Airbus almost crashed today..

[crockett]

A guy on another forum took this video today, thought I'd post it. The plane was trying to land at Hamburg Germany in a very heavy cross wind. The wing actually hit the ground causing the pilot to abort the landing.

Didn't appear to be any damage to the wing because the plane flew off after aborting. Hell of a job done by the pilot.

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

[Bodhi]

If the wing hit the ground there will be significant damage to it.

[moot]

Nice find.. It's like watching a seagull surf the wind

[Ripsnort]

Wow, great find! Sent to two neighbors (Both are Alaska Airlines jet jockeys)

[Regulator]

Originally posted by crockett
Hell of a job done by the pilot.
 

I can't agree.  If the winds exceeded the aircrafts crosswind limits, he shouldn't have tried to land.  If the crosswind was within the limits, he really shouldn't have hit the wing on the ground.  But I do realize many situations aren't what they would appear from the comfort of an office chair, so I would give him at least some benefit of doubt unless published facts proved otherwise.

[2bighorn]

Originally posted by Regulator
If the crosswind was within the limits, he really shouldn't have hit the wing on the ground.

If you watch video again you'll see he was hit by gust and pushed to the side at the moment he lined up for touch down.

[Regulator]

Originally posted by 2bighorn
If you watch video again you'll see he was hit by gust and pushed to the side at the moment he lined up for touch down.

Looked more to me like he was trying to transition from a crabbed approach to a non-crabbed touchdown and just got behind it.  The Airbus will do fine if you touchdown crabbed, it will come around.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

... and you have how many hours flying an Airbus?

[Regulator]

Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
... and you have how many hours flying an Airbus?

I would venture a guess to say more than you.

[Pooh21]

They are having a storm system over Hamburg right now as that is very heavy wind more then normal.

[Fishu]

There seems to have been a nice weather that day:

EDDH 010950Z 27016G32KT 9000 -SHRA FEW013TCU BKN018 07/05 Q0981 TEMPO 28025G45KT 4000 SHRAGS BKN008CB

EDDH 011220Z 29028G48KT 9000 -SHRA FEW011 BKN014 07/05 Q0984 TEMPO 29035G55KT 4000 SHRA BKN008

EDDH 011420Z 29029G43KT 8000 -SHRA BKN029 07/02 Q0990 TEMPO 30035G55KT

The plane used runway 23. The time of the incident was before 13:55, although it's unclear to me whether it's UTC or local. The local time would be just +1 hour to the UTC.

The crosswind component at 43 KT gust would been 37 KT
That's well over the maximum crosswind component of 29 KT!
Even 29 KT would mean 25 KT crosswind, not much short of the maximum.

"wingtip completely bent upwards, lower half of winglet bent inboard at about 45 degrees, slat partly grounded. No further damage."

[Wolfala]

Remember how they certify aircraft.

Maximum DEMONSTRATED crosswind component.

All that means, is it is what an average pilot is supposed to be able to handle. The aircraft can go beyond that up to the point where you run out of rudder authority to keep the long axis aligned with the runway.

[Nilsen]

Maybe the pilot saw something in the corner of his eye, and decided to abort before he got vulched. I do it all the time. No big deal.

[Gixer]

WOW

He must of just about ripped the joystick clean off the sidepanel on that one. Close call, even more so for those seated Port side.


...-Gixer

[68Wooley]

Jeeeeessuuuussss.

Change of underwear all round I think.