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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/05/2017 at 16:02 • Filed to: planelopnik

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An Emirates Airbus A380 makes a hairy crosswind landing at Dusseldorf.

“Ladies and gentlemen, clean underwear can be found in the seat pocket in front of you.”

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:06

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I feel like that might’ve crossed the line inside the cabin from “tense silence” to “screaming”.

ttyymmnn > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/05/2017 at 16:07

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I bet it did.

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:13

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Not sure if you follow Dave Wallsworth on Twitter, but he’s recently been making some interesting blog posts that go into technical depth about the different systems on the A380 - here’s the link:

https://captaindavea380.wordpress.com/

ttyymmnn > someassemblyrequired 10/05/2017 at 16:15

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Looks like some good stuff. Thanks.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:18

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Drifting in an Airbus. Okay then.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:19

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Awww. Wookit da rudder wagging it’s tail like a big happy puppy dog...

You just know that whoever was in the cockpit on the radios made sure to take his or her sweet time packing up after they got to the gate - and told the pilot flying “No, YOU go out there and say goodbye to the passengers!”

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:21

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Deutsch rudder.

/checks driver’s license

//yep, I’m 12

gmctavish needs more space > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:22

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Thoroughly impressed by the tires

ttyymmnn > gmctavish needs more space 10/05/2017 at 16:23

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Which now need to be replaced.

McMike > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:35

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Aaaaaannnnnnnnd this is why those mean flight attendants make you sit up straight and put all your shit away before landing.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > Chariotoflove 10/05/2017 at 16:35

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McMike > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:37

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I suppose you call that “opposite rudder?”

Damn

ttyymmnn > McMike 10/05/2017 at 16:38

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Yup. The real reason they make you put your seat back up is in case of an evacuation, so the person behind you can actually get out of the row. After all, takeoff and landing are the two most dangerous phases of flight.

Chariotoflove > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ 10/05/2017 at 16:38

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Just so. I like to imagine that on the sound system during that landing.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > Chariotoflove 10/05/2017 at 16:40

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It should just be the warning sound for any high crosswind landing.

Chariotoflove > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ 10/05/2017 at 16:43

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Not sure if everyone wants that to be the last thing they hear in this life, though.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > Chariotoflove 10/05/2017 at 16:45

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It would probably be distracting enough that you wouldn’t even notice the plane was crashing.

gmctavish needs more space > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:53

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Understandable, but considering I’ve been on a 757 that blew a tire or two during a pretty standard landing, I’m amazed they held up that well

ttyymmnn > gmctavish needs more space 10/05/2017 at 16:56

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NASA used a Convair 990 to test tires and brakes for the Space Shuttle. They totally trashed some tires in the process, which you can see here:

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/multimedia/imagegallery/LSRA/index.html

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 16:57

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I’ve never seen an apartment building dance like that before.

victor > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/05/2017 at 17:32

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Usually stuff like that isn’t that dramatic in cabin. Maybe a tad rougher than usual.

Cé hé sin > someassemblyrequired 10/05/2017 at 17:34

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My takeaway from Capt Dave’s takeoff blog: flying a plane is really, really complicated.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 19:44

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Dooooooooorrrriiiiiiffffffffftooooooooooooooo.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 10/05/2017 at 19:58

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You’re a pilot, aren’t you? Was that just a cock-up or was it a 60-knot crosswind?

user314 > ttyymmnn 10/05/2017 at 20:26

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How many languages was “Oh shit!” being said in during that?

someassemblyrequired > Cé hé sin 10/05/2017 at 20:34

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Even the automated functions that are supposed to think for the pilot are complicated (see his post on brake to vacate).

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/05/2017 at 20:51

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Nasty crosswind, and gusting too.

In the flare the pilot kicks out the crab with rudder - seems like the pilot overdid it a bit, hence the back and forth (may be the automated systems doing that tbh). But when winds are gusting, the amount of rudder needed changes instantaneously, so it’s challenging.

In those conditions you need to plant the aircraft as best as you can.

wafflesnfalafel > McMike 10/05/2017 at 22:37

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exactly - and the pilot was getting a little behind in the steering there too. I gotta think there is some gear damage even beyond most of the tires being shot.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > WilliamsSW 10/05/2017 at 23:54

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How much lateral strain would there be on the undercarriage, or would the tires sliding alleviate that? Do you think that landing was severe enough to warrant inspections before the aircraft could fly again? Do you think the pilot flying would have had to get grilled by the chief pilot?

WilliamsSW > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 10/06/2017 at 00:25

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I’m not a commercial pilot, and haven’t flown jets, so I’m no expert. But that landing put a lot of lateral stress on the tires and gear, to be sure.

But the first failure point ought to be the tires - -since they didn’t blow out all (that I can see), I tend to think that the rest of the undercarriage is OK.

No clue on the last point - first, I’m not sure if/how the chief pilot would find out, let alone if they would do anything if they did know.

benjrblant > ttyymmnn 10/06/2017 at 14:34

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Oh look.

https://jalopnik.com/if-i-was-on-this-plane-id-never-fly-again-1819220525

A day later and it’s on Jalop.

ttyymmnn > benjrblant 10/06/2017 at 14:50

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I can’t do it since I wrote it here, but somebody needs to comment, “Neat. This was on Oppositelock yesterday.”

benjrblant > ttyymmnn 10/06/2017 at 14:54

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I think I’ve done this once or twice before and I’ve seen several others do it as well. The Jalop response is usually something along the lines of ‘the internet is a big place and we copy and pasted this from somewhere else.’ no matter how niche or unusually quirky it was.

The specifics escape me, but I recall seeing a super weird car posted here and the next day Torch had a big write up on it, of course, purely coincidence.

ttyymmnn > benjrblant 10/06/2017 at 14:57

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Well, to be fair, I only learned of this from my son, who sent me the video on Instagram. I’m not broken up about it.

benjrblant > ttyymmnn 10/06/2017 at 14:59

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I wouldn’t be. Plus most readers are probably well aware that Jalop creates very little original content and it’s mostly from other corners of the internet.

ttyymmnn > benjrblant 10/06/2017 at 15:01

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I would say that the majority of articles that get posted on Kinja blogs are just reworded stories from the news wire, like NYT or WaPo, though they do usually cite the source. Pretty easy work, really.