Afraid of Flying?
Monday, 3. March 2008, 08:51:11
Man, that was close!
This weekend - Saturday I think - an amateur photographer and plane-spotter was standing just outside an airport in Hamburg, Germany filming incoming planes.
There was a heavy crosswind at the place and the plane therefore had to compensate by landing with a difficult angle to the runway. And it was about as close as could be to a major catastrophe - without actually becoming one.
The plane-spotter uploaded the footage for all to see - and had it not been for that, we wouldn't have heard of it.
This makes me nervous. I will definitely have this in mind next time I'm flying anywhere.
Good grief.
Watch the footage here, if you dare.
This weekend - Saturday I think - an amateur photographer and plane-spotter was standing just outside an airport in Hamburg, Germany filming incoming planes.
There was a heavy crosswind at the place and the plane therefore had to compensate by landing with a difficult angle to the runway. And it was about as close as could be to a major catastrophe - without actually becoming one.
The plane-spotter uploaded the footage for all to see - and had it not been for that, we wouldn't have heard of it.
This makes me nervous. I will definitely have this in mind next time I'm flying anywhere.
Good grief.
Watch the footage here, if you dare.
WIDGETIZE
Lawrence # 3. March 2008, 09:19
Perhaps he ran out of runway...
Lois # 3. March 2008, 13:38
Richard # 3. March 2008, 13:41
Mick-E # 3. March 2008, 16:22
I wasn't 'til I watched the video. Thank goodness it wasn't a crash.
I'm sure though that the incident will be investigated and hopefully it will prevent it happening again.
Stardancer # 3. March 2008, 17:51
Allan # 3. March 2008, 19:56
Sometimes people on a plane applaud when the plane touches ground in the good old ordinary way.
Maybe people should applaud in situations like this instead?
Asgeir # 3. March 2008, 22:23
The pilot must have had nerves of steel, that could have end really bad.
hungryghost # 4. March 2008, 05:56
ALLY G. # 4. March 2008, 17:17
Ramuciuke # 5. March 2008, 08:45
Warmly, Ramute
RuneSB # 5. March 2008, 18:09
Edward Piercy # 5. March 2008, 20:48
As the pilots say, "any landing you walk away from is a good one."
And they really do say that. Which should tell you something right there.
Allan # 5. March 2008, 22:45
According to a Danish newspaper, the plane was landed by a trainee co-pilot. The "real" pilot took over at the point where the wing of the plane touched the ground - after which he went around and landed the plane safely by himself.