Video: Airplane gets blown sideways while attempting to land

Marketwatch ^ | December 5, 2013, 9:05 PM

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

“Never flying again,” one passenger tweeted. No kidding.

This video captures a terrifying attempt to land an Emirates 777 in Birmingham while whipping winds nearly pushed the plane into a right-angle approach. After two botched attempts, it finally diverted to Gatwick, the Birmingham Mail reported.

Kevon Miller, returning from a long holiday in Australia via Dubai, was on board watching the near-catastrophe take place on the screens inside the cabin. And, of course, he tweeted all about his horrifying experience.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Heavy Weather in Ebgland, watch for the Global Alarmists to catch the headlines.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Cross winds. My plane was landing at Portland Intl. once and the plane was bouncing up and down and shearing from left to right so bad that I thought we were going to crash. The stewardesses didn’t seem to think it was any big deal, though.

[albie]

Just a silly observation but, what’s an Emirates plane doing in Alabama?

[drunknsage]

Looks like a normal cross wind landing to me. Did a bunch of them in a Cessna 152 out of Hooks Airport in Spring, TX. It’s wild your first time and feels totally unnatural but definitely nothing unusual.

That article is pure tabloid journalism.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

We did nearly the same angle landing in Spokane, WA a few years ago. We came in at an angle and we watched out the window wondering what the pilot would do. A very smooth landing which we gave him great marks for!!

When we got off the plane we could hardly walk in the wind ourselves.

[T-Bird45]

BUFF could have handled that with those steerable landing gear.

[halo66]

England... not Alabama

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Had that happen landing in Tampa once. And landing there is bad enogh in good weather. It’s like you have to drop into a hole!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

In the comments someone inculded a youtube video of a B-52 with it's uniques landing gear handling crosswinds...link to one of them:

B-52H Landing & Crabbing @ RAF Fairford

[albie]

Oh. Haha.

[Texas resident]

Got to experience a landing in Lubbock Texas on a Southwest 737. Plane got blown to the right so far that we were about to set down in the grass on two attempts. Third time was a charm. Pilot brought the plane down nose first and slammed the plane on to the runway. Overhead compartments flew open and all kinds of fun started with that.

Bottom line is a landing that you can walk away from is a good landing.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Little Planes:

Light aircraft in WILD cross-wind landings at Tokoroa Airfield

[CGASMIA68]

Great B

[Dysart]

Link at the "Mirror" didn't load for me, here it is on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LziQDgQ7lvU

[Star Traveler]

Yikes!

[mountn man]

I’ve flown into Denver numerous time (Actually the plane flew in, I was along for the ride). Denver can have some great turbulence, being on the plaines with the mountains not very far away. Them mountains cause all types of thermal drafts. Sometimes it feels like riding a bronco (Denver Bronco) coming in for a landing...YEEHA!!!

[IronJack]

Bookmark

[Dysart]

Opps. This is an ordinary landing from August with no wind gusts, but just visualize if there were...still the linked video won’t load for me.

[Dysart]

Found it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF2wE_Em1F0

Great decision and recovery.

[mountn man]

That landing would have been a cake walk for a B-52 pilot. Seems every picture of them landing, the plane is sideways.