When the Job becomes Dangerous...

[dodiano]

Check this video out guys...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185

Really Scary they blew the tip off the wing... Runway 23 WINDS 280/28 GUST 48 that guy shouldn´t have attempted that landing...

Regards,

Roberto

[Michael Carter]

I just caught that on The Weather Channel. Wild ride for sure.

[dnoize]

here's a picture from the same incident:



and a quote from a different forum:

Just called a colleague and friend who is on duty in maintenance, he has worked on the AC:

wingtip completely bent upwards, lower half of winglet bent inboard at about 45 degrees, slat partly grounded. No further damage.

We had a tough storm over here in Europe last weekend.

Stef

[luisgordo]

Real scary! Not usual to see a Lufthansa do this.

[Michael Carter]

Not a good position to be in.

[dodiano]

Actually that guy broke the law cause he attempted the approach exceeding airbus operating limitations...

Almost had a tragedy here...

[Geremy Britton]

yep i think it was windshear. the pilot was realy struggling to keep the a320 aligned on finals, should have declared a go around sooner than he did. the strong winds only came into force about 100ft i think so it was all very quick.

[Geremy Britton]

did land safly on second attempt though ...and no injuries which is always a primary concern

[dodiano]

He shouldn´t have attempted it... You have no idea how not good is the A320 with Cross wind it really sucks... Specially with that much gusts... Glad he laned but they couold have got killed...

Roberto

[PaulEMB]

Roberto,

Isn't this similar to the IB incident in Bilbao a while back?

Can you judge the possible wind shear effect that close to a touch down (I guess as reported by previous flights), or does it really depend on the current crosswinds as you suggest, in which case an alternative should have been the best choice?