Comments on: Airbus 320 trying to land in crosswinds in Hamburg – Personal Opinion http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/03/04/airbus-320-trying-to-land-in-crosswinds-in-hamburg-personal-opinion/ General Aviation and Aviation In General Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:23:43 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Paris Airports closed because of storm | Plastic Pilot http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/03/04/airbus-320-trying-to-land-in-crosswinds-in-hamburg-personal-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-16167 Paris Airports closed because of storm | Plastic Pilot Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:05:59 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/03/04/airbus-320-trying-to-land-in-crosswinds-in-hamburg-personal-opinion/#comment-16167 [...] Still tempted ? The TAF do not mentions it, but some windshears are expected… You know, these nasty direction-changing winds which perturbated the landing of an Airbus 320 in Hamburg so much that its wingtip hit the runway. [...] [...] Still tempted ? The TAF do not mentions it, but some windshears are expected… You know, these nasty direction-changing winds which perturbated the landing of an Airbus 320 in Hamburg so much that its wingtip hit the runway. [...]

]]> By: PlasticPilot http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/03/04/airbus-320-trying-to-land-in-crosswinds-in-hamburg-personal-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 PlasticPilot Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:21:28 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/03/04/airbus-320-trying-to-land-in-crosswinds-in-hamburg-personal-opinion/#comment-1426 @Ot: the second attempt was succesful... on runway 33 - the one you mention in your comment. Why was the first approach to runway 23 ? May be the report will mention it. There could be political / noise / equipment / weather factors. Storms evolve rather quickly, and I don't know what the winds were when they got their approach clearance. The questions about go around decision time have the potential for an endless argument based on gusts and their occurence close to the ground, ground effect, and so on... @Ot: the second attempt was succesful… on runway 33 – the one you mention in your comment. Why was the first approach to runway 23 ? May be the report will mention it. There could be political / noise / equipment / weather factors. Storms evolve rather quickly, and I don’t know what the winds were when they got their approach clearance.

The questions about go around decision time have the potential for an endless argument based on gusts and their occurence close to the ground, ground effect, and so on…

]]> By: Ot http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/03/04/airbus-320-trying-to-land-in-crosswinds-in-hamburg-personal-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Ot Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:19:06 +0000 http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/03/04/airbus-320-trying-to-land-in-crosswinds-in-hamburg-personal-opinion/#comment-1423 I saw the amateur video which shows the A320 jet coming in on a from a distance on a straight final and flying directly overhead of the videographer. The crab angle was too sever in my opinion before the jet made the numbers, and they should have aborted then, before a touchdown was attempted. There is an alternate runway perpendicular to the active, wonder why it wasn't used instead. The crab angle made it appear that using the alternate runway would have made landing much safer. I saw the amateur video which shows the A320 jet coming in on a from a distance on a straight final and flying directly overhead of the videographer. The crab angle was too sever in my opinion before the jet made the numbers, and they should have aborted then, before a touchdown was attempted. There is an alternate runway perpendicular to the active, wonder why it wasn’t used instead. The crab angle made it appear that using the alternate runway would have made landing much safer.

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