137bb7-a2de-405f-8eb9-be0013515e96%2FAbout%2520ACI%2FPriorities%2FTechni cal%2520Issues%2FCommon%2520Agreement%2520Document %2520-%2520AACG%2FAppendix-3-AACG_pdf&ei=5-qNUZGVFKaiiAeWioG4Cg&usg=AFQjCNHTRFQSQsYskq2wZf4YuLM1VEtr2g&sig2=Ud7s3x1rwzDKCpRU7HhEig&bvm=bv.46340616,d.aGc&cad=rja)



Martyn‎

[d3syd]

Yikes! I always get a feeling that there is a certain "cowboy" element in the pilots of some of these Asian airlines.....

The latest JACDEC airline safety rankings has Thai at #53 out of 60.

http://www.jacdec.de/jacdec_safety_ranking_2012.htm

Interesting thing about the list is you have China Airlines last, but Hainan Airlines (a regional Chinese airline from Hainan Island) at #8..

[Slunnie]

Looked good to me. That's how Air CAAC (china) put them down on a still day. :D

[sheerluck]

Looked good to me. That's how Air CAAC (china) put them down on a still day. :D

Worst airline I've flown with, the domestic service is worse still.