Plane on a... gale force wind

[Gerrard]

Wow, that was bloody close! I bet the people in it weren't aware how close that was.

[sammyc]

air cadets, was doing glider training (powered glider) from raf warton.

thanks. hairy - you went up again tho i presume which is more than i would.

[MadduckUK]

yep back up the next weekend, too bloody fun and the chances of it happening are so small.

[sammyc]

got some guts you have. glad they weren't all over the runway

[GoNz0]

how close to disaster !

[Guy]

Saw this on the news earlier that was scarely close! and the pic above demonstrates that, the engine is mere feet above the tarmac!
That pilot's got skills!

[MadduckUK]

i tell you what, i bet there was a bald patch on the wingtip when they finally landed

[HSK]

that is crazy. so so close.

pilot must be heading for a extra fat paycheck this month.

[GoNz0]

or not for trying to land in those conditions !

[sleepyhead]

Tech Log Entry: Auto-Land was rough.

Engineer's Report: Auto-Land not installed.

[Gerrard]

If there had been contact, I wonder what would happen. Do airliners ground-loop? Or would the wing just rip off?

Upon closer inspection at that photo, it looks like the wing is dragging along the ground. The winglet looks vertical the and wing tip looks like its been bent upwards.

[99Flake]

That has definately touched, IMO they are lucky that that was an A320, airbus wing design is far more flexible than that of a Boeing. Not only that but the fly-by-wire nature of the 320 means it would have been much easier to wrestle back into the sky than an older 737.

Hats of to that pilot, although how ATC could have authorised a landing in those conditions is beyond me.

[Fraz]

The winglet on the end of the wing actually got ripped off. Apparently the plane has been repaired and is already flying again. Must've been pretty minor, although very close to being very major. I'd have liked to have seen the pilot abort that landing with only one engine...

[Tumble]

he wouldn't have gone in without an engine on - at least he wouldn't have with the wheels down.. it would have been a balls-out, full on emergency landing if there was engine problems.

[MadduckUK]

I'd have liked to have seen the pilot abort that landing with only one engine...

they can fly fine on 1 engine

[gtech]

I've just finished a Human Factors course and becuase i'm an jet engine technician we got to watch about 30 different accident vids in a day.
This is the site we use for finding out about certain disasters that the public can access, but there is a special FAA website with every accident that ever happened, very interesting.

AirDisaster.Com