Yes I saw this.. and there are a lot of comments on certain video sites. Basically a toss up between pilot not aborting early enough, and pilot being very good to recover. What are your thoughts??
ryanpaulgalea- 03-04-2008
If I were the pilot, without any doubt, I would NOT have taken the risk of landing at that airport in the first place.
RubenZammit- 03-04-2008
If I were the pilot, without any doubt, I would NOT have taken the risk of landing at that airport in the first place.
And what if you have like in this case, thw whole of the country with those winds??
Very lucky outcome here.... A very near chance of breakage of the wing which would have catastrophical....
AdrianGambin- 03-04-2008
the wing didn't strike right?
RubenZammit- 03-04-2008
the wing didn't strike right?
of course it did.... Winglet = part of wing and its impossible in this case that you only strike the winglet....
AdrianGambin- 03-05-2008
the people on the left must have had 1 ride eeh :P
ryanpaulgalea- 03-05-2008
Well, if we can clearly see, the pilot was doing a pretty good job on approch considering the wind sheer. He kept the aircraft in the right path. On very short final I think that a big gust of wind overtook him, which caused the strike of the winglet. So the pilot didn't expect such a big gust of wind (Ex: He had info that the wind was 15kts gusting to 32kts and as he was looking for touchdown the wind gusted to 40kts).
The pilot acted profetionally but my concirn is that the pilot yawed to the left the aircraft parallel to the centre line. In my opinion if he touched down still yawed to the right, I wouldn't say that it would prevent the strike, but I think it will decrease the probability of going slightely off the rwy.
MarkZerafaGilson- 03-05-2008
You only correct your attitude once the first wheel touches the ground. And you dip your wing towards the wind. So I guess the pilot acted right. However, we have to remember that the A320's crosswind limit is 35 knots. So a well executed landing which was spoilt by a freak gust, with a good recovery by the pilot with minimum damage.
The only alternative would have been a diversion to a runway oriented more into the wind, but if it was Heathrow or Gatwick, keeping in the pattern in that kind of weather would seriously bite into your reserves. You would have enough for a couple of go-arounds, but not much for a diversion.
AdrianGambin- 03-05-2008
i love landing in cross winds on FS
ryanpaulgalea- 03-05-2008
Well in fact that's was the pilot did. She landed on another rwy which was more appropriate than the other one.. Reports said that wind even gusted to 49kts!!
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