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  1. LUV 4REZS

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    Yes, crosswinds for most of them. Looks like a change of runway was in order for some of those!


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  3. PeterS

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    #3 PeterS, Jan 5, 2009
    Usually after many of those landings, the pilot has to be pulled from his seat in which a loud 'POP' is heard from their seat:D Probably nothing worse that being is a Cessna 150 on a short final with strong X Winds! I believe about 3/4 into the vid, the 747 was at Hong Kong's old airport, a vid that has been on you tube for a while. The 15-20 seconds of video prior was CRAZY! Hats off to the pilots that are proficient in these conditions and hold the quick thinking brain cells to abort landings when needed.
     
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    #4 PeterS, Jan 5, 2009
    Or a change of airports, as many do not have Xwind runways as options.
     
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    #5 LUV 4REZS, Jan 5, 2009
    To this day I hate flying, so when we fly to China I try and sleep as much as possible, especially when we land. The last time we went we got seats by the window, lucky us, I could look out of the window and see the wings going up and down. Jennifer said that I turned three shades of green looking at them...lol...lol...
     
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    #8 David_S, Jan 5, 2009
    Ummm.. perhaps a bit off topic, but does anyone know what the music in the background was? Thought it was kinda catchy...
     
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    ZANAX please :)
     
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    Right...lol...lol...I just can't imagine being on a plane that landed like that. There isn't enough alcohol in the world to make that an easy ride!
     
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    #12 PeterS, Jan 5, 2009
    Do what I do on returns from China. I take an AM flight out of HK (around 8 - 11AM) and stay up the entire night. After takeoff, I pop the seat into the near bed position and get a wakeup from the flight attendant when on the long final. The last trip, I woke up with a near broken left arm.....................That was from my buddy smacking me every twenty minutes for snoring through the entore flight! It's a great 11.5 hours of sleep and I'm all rested when we land.
     
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    The airline has got you covered :D
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    #14 thecarreaper, Jan 5, 2009
    music is credited at the very end of the vid.
     
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    Mercy buckets!
     
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    #16 LUV 4REZS, Jan 5, 2009
    WOW, I really don't see how you sleep like that on an airplane...lol...lol... The times that we have went to China have been via LA X and the to Guang Zhou China, then from there to Chong Qing. I don't mind the flight from Atlanta to LA, it's just when we leave LA to go to China, that's when I start to worry a lot...lol...lol... I can usually get a few hours of sleep off and on but no more than that. I remember the first time I went there after we had taken off from LA and the unfasten seat belt light went off about 30 people jumped into the center seats. I was wondering what in the hell they were doing, after about 6 hours into the flight watching them lay across the center seats I had a good idea why they did that.


    Thank God I have never had to use one of those yet, I really don't get sick, I just get really nervous that something is going to happen...lol...lol... I guess that is where the pills come in handy at.
     
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    #18 PeterS, Jan 5, 2009
    How about the passengers? I would guess that a few sitting on the left side of the plane left a few loads in their pants!!! WOWZERS! Wonder if the FAA or the airline had a few words with the captain over that aborted landing (and what the second attempt looked like! I just think their should have been a bit more precision exercised in that approach.
     
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    #20 LUV 4REZS, Jan 5, 2009
    I was wondering that myself, if the first one was like that then God knows what the second one must have been like. I think if I were a passenger on that airline I would need to have a talk with the FAA about that one. I would assume that there are limits on the speed of cross winds and precautions that a pilot must take when trying to land in something like that. I guess common sense is swept under the carpet in a situation like that unless it is an emergency. (low on fuel, sick passenger)
     
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    #21 LUV 4REZS, Jan 5, 2009

    lol...lol...lol...thats great!
     

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