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Dangerous emergency landing in high winds at Birmingham airport
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:06 pm
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Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:10 pm to loogaroo
Scary as frick, yet extremely impressive on part of the pilot
ETA: 50k
ETA: 50k
This post was edited on 2/9/20 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:13 pm to loogaroo
Rawwwwl Tide
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:14 pm to loogaroo
Crabbing into the wind like a boss.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:15 pm to loogaroo
A few things:
Birmingham (BHX) is notorious for its strong crosswind, there are some crazy videos out there
That pilot did a damn good job, crabbing into the wind then straightened out right as the wheels touched down
Interesting name choice for the storm, didn’t realize the Brits appreciated B-rate mid American R&B singers
Bonus points to OP for using a South Asian gif in a post about Birmingham
Birmingham (BHX) is notorious for its strong crosswind, there are some crazy videos out there
That pilot did a damn good job, crabbing into the wind then straightened out right as the wheels touched down
Interesting name choice for the storm, didn’t realize the Brits appreciated B-rate mid American R&B singers
Bonus points to OP for using a South Asian gif in a post about Birmingham
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:16 pm to loogaroo
Can that runway be a little more hilly?
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:19 pm to loogaroo
Had one of these landings during hurricane Rita in Jackson. Pucker factor of 10. It was awful. All of the flight attendants were being flown on our flight ahead of the path of the storm as Texas airports closed after our flight (we flew from Vegas through Austin). My gf refused to sit next to me on the plane in case we crashed.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:20 pm to madamsquirrel
quote:.
madamsquirrel
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My gf
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:21 pm to loogaroo
Some puckered buttholes on that flight
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:21 pm to roguetiger15
quote:
Can that runway be a little more hilly?
Telephoto lens makes it look worse. Saying that, I'm surprised a runway has any "hill" in it.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:22 pm to loogaroo
Great job on the white pilots.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:25 pm to loogaroo
That’s Birmingham, UK. Not AL.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:27 pm to GRIZZ
You mean Birmingham proper.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:31 pm to madamsquirrel
quote:
My gf refused to sit next to me on the plane in case we crashed.
What was this going to help??
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:31 pm to loogaroo
Damn didn’t know they had those kind of winds in Alabama
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:33 pm to loogaroo
There have been quite a few of these throughout Europe due to this storm.
A flight from JFK to London made it in less that 5 hours due to the strong upper air winds powering the storm. It's a non-Concorde record.
A flight from JFK to London made it in less that 5 hours due to the strong upper air winds powering the storm. It's a non-Concorde record.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:33 pm to madamsquirrel
quote:Shithole
Had one of these landings during hurricane Rita in Jackson.
quote:No shite, it’s a shithole.
Pucker factor of 10.
But now the story gets better:
quote:
All of the flight attendants were being blown on our flight
quote:
My gf refused to sit next to me on the plane in case we crashed.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:34 pm to loogaroo
Those pilots did a damn good job. That was pretty amazing
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:36 pm to BuckyCheese
Lots of them do.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:38 pm to GRIZZ
quote:
That’s Birmingham, UK. Not AL.
Ah, well that makes sense.
Crosswinds at the airport plus the fact that it's in Alabama, who would ever go?
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