Phew! That was close!!

[bugimike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z42fchrzhHY

150 mph winds!! They said after the successful landing, the passengers all just sat there in silence!! (no doubt rewinding mental videos of their lives!!)

(still haven't figured out how to imbed the video!)

 

[tomshobby]

Think of the skid marks that would have made!

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

I have been on a flight like that,without the wingstrike.
We had flown through a storm and landed in Wellington,NZ with the wind howling.It's the only time I have heard spontaneous applause for a pilot break out.

I think those people in Hamburg will have gone to their loved ones and hugged them silly.

Stuart.

 

[sparkydave]

That pilot had a cool hand to keep it under control and decide to go around. Glad I wasn't a passenger on that flight, I think I would have been losing my cookies.

 

[Twosheds]

I think the inflight meal was crab.

I heard that the C-5s don't use the crosswind gear anymore. I was surprised; always thought that was a cool idea. I guess that there are enough runways pointing into the wind so it's unneccessary.

 

[NutmegCT]

<span style="font-style: italic">"I think the inflight meal was crab."</span>


oooooooooooo - bad (but clever!)

T.

 

[TRDejaVu]

Think of the skid marks that would have made!

On the runway AND inside the cabin.