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Imagine getting out of that and then knowing you have to turn around to land again.
My starfish would be firing pellets if I had to do that.
One thing the newscaster said, "avoided a potential catastrophe as he took off".
I thought it was trying to touch down!
Imagine getting out of that and then knowing you have to turn around to land again.
My starfish would be firing pellets if I had to do that.
One thing the newscaster said, "avoided a potential catastrophe as he took off".
I thought it was trying to touch down!
What do you mean?? No aircraft (that i am aware of) can land itself. I beleive some tests were done, but they resulted in a very bent aircraft overshooting by a rather larger amount
Its a manual process.
if the russian space shuttle could autoland from space with the wheel a foot from the runways centre line ~20 years ago then im damn sure planes can do it !
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I believe the Hawker Siddeley Trident was the first commercial aircraft able to land itself back in the sixties.
Anyway, judging by this photo, it sure looks like the wing tip hit the runway.
Brown pants time.
Anyway, judging by this photo, it sure looks like the wing tip hit the runway.
Brown pants time.
I believe the Hawker Siddeley Trident was the first commercial aircraft able to land itself back in the sixties.
Anyway, judging by this photo, it sure looks like the wing tip hit the runway.
Brown pants time.
What material are the wings made from? It must be strong to withstand that impact!
Titanium I believe. They are very flexible though, I believe the A340 wing is designed to bend by up to 12ft with no problems.
Freak severe gusts can and do happen. If the actual reported surfacewind was beyond the aircraft's crosswind limit, an attempt at landing would not have been made. The surfacewind is read out with the landing clearance and is an actual figure measured that instant. He would have been told the surfacewind when given landing clearance at anywhere between 2-6 miles out on average. It can and does change instantly without warning.
You clearly need a few more lessons before you make such sweeping statements.
He did a good recovery and did well to resist the urge to dump it on the ground, but go around. Good experience for the crew.
And the above landing, if it had been in any other plane it would have snapped in two, barely any flare
Antoher crazy landing:
Could have ended the same as the lufty
And the above landing, if it had been in any other plane it would have snapped in two, barely any flare
Antoher crazy landing:
Could have ended the same as the lufty
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Pilot must have been a krypton factor contestant 
Doesn't look that bad, given the crab angle I'd say the PIC would have walked away pleased with that.
Last video now I promise, of a not so decent landing. Gawd knows how this went the way it did, winds calm and notice no reversers after T/D
Taken from the PMDG 737-800/900 operations manual. Which is about as close to the real thing as you can get without spending silly money on a session in a proper simulator or 60 grand training for a commercial licence.
FYI i've already had more than a few lessons, albeit not in a commercial airliner. All I'm saying is that it should NOT have happened.
FYI i've already had more than a few lessons, albeit not in a commercial airliner. All I'm saying is that it should NOT have happened.
Nothing like that should ever happen but it does. Having a go at the pilots when you have no idea what happened isn't the best idea!
