VIDEO Major Storm Ciara Poses Challenges For Planes Attempting To Land At London, Heathrow

[Red Baron]

Low ceilings, heavy rain, and strong crosswinds make for some rather "sporting" landings. Many planes had to abort their landings (a "go around") and make multiple attempts to land. At the peak of the storm, aborted landings resulted in planes diverting to Spain and Germany.
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Disclaimer: Video footage is taken from Big Jet TV. please subscribe to them via .... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkQe... Storm Ciara was creating hazardous landings at LHR for a few hours on Feb 9th 2020. The video's montage is just 6 minutes taken from a 6 hour plus live Broadcast from YouTube channel Big Jet TV at London Heathrow (links below), the channel is really worth subscribing too if you like Aviation. Humorous commentary makes the landing even more fun to watch. Tremendous skills on show from the pilots. (Each segment of video is edited from original).

Runjtime 6:40

Storm Ciara Highlights at LHR

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPQQBvkM9IA

 

[Red Baron]

A rare touch and go. I wonder what made the pilot decide to abort the landing?

Maybe he landed too long and was running out of runway? Braking action was likely horrible on the rain soaked runway. Hydroplaning is a definite concern.

Runtime 1:13

Watch: Storm Ciara Winds Force Plane To Abort Landing At London Airport

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7vKDKRMIXo

 

[NoMoreLibs]

Went long and floated it. No spoilers deployed so he knew he was going around.

 

[dash8200]

Those are fun to watch but really sporty to get that baby on the ground in winds like that! Really big crab angles going on. Some of the wind was probably approaching the max crosswind the rudder can handle. The airbus can be a bear to land in a crosswind like that.

 

[homecanner1]

I have crossed the pond in a couple Airbuses and tell ya, I do not like it and refuse to fly on one ever again. You feel like Sally Field in the flying nun as the entire ceiling rattles the way the cross suspension is rigged and in those landings you see how those wings literally see saw up and down. I worked in the Sears Tower as well and it had 18 inch sway from side by side in the winds off the lake, am very sensitized to it on a plane. Nope. Done with Airbus. Give me Boeing or nothing.

 

[Ragnarok]

I hope those passenger's all bought the pilot a round...

 

[Hfcomms]

Those are fun to watch but really sporty to get that baby on the ground in winds like that! Really big crab angles going on. Some of the wind was probably approaching the max crosswind the rudder can handle. The airbus can be a bear to land in a crosswind like that.

Watching the spindly turboprops go at it is even more entertaining as long as your on the ground. I had a crosswind gust by the lake send me sideways across the numbers once as I flared to land. Managed to go around and hit it again but that was as sporty as I like to get. 99% boredom and 1% sheer terror!

 

[Illini Warrior]

that guy would have a hooting time watching landings on a windy day at Chicago Midway >>>>

 

[Millwright]

Youtubes of crosswind landings.

It's easy to get lost in these videos.

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[dash8200]

Yup 1% sheer terror, sweaty palms and the skill for us adrenaline junkies is the what we do day in day out. Doesn’t get old!

 

[Hfcomms]

Yup 1% sheer terror, sweaty palms and the skill for us adrenaline junkies is the what we do day in day out. Doesn’t get old!

Heh...love aerobatics and unusual attitude recovery with about 3000 feet or more below me. Going sideways 25‘ in the air isn’t the kind of adrenaline I like. I was constipated for a week because I couldn’t pry my cheeks apart. Much kudo’s to the ATP’s handling maximum crosswind component. Especially with a heavy beast that handles like a truck when flying slow, dirty and on the backside of the power curve.

 

[Red Baron]

Watching the spindly turboprops go at it is even more entertaining as long as your on the ground. I had a crosswind gust by the lake send me sideways across the numbers once as I flared to land. Managed to go around and hit it again but that was as sporty as I like to get. 99% boredom and 1% sheer terror!

Bug Smashers

 

[dash8200]

Now there’s a visual!! Agreed and very true.

 

[Red Baron]

Heh...love aerobatics and unusual attitude recovery with about 3000 feet or more below me. Going sideways 25‘ in the air isn’t the kind of adrenaline I like. I was constipated for a week because I couldn’t pry my cheeks apart. Much kudo’s to the ATP’s handling maximum crosswind component. Especially with a heavy beast that handles like a truck when flying slow, dirty and on the backside of the power curve.

Watching the videos I was impressed how those big airliners can almost instantly pour on the power and transition out of landing mode.

I don't fly a lot.

Took a 747 to Europe once and was amazed at how much acceleration that big beast had on the takeoff roll. It pushed you back in your seat quite well. Very reassuring actually.

Torque and Recoil Baby!

Once we were landing back in Milwaukee and the landing roll seemed to take forever until we stopped.

Looking out the window I quipped out loud to nobody in particular, "Did I just see some mailboxes go by?"

Frau Baron and the folks in nearby seats did not think that was very funny.

 

[Hfcomms]

I’ve never flown a turbine like Dash does but with a conventional single engine piston airplane when you have the gear and flaps down in landing configuration you have to carry a lot of power on final approach because the flaps and gear create a lot of drag.

There is more drag every time you bump the flaps down further so the more power it takes thereby being on the ‘backside’ if the power curve. If all of a sudden you have to go around you don’t have a lot of excess power so your in a precarious situation until you can get some airspeed back and start to milk the flaps back up so you can climb out. Watching those big turbines it looks pretty effortless to pour on the coal and climb back out.