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Re: Another Airbus down ....

Walt Davidson wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:20:55 +0100, Yeti <yeti@ayrshore.com> wrote:
>
>> Jim GM4DHJ ...at home wrote:
>>> ANOTHER airbus down in the Indian Ocean 150 lost .... how many more must
die
>>> before they are all grounded ? ......
>>>
>>>
>> A Yemeni A310, landing in bad weather.
>
> Are you saying the weather has to be good for Airbuses to land safely?
>
> I remember a few years ago landing at Heraklion in an Airbus 310 in a
> strong crosswind.  The aircraft did a 50 ft (estimated) one-wheeled
> bounce, which put my back out, before stopping near the end of the
> runway with full braking and reverse thrust applied.
>
> 73 de Wlat
>

I'm saying that:

a) Yemeni Airlines will probably have a worse maintenance record than
we're used to.

b) The strength of the winds there, as reported, are worse than the
strongest wind than is even available to land in in a simulator.

and I'm adding:

c) I'm sure there was another crash at this airport in bad weather
previously as well.

You'd struggle to land any large airliner safely in a 38 knot crosswind.

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