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on: March 03, 2008, 06:17:00 pm
155mph winds for Lufthansa at Hamburg airport, Germany.

For more info and a video, click below!

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1307752,00.html

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Reply #1 on: March 03, 2008, 07:27:59 pm
Well, I read the crosswinds were only about 40-50 km/h at the time of the landing, but nevermind :lol:

(I seriously don't want to see a plane landing in 155 mph crosswinds :P )

Back to topic, LH didn't have too much of a good day on Saturday. They also damaged an A346 sitting at FRA (a catering truck fell on the backside of its wing while equipping the galley).
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Reply #2 on: March 03, 2008, 07:57:38 pm
Yes, SkyNews tend to over-exaggerate  :oops:

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Reply #3 on: March 03, 2008, 08:43:59 pm
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Well, I read the crosswinds were only about 40-50 km/h at the time of the landing, but nevermind :lol:

(I seriously don't want to see a plane landing in 155 mph crosswinds :P )

Back to topic, LH didn't have too much of a good day on Saturday. They also damaged an A346 sitting at FRA (a catering truck fell on the backside of its wing while equipping the galley).


Well, if it only was 40-50 km/h that pilot really made an ass of that landing. 40-50km/h is only 11-14 m/s which occurs here at least a couple of times per week.
155mph is way over the top though :lol: Even 155km/h is way too much with 43m/s. 25-30 is plausible but not likely to attempt a crosswind landing. Wind gusts have been measured to 190km/h at some locations, but if that had been the case the airport would have closed.
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Reply #4 on: March 04, 2008, 12:20:51 am
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Well, I read the crosswinds were only about 40-50 km/h at the time of the landing, but nevermind :lol:

(I seriously don't want to see a plane landing in 155 mph crosswinds :P )

Back to topic, LH didn't have too much of a good day on Saturday. They also damaged an A346 sitting at FRA (a catering truck fell on the backside of its wing while equipping the galley).


Well, if it only was 40-50 km/h that pilot really made an ass of that landing. 40-50km/h is only 11-14 m/s which occurs here at least a couple of times per week.
155mph is way over the top though :lol: Even 155km/h is way too much with 43m/s. 25-30 is plausible but not likely to attempt a crosswind landing. Wind gusts have been measured to 190km/h at some locations, but if that had been the case the airport would have closed.


at the height of winter, when we get big storms, the wind can be sustaned at 50 mph, and they dont typically close SEA, there are delays, but planes still land. :?
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Reply #5 on: March 04, 2008, 07:51:12 am
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Well, if it only was 40-50 km/h that pilot really made an ass of that landing. 40-50km/h is only 11-14 m/s which occurs here at least a couple of times per week.


This was the average crosswind on that runway at the given time (or so I read).
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Reply #6 on: March 04, 2008, 08:56:05 am
Haha, nice piloting skills

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Reply #7 on: March 04, 2008, 10:41:33 am
Crosswinds can be a challenge alright. I wonder did the word "Divert" enter the pilots mind...
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Reply #8 on: March 04, 2008, 11:42:54 am
Other airports in the area weren't a breeze either. Copenhagen=very windy, Bremen=very windy. Options probably would have been Berlin& Hannover. But that would've been quite annoying for the airline because you couldn't be sure what the wind would do to our infrastructure (they would have had to get all the pax back to HAM, not an easy task when you know that the railway might interrupt its service (it did last year))
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Reply #9 on: March 04, 2008, 04:12:08 pm
Pretty normal approach until the flare when he got hit by what looked like a very strong crosswind. The engines take a few seconds to spool up for a go-around, good flying in my opinion.

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Reply #10 on: March 05, 2008, 01:18:59 am
They said in the news the 24 year old female FO was in control that time. The pilot took over when the A320's left wingtip hit the ground and he performed a go-around. Lufthansa's statement included that everything went along with the landing procedures and the crew is back in the air again.

Anyway, I am glad that there were no fatalities.
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Reply #11 on: March 05, 2008, 01:45:15 am
on the news they said Lufthansa is giving all passengers on that flight free theoretical help

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Reply #12 on: March 05, 2008, 03:20:46 am
I think the crosswind was 45 knots. We often get that here, but the wind is nearly always Northerly or Southerly, so WLG's runway (16/34) suits the weather well.
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Reply #13 on: March 05, 2008, 04:29:27 am
I wouldnt want to be on the plane.... Wing hitting ground... not a pretty sight :shock:
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Reply #14 on: March 05, 2008, 04:51:57 am
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I think the crosswind was 45 knots. We often get that here, but the wind is nearly always Northerly or Southerly, so WLG's runway (16/34) suits the weather well.


yup, wellington gets some bad crosswind...
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