Landing in Dublin Airport in the winds of Sh*t

5uspect

Oh it won't be on until July.

Kersh

I landed in that too .. stuck in Doncaster airport for 4 hours, and when it did finally get as far as Dublin the approach was horrendous... fair play to the pilot, , bet he enjoyed it.

rossious

This is how they start the indy car racing / supercars on the Gold coast in Oz...... Loud and cool.

http://www.rossandtherese.com/travelvideo/Indy%20Weekend/Indy%20-%20F111%20Dump%20and%20Burn.wmv

magpie

Was it this good !

http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircra...Video-116.html

Jesus H. Christ!

elvis2002

I got a flight on Sunday Night at 8 from Dublin. I was feeling lucky that the flight wasnt cancelled considering flights 1hour earlier were. Taking off from Dublin there was no problem but when we got over the Irish Sea there was nothing but turbulence for 1 hour. Sickening.

Naked Lepper

was coming from stanstead to dublin on sunday
plane circled for 30 mins
finally began approach at about 1pm
missed it due to wind, plane was all over the place, was terrifying
had to divert to shannon to 3 hour coach ride
everyone on place was shitting it!
wudnt wish it on my worst enemy!!

Skitbra

I have to agree with Mushy. I absolutely love landing in turbulence. It's so much fun, that feeling of flying sideways only for the pilot to straighten up just as you land.
Taking off, now that's a different story. I hate that. Scares me ****less.
Completely irrational though, as we all know taking off is safer than landing.

craichoe

Ugh ....
You know, when your landing in bad weather the pilot is not flying the plane, he only has control after its touched down.

Cork uses a CAT II Instrument Landing System, if the weather is beyond the tolerance of that the flights get diverted to Shannon or Dublin.

i.e. when you heard and engine increasing thrust to compensate for the roll, it was a computer, the pilot was sitting there hoping the thing would work.

pclancy

Takeoff is actually the most dangerous part of the flight, the plane is at its heaviest and at its lowest in energy, if an engine fails just after takeoff or any kind of problem with the aircraft happens before it has enough speed to fly and climb you're in big trouble. Thankfully planes are very very safe, well maintained and flown by pilots who have practised every event in a simulator several times over each year so you're in good hands...

That video above of the 757 in lisbon is actually a terrible example of flying, the pilot should have gone around long before he did and not allowed the plane to "float" and wobble so much, dangerously close to striking an engine, wing or gear off the runway.

Its one of the safest forms of travelling people! You have a far greater chance of dying every day when you sit into your car

pclancy

craichoe wrote:

Ugh ....
You know, when your landing in bad weather the pilot is not flying the plane, he only has control after its touched down.

Cork uses a CAT II Instrument Landing System, if the weather is beyond the tolerance of that the flights get diverted to Shannon or Dublin.

i.e. when you heard and engine increasing thrust to compensate for the roll, it was a computer, the pilot was sitting there hoping the thing would work.

not in those kind of crossinds though, what autoland system can deal with 20-30kts gusting 60? Pilots certainly dont "sit there" hoping it would work, they'd come down the ILS until 2-5 miles and hand fly her down.