Dodgy landings

Ruddy Jimbo · 03-03-2008 10:14PM

- bo - wrote: »

Well this is just fantastic, Im a nervous flyer and am flying from Dublin tomorrow, nice...

Im a nervous flyer myself!I was in Manchester airport in 1997 when that plane had to make a crash landing...i was about to board my flight just after it came in...my flight was delayed 4 hours...i was bricking myself coming into land in Dublin later that night :eek:

Sherifu · 03-03-2008 10:38PM

- bo - wrote: »

Well this is just fantastic, Im a nervous flyer and am flying from Dublin tomorrow, nice...

Don't read this:
http://starbulletin.com/2008/02/24/news/story02.html

homerjay2005 · 03-03-2008 10:38PM

holy sh*t, that is unreal. and some of those youtube vids are crazy altogether. have had a few scares myself, but nothing major thank god. (tough wood)

- bo - · 03-03-2008 11:16PM

Ruddy Jimbo wrote: »

Im a nervous flyer myself!I was in Manchester airport in 1997 when that plane had to make a crash landing...i was about to board my flight just after it came in...my flight was delayed 4 hours...i was bricking myself coming into land in Dublin later that night :eek:

Funny enough its Manchester Im flying to...DUN DUN DUUN :eek:

Sherifu wrote: »

Don't read this:
http://starbulletin.com/2008/02/24/news/story02.html

*is tempted*
Nah I'll read it when I get home

IF I GET BACK HOME

pd101 · 03-03-2008 11:26PM

I've had no bad landings, but on one flight the plane attempted to take of twice but couldn't. Ended up having to change planes. We got got third time lucky though.

Lump · 03-03-2008 11:45PM

Been watching "Air Crash investigations" Some A330 pilot lost both engines and guided the Jumbo for 80Km before pulling off a landing on a short runway. Good lad.

John

o1s1n · 03-03-2008 11:46PM

We had an aborted landing flying to New York. Really bad winds. Just as we were about to touch down, the wing almost clipped the runway. The plane took back off. We circles for another 15 minutes or so before the pilot attempted another landing.

The scary part was that the nobody actually made an announcement till about 5 minutes or so after the aborted landing. During this 5 minutes, while we were circling around to have another go at the runway, there was a moment when we were heading for downtown New York. With absolutely no clue what was going on.

Scary stuff :eek:

Danbo! · 03-03-2008 11:47PM

This is the vid i was talking about above, couldnt get it in work....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RdxU-0W-RE

Nightshiftguy · 03-03-2008 11:49PM

I remember in the late eighties flying from luton to dublin.. last flight allowed out of luton and last flight allowed into dublin.. due to storms.. well take of was hairy, flight was dire as for landing.. well only took 6 attempts.. was a scary scary time..

OPENROAD · 03-03-2008 11:56PM

Have not really had any bad landings although at the time they may have felt bad during heavy winds. Had a couple of go arounds at Heathrow, first time it did spook me a bit, an Air France plane still on the runway according to the pilot.

Have had a couple of bad take offs though, both from Heathrow, take off itself went fine but as we were climbing we experienced wake turbulence which was quite frightening, I now always try and check what type of plane is taking off just before us and if it is a large aircraft, always count the gap before we take off.

bronte · 04-03-2008 12:06AM

Had a scary one in Funchal airport, Madeira a few years back.
Tis a weird runway with a busy main road right beside it.
Some cool vids on youtube from there!

Steyr · 04-03-2008 12:25AM

Asbad wrote: »

Never had too much of a rough landing personally.
There is an airport, I think its called 'st maartens airport' and its on a small island.

Yup its Philipsburg / St. Maarten - Princess Juliana International (SXM / TNCM)
Netherlands Antilles.

Check these out..At Maho Beach

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-France/Airbus-A340-313X/1331394&photo_nr=6&prev_id=1331395&next_id=1331200

http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Airways/Boeing-757-2B7/1331199&photo_nr=8&prev_id=1331200&next_id=1331198

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Amerijet-International/Boeing-727-233-Adv(F)/1328058&photo_nr=15&prev_id=1331007&next_id=NEXTID

http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-757-223/1322797&photo_nr=31&prev_id=&next_id=1322796

http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-757-223/1322797&photo_nr=31&prev_id=&next_id=1322796

http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM---Royal/Boeing-747-406/1169903&photo_nr=192&prev_id=1169904&next_id=1169902

Now who said Aircraft spotting was boring! It rocks!:)

Gekko · 04-03-2008 01:54AM

had a ryanair landing that ended with a thud coming into bournemouth.

Dodgy landing into Gatwick last February during gales. The plane was being blown about like a leaf so I was very nervous. I'm a bit of a nervous flier.

Apparently one old heap of a plane that used to be used by Ryanair on the Bournemouth route is now in Peru or somewhere. The London Independent's travel writer tracked it somehow.

Ballerina · 04-03-2008 02:05AM

i dont like flying but i definitely prefer the long flights because they always use (what seem like) better planes and you dont feel the turbulence as much because theyre so big aswell.

my friend was flying to hawaii before though and the crew kindly announced that it was the last flight that the airplane would take as it is so old...WHY would they tell the passangers this!!!hahaha i would have a panic attack!

Steyr · 04-03-2008 02:09AM

Ballerina wrote: »

my friend was flying to hawaii before though and the crew kindly announced that it was the last flight that the airplane would take as it is so old...WHY would they tell the passangers this!!!hahaha i would have a panic attack!

Prob just reached the end of her service life with that particular Airline or the end of her Structural life span.

Naos · 04-03-2008 02:57AM

Not that I held it in question before, but those videos definitly justify a pilots salary.

I've been pretty lucky, "scariest" thing being turbulance.

Einstein · 04-03-2008 10:17AM

wasn't so much dodgy, but was landing in Biarraitz yeaar or two ago, and was very foggy...i was sitting by the window and knew we were onour descent cos my ears were a poppin'...but couldn't see ground...just cloud.

Next of all we hit the ground...everyone screamed cos they all thought we were still in the clouds!!
Couldn't see a dam thing- thickest fog ever!!!

mental07 · 04-03-2008 11:26AM

- bo - wrote: »

Well this is just fantastic, Im a nervous flyer and am flying from Dublin tomorrow, nice...

And this time tomorrow I'll be somewhere in the vicinity of a check-in desk, too....!

I remember watching a documentary about the Concorde disaster at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris once. That pops into my head each time I'm taking off somewhere :eek:

MOH · 04-03-2008 02:08PM

zuutroy wrote: »

Check out the old Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong for crazy landings. There's like a 45 degree turn about 20 seconds before touchdown..Here's a guy that had to do it with engine trouble....

I remember flying into Kai Tak years ago - looking out the windows as you descend between office building, onto a runway sticking into the sea which you're convinced the plane is going to run off the end of. As they did every couple of years.

There was something in the paper over the weekend about a Ryanair plane having to turn back after its tail hit the runway on takeoff.

Thirdfox · 04-03-2008 02:55PM

Taking off from Brussels South a bird flew into the engine (well that's what they told us anyway) - made an emergency landing (with the fire engines chasing us down the runway). Had to wait 9 hours for the next flight! :mad:

04-03-2008 03:03PM

Landing in Lanzarote is fun. Myself and the other half were holidaying there, first time ever, and when we were landing we thought the plane was going to crash into the ocean. You could even see the reflection of the plane in the water it was that close. Apparently if you stand on a beach near the airport, you can see the pilots perfectly.

The brother was flying back from France years ago for a school-trip when the plane's flaps stopped working, or something, and the plane had to make an emergency landing. They gave everyone vouchers for flying again, but don't think I'd want to fly after that.

dfx- · 04-03-2008 04:50PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Apparently if you stand on a beach near the airport, you can see the pilots perfectly.

You definitely can. Sea---Beach---fence---runway. I did it once..and nearly rendered my ears useless from that date on. Literally roaring directly over your head a few feet up.

Also remember flying back from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg to London to Dublin. Thinking everything was pretty much done when in Heathrow, sitting on the plane 2 hours without moving and finding out on landing that we flew with one engine and faulty landing gear in Dublin. :eek:

FatherTed · 04-03-2008 07:55PM

sunnyjim wrote: »

I had a bad one landing in Vienna in January.

While we were approaching, I was thinking to myself "Odd, I can see planes taking off, must have a few runways" Nothing strange, right?

So on final approach, and were passing red and white beacons, and the plane is getting quite low, I was expecting touchdown in about, oh, 15 seconds. Then 10... And then the engines ran up to what sounded like "Super-200%-megapower" (trust me on that word, I'm a scientist :cool:), and we shot back upwards at what felt like vertical.

Pilot comes on to announce that there was a communications failure between the ground and the plane, or something like that.

**** me!

My girlfriend didn't notice a thing though!

Had a similar experience a few years ago on a flight from Taipei to Seattle, it was a redeye and it was early morning. Almost everyone was asleep after such a long flight but I was looking out the window expecting the touchdown in a few seconds when we shot right up again. Circled around and landed. Nothing was said but I asked one of the FA's and she said the pilot noticed a small aircraft on the runway where we were supposed to land.

That St Maatens airport reminds me of LaGuardia in NY, when the plane is descending, you think you're going to land on the water as you dont see any land. Just water then all of a sudden you touchdown.

Dodgy landings

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