Hairy landing attempt on LH

[Pete]

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Video of the same:

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[Neil]

[:0] That was close

glad I wasn't on that.

Ouch, hope no nervous flyers were involved in that. [:)]

News story here.

FM

Wow! Suddenly I'm not so annoyed that my flight to Europe was delayed then eventually cancelled on Saturday due to the winds.

Ick. I might have gone for the turnaround a bit earlier than that!

Originally posted by slinky09
Ick. I might have gone for the turnaround a bit earlier than that!

Kinda reminds me of an Air Crash Investigation episode (I think an AA flight in Texas?) where the pilots suffered from 'getthereitis'

[Scrooge]

Not good at all...also kind of funny that yahoo is saying the wind speed was 155mph...

Don't believe Yahoo - wind was 33kts, gusting to 49kts, however given the A320 cross-wind limit is 38kts....
One has to wonder why they used a cross-wind runway when another was available - the one they used without the drama on their second attempt.

[Scrooge]

Trust me, Yahoo is not my source for info when it comes to aircraft..anyone trying to land an aircraft into a hurricane is a lunatic.

Landing INTO a gale is not the problem - in this case it was landing ACROSS the wind
It may have been that the pilot was directed to use that particular runway!
The wind was 290 degrees - the first runway used was 230 degrees - 60 degrees X wind
After the Go Around they were allowed (as were subsquent arrivals!) to use the 330 degree runway.

They were not good conditions for the A320:
EDDH 011220Z 29028G48KT 9000 -SHRA FEW011 BKN014 07/05 Q0984 TEMPO 29035G55KT 4000 SHRA BKN008

It looked at one point like they would make a fairly normal crosswind landing when the aircraft seemed to be caught by a gust, tipping the right wing up.

You're at your most vulnerable in terms of control authority here, because your airspeed is low, the volume of air moving over the control surfaces is less. All at a time when you may need it the most.

Damage wasn't severe, mostly damage to the winglet on the port wing, which had been bent over and abraded.

HAM is a main LH Technik service base, the aircraft was reported to be inspected, repaired and back in service the next day.

Cheers,
Mike