Hugh 0ne Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 ...don't watch this: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/03...lane/index.html That's pretty intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I was just about to post this. It was windier than sh|t here yesterday--I can't believe they had planes trying to land in the weather we had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Oh man... I bet there were a lot of soiled pants to change after that flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Runt Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 F-ckin' A that was intense for sure. I'm surprised as hell that the plane took back off with the pilot not knowing what kind of damage might have been done to the wings. But in the pilot's mind, the alternative was probably a crash right there on the ground. Tough situation to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Pretty scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Flying to Europe tomorrow night. Gotta admire both the pilot and the plane though - fast decision to boot it back into the air when it looked like it might drift off the runway then an immediate response from the machine itself. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Flying to Europe tomorrow night. Did you run out of communism and need a refill? Have a safe trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puddy Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Glad I didn't see this yesterday. I just landed 8 hours ago in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinatieri Is God Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Great save by the pilot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 (edited) I'm still waiting for a logical explanation to the fact that they tried to land a plane with 131 passengers on board with winds of 155 MPH. That is completely insane. Edited March 3, 2008 by Hugh 0ne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Runt Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 I'm still waiting for a logical explanation to the fact that they tried to land a plane with 131 passengers on board with winds of 155MPH. Are you serious? 155mph winds??? Isn't that like tornado - level winds? Holy dogsh-t Batman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0ne Posted March 3, 2008 Author Share Posted March 3, 2008 Are you serious? 155mph winds??? Isn't that like tornado - level winds? Holy dogsh-t Batman. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080303/ap_on_...rough_landing_1 Airline spokesman Wolfgang Weber said the plane was rocked by wind clocked at 155 mph as it tried to land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Wow - that pilot had his hands full for sure. It's pretty fun to power slide in a car, but it must suck in an airplane to feel your ass-end slide out from under you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggieFries Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Are you serious? 155mph winds??? Isn't that like tornado - level winds? Holy dogsh-t Batman. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080303/ap_on_...rough_landing_1 That's gotta be a type-o. Them thar's cat 5 hurricane winds. All airports shut down at cat 1 or 2 (possibly even tropical storm winds) down here. If I was that pilot I think I would have been a little pissed that I wasn't diverted to an airport a tad less "breezy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 The way that plane was going in almost sideways...I've landed in a small commuter plane like that and I've told people for years how after it touches down the plane almost jerks straight just like that did....scary poopy indeed. I couldn't imagine what that was like in a large commercial jet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codwagon Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 That's gotta be a type-o. Them thar's cat 5 hurricane winds. All airports shut down at cat 1 or 2 (possibly even tropical storm winds) down here. If I was that pilot I think I would have been a little pissed that I wasn't diverted to an airport a tad less "breezy". Although the winds were the result of a hurricane remnant, it looks like the media may have been interchaging miles for kilometers. That still means that winds were approaching 100 mph though. VIENNA: A winter storm with winds of more than 150km/h cut a swath of destruction across Europe from Britain to the Czech Republic, killing at least nine people. In Europe, where the storm was named Hurricane Emma, airports were shut, transport networks were snarled and power lines cut. In The Netherlands, the storm delayed planes at Schiphol international airport in Amsterdam. The dikes that keep the North Sea from flooding much of the country were being watched because of high water levels, Radio Netherlands reported. In Germany, trains were delayed by uprooted trees and an intercity express collided with a fallen tree between the cities of Cologne and Koblenz, injuring the driver. Nearly 130 flights to or from Frankfurt airport were either cancelled or diverted, when the storm, packing winds of between 155km/h and 180km/h lashed parts of central Europe. The storms left a mounting death toll across the region. Austrian media reported that four people had died as a result of the storm, three of them foreigners on holiday. In the Czech Republic, an 11-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree north of Prague, and flying metal sheets struck and killed an 80-year-old priest in a town east of the central European country's capital. Europe began feeling the effects of Emma late on Friday night, local time, according to Germany's national weather service. German authorities were urging residents to stay indoors until the worst of the storm had passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 i wouldve either shat all over myself or had a heart attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 I'm still waiting for a logical explanation to the fact that they tried to land a plane with 131 passengers on board with winds of 155 MPH. That is completely insane. The angle (yaw) of that plane was unreal, but I had a similar landing on a turbo-jet flight many years ago. I'm looking out the side window and I see the middle of the runway! 155Kph = 96.255 Mph. Still too strong to land IMHO! Scary chit, and that pilot should get a raise and a medal for what he did. According to what I heard/read, he circled and successfully landed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 i wouldve either shat all over myself or had a heart attack. In the words of the immortal Bill Cosby: "First you say it.....then you do it!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 So the pilot finally convinced the tower to not use that runway because of the cross winds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Row Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Did you run out of communism and need a refill? Have a safe trip. i would bet someone got their ass chewed for sending that plane down the runway with the crosswind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robash Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 (edited) here in the Azores we get pretty crazy winds in the winter time....most airforce "heavy" airplanes wont land or take off with more than 40knots of crosswinds....that was frightning to say the least. I'd be willing to bet that the wing wasnt damage much at all with the exception of some minor sheetmetal damage...wings flex alot lol Edited March 4, 2008 by Robash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 That approach wouldn't have gotten to me, but the go back up, circle around and try it again would have. There would simply be something comforting knowing you're CLOSE to the ground and being sketchy rather than gaining altitude and STILL being sketchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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