A wild A321 xwind approach w/ go around

[secks]

Apologies if this has already been discussed:

http://www.flightlevel350.com/picwindow.php?cat=19&pic=116

A couple of questions from a non-aviator:

1) That crab angle looks pretty severe. Do you think the pilot was exceeding the xwind capabilities for the bus?

2) The guy wobbles and fishtails just above the runway for several hundred feet, nearly clips a wing, then finally decides that a GA is in order. Why did the pilot not go around at the first sign of danger on the approach?

 

[dash8driver]

Apologies if this has already been discussed:

http://www.flightlevel350.com/picwindow.php?cat=19&pic=116

A couple of questions from a non-aviator:

1) That crab angle looks pretty severe. Do you think the pilot was exceeding the xwind capabilities for the bus?

2) The guy wobbles and fishtails just above the runway for several hundred feet, nearly clips a wing, then finally decides that a GA is in order. Why did the pilot not go around at the first sign of danger on the approach?

1) hard to tell. it does look like a big crab angle, but sometimes a camera angle can make it look worse than it really is. would really have to see the reported winds when he was landing, and which runway he was landing on.

2) when was the first sign of danger? and how do we know he didnt?

 

[chperplt]

Flight testing maybe?

 

[sstearns2]

I like the ads on the right side of the screen for books to help you get over a fear of flying.

Scott

 

[Khirsah]

I have heard, though I could be wrong or I could've been told wrong, that this showy landing attempt was the last attempt made by an airplane before the airport was shut down for a severe thunderstorm. If I remember correctly, winds were in the neighborhood of 50 kts and not exactly in line with runway heading, and they might've been gusting just a tad bit.

Just what I've heard.

 

[PropsForward]

Now would you speculate that he was hand flying it because it was too stiff for the autopilot? And looking at them last few seconds before he put the coal to it, was he about to stall?

 

[SkyWestCRJPilot]

What does it say before and after the video? Is that Dutch or German?

 

[Vik]

It says .. "Wouldn't this be crazy if it were real and not in MS Flt Sim?"

j/k

 

[FarginDooshbahg]

And looking at them last few seconds before he put the coal to it,

Forget about Dutch or German, is this English?

 

[UnstableAviator]

Now would you speculate that he was hand flying it because it was too stiff for the autopilot? And looking at them last few seconds before he put the coal to it, was he about to stall?

Its an Airbus, isn't a stall impossible? If you ask me, the computer obviously saved the day here.

 

[C40_Pilot]

It's Portuguese

The first screen says "A321 de TAP Um grande susto"

This means Airbus 321 (mayber 320-100?) of TAP which is Air Portugal.

Um grande susto, means strong winds or a large gust of wind.

The words on the screen during the flight say again A321 of Air Portugal, Lisbon Airport, Runway 21, 27 Dec 2002.

Then it says at the end "These images cannot be used without the previous consent of the owner."

Pictures: Rui Santos

 

[SSDD]

From what little portuguese I remember, um grande susto translates to a big scare.