German jet wing scrapes runway; all safe
Mon Mar 3, 9:27 AM ET

HAMBURG, Germany - A Lufthansa jet carrying 131 passengers was caught by gusting wind as it tried to land during a storm, causing a wing tip to graze the runway before the pilot got the plane back off the ground, the airline said Monday.

The incident happened on Saturday as the Airbus A320 approached Hamburg airport on a flight from Munich.

Airline spokesman Wolfgang Weber said the plane was rocked by wind clocked at 155 mph as it tried to land.

The left wing grazed the runway for a moment, but Weber said the pilot was able to stabilize the aircraft and take off again in what he called an "absolutely professional maneuver."

The plane landed safely shortly afterward on its second attempt.

"It was a dicey situation," Weber said. "People were quite shaken."

"It is hard to describe — it went very quickly," passenger Hansi Kuepper said on n-tv television. He said there was silence on board for several minutes after the incident.

The plane went back into service Sunday after repairs, Weber said.

video: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080303/ap_on_re_eu/germany_rough_landing_1

Ya, they glued a new wing on; All is well.

I'm having a hard time with his part.

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Maybe 155 kph.

Me too, you'd a thought the tower would have re-directed him if in fact the winds were that bad. Nice recovery though....

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Still with the conversion it's not much. I think its knots X 1.5 will give you mphs. WVO would know.

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1.2

No, I meant 155 kilometers per hour which would still translate to a brisk 96 mph.

Hard time?

Air speed: 130 kt. on touchdown.

Wind speed: 129 kt.


Ground speed: 1 kt.


What's the problem............


(steady wind of 129 kt. on the nose........of course).

Still way out of his crosswind component of somewhere in the 40kt range for 60 off nose.
The vid shows him at about 30-40º crab.
Makes sense as the records show: Winds were 33kts to 49kts at the time, gusting to around 55kts. coming out of 290º to 310º. They were landing on runway 23(230º).

The second shot was on runway 33.

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Not in that video.

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Doesn't it appear that he touched the left wing first.........and then really scraped the right wing upon correction?

I’m think’n (hope'n) there was certainly some ego adjustments made in that cockpit.

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The black box was probably smokin from that conversation......

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