"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ...
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
wrote in :

We had a couple of very windy days over here in Europe.
Look at a crosswind landing of an A320 at HAM, a near crash:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185

Nice pic:

http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.fil...=phpOltUWB.jpg



Next time someone tries to tell you that airliners just "kick it straight" when they land, like this guy did, show em
this... Bertie

I just sent this out this afternoon to our human factors people as an example of how deeply a pilot has to fly into a
problem before realizing it isn't going to solve using existing control authority.
Absolutely amazing! This guy is on the way to a memo from the Chief Pilot's office fairly soon I would imagine.
Glad they made it out of there.

--
Dudley Henriques


In the still shot, I am amazed at the lack of control deflection. Looks like just a little right aileron and apparently
no rudder. I wonder, due to the gusting conditions, if the FBW in the 320 is damping the pilot inputs?