Near Crash of A320 Airplane

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:10:24 Post Subject: Near Crash of A320 Airplane

I would need some clean pants after this landing...

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treekodar · Posted: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:58:25 Post Subject:

Wonder how it would feel like if you were on that plane and you were afraid of flying, also that is one hell of a skilled pilot.

knight0334 · Posted: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:06:35 Post Subject:

Major propz to that pilot!! Thats some serious flying skill to kept from becoming tarmac pizza.

heylinder · Posted: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:35:30 Post Subject: Re: Near Crash of A320 Airplane

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:08:41 Post Subject:

But imagine being on that flight... You go through that and realize that you have to try to land again! Yikes

T-shirt · Posted: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:11:36 Post Subject:

saw that on the tv news, they said the wingtip did actual make runway contact (which usually ends very badly) but they landed fine on the second try. That's about as close as you can get and still walk away.

Charlie · Posted: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:28:49 Post Subject:

knight0334 · Posted: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:20:24 Post Subject:

Land a big stain in my britches right after I had to kiss it good-bye.

Blue|Fusion · Posted: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:32:14 Post Subject:

That was on the news yesterday here, too. Looks like fun. But he didn't forward-slip that thing when he flared...tisk tisk...

But yeah once the wind gets under your wing like that, it's usually too late to recover, especially in a large aircraft like that. Got to love the TOGA (Take-Off/Go-Around) buttons for 100% turbine speed...which we had to use once in a Saab city-hopper when I was right-seating to get my "turbine training and pressurized-cabin signoff" when we got 10 feet off the ground and a strong microburst hit us Smile

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