"user314" (user314)
02/10/2020 at 10:28 • Filed to: Planelopnik, british airways, Heathrow, Code brown
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"user314" (user314)
02/10/2020 at 10:28 • Filed to: Planelopnik, british airways, Heathrow, Code brown | 4
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... Is a rough touch-and-go.
A British Airways flight from Nigeria to Heathrow was forced to abort its landing and make a second attempt after fierce winds from a winter storm spoiled the 1st.
Michael
> user314
02/10/2020 at 10:53 |
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Seems like he was down... Was there a purpose to taking back off, or was he going to run out of runway, or...?
ttyymmnn
> user314
02/10/2020 at 11:03 |
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TO/GA Party!
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ttyymmnn
> Michael
02/10/2020 at 11:03 |
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Kind of hard to tell in the video, but he might have landed long and wouldn’t have had time to stop.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> user314
02/10/2020 at 11:05 |
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I would argue that a crash landing is also worse than a rough landing
Ash78, voting early and often
> Michael
02/10/2020 at 11:09 |
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Hard to tell, but it looked like they were pretty far off the centerline and heading to the right, off the runway. Even if you turn (left rudder) at that speed, you might cause one wing to take off again. Probably some short-term wind shear messed it up at the last minute. Safer to try again.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Michael
02/10/2020 at 11:10 |
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Might have been too dangerous to maneuver on the ground between the water and the wind. Commercial jets are still going 100+mph when they touch down. Last thing you want is for a 200,000lb machine to hydroplane at that speed.
Thomas Donohue
> user314
02/10/2020 at 11:54 |
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That is some of the best commentary I’ve heard....that dude should have a job on TV, maybe get him for Formula E to liven up the audio broadcast.
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Thomas Donohue
> Thomas Donohue
02/10/2020 at 12:02 |
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Oh, this guy is GOLD. Just the first minute of his video is fantastic....will be streaming this all day in the home office. Big Jet TV rules!
Just Jeepin'
> Thomas Donohue
02/10/2020 at 12:40 |
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https://jalopnik.com/let-the-commentary-on-this-stream-of-planes-landing-in-1841574790
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Thomas Donohue
> Just Jeepin'
02/10/2020 at 12:45 |
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What is that site? Blocked in my browser...
(Just say no to the FP!)
Only Vespas...
> user314
02/10/2020 at 16:10 |
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This bloke, BigJetTV, is so entertaining! Plus his YouTube post was 6 plus hours. Six hours in a muddy field, in the cold driving rain hand holding/or tripod assisted shots for the love of Jets! What a guy! The G o-Around? If there is anything that the aircraft commander is not comfortable with, bail on it and go around. It could have been distance, bra king, whatever. GO around. After all, you aren’t paying for the gas.
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> Michael
02/10/2020 at 16:46 |
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It looks like he was headed towards the grass. That would have made for a very rough landing.
Grindintosecond
> user314
02/10/2020 at 19:38 |
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To do that, things would have had to be going bad quickly. It takes time for the engines to spool up from idle, 7? 10 seconds? more? So they could have had the power levers up for a go around already whil the plane was still sinking...touching the ground...and then you see the spray kick up.
So heres 6 friggin hours of this guy just watching poeple land on a really tough day. Always fun watching the pilots really working hard.
Kind of fun to see what companies from what countries train their weather landings.
Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> Michael
02/10/2020 at 20:46 |
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Dunno. Usually when all three wheels are down it’s a wrap.
SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> ttyymmnn
02/11/2020 at 13:44 |
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Flight Director, baby! One-button TOGA party.