Denny Yen 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2010 CS-TKN (cn 624) This month of November had been really good for us spotters, with so many different things coming by!! Not being a different A/C, this one deserved some attention... These pilots were caught in some wind shear, and it was really close to total disaster, since the wing almost touched the ground! You can also see the stress in main landing gear... At that time, there were gusts up to 44 knots of crosswind, and heavy turbulence was reported! I'm glad that everything ended up well.. [Canon 40D + Sigma 120-400 http://www.airliners.net/photo/SATA-International/Airbus-A310-325-ET/1615692/M/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M A Muzammil 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2010 The wingtip is just inches from the runway. Wonder how much left rudder it takes to correct that. Doesn't 44 knots exceed some airliner's limitation for crosswind landings? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignatius 4 Report post Posted April 22, 2010 I dont see any rudder correction from this angle? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aaronhiew 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2010 The spotter's lucky day for spotted this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandeep G 1 Report post Posted April 22, 2010 based on the aircraft's apparent position on the runway (i.e. far left of centreline) it is no wonder why there is no apparent left rudder... with the wind coming from the LHS of this picture, and already being left of centreline there would be no natural instinct to use left rudder... especially if this was a last minute bit of crosswind gust... if the whole approach was like this... should've gone around.. yikes... pilots sure would have had some form of shrinkage after that landing though. Made for a very nice photo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted April 22, 2010 I'd peed in my pants if I were in there.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gavin Andrew David 6 Report post Posted April 22, 2010 Thats alot of roll for a touch down .... hmmm .... 44 kts ... never tried that I think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
