Pic of the aircraft that almost crashed in Germany... sideways!
 

http://thsrv.com/hl/http://www.airli.../phpOltUWB.jpg

Do you think it's the airflow pulling the standing water up from the ground, or the tip is actually scraping through it?

wouldn't any touching of the wing cause the plane to turn to the left and go out of control?

We still talking about this pic?

If i'm not mistaken, the wing did make contact on the ground.

when did this happen?

With a light touch and the ground being so wet it probably just slid. If it did touch.

Imagine if it had been a crash... it would have been captured by this photographer AND the guys videoing it...

Yesterday or the day before.

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

http://thsrv.com/hl/http://i128.phot...wingstroke.jpg

Can you say "ouch"? (Not the same incident obviously)

I think it really is as close as it looks.

well thats a bad landing :):):)

damn

saw the vid yday mad props to the pilots this could have been one hell of a crash

He did an amazing job pulling that out. that last gust of wind really pushed them hard.

how did that ended up?

Yep, couldn't believe it when i saw it on the news yesterday.

Must have been some scary shit... :helpme

I totally fault the pilot for even attempting a landing in that much wind. on approach, when you are viewing the plane through the fence, it is clear the plane is like a kite: it's floating in the air clearly held suspended by the wind and not barely under its own control. Then the tool tries to land it about 20 yards to the left of the runway, still with the wind on his tail, and tries to straighten it out and pull an ace ventura "like a glove" maneuver. He should of aborted that approach whilst still 300 ft in the air. Yea, sure it would have been a great landing if he pulled it off, but when you have 200 some odd lives in your hand logic dictates you play it safe.
jmo,
duke

that vid was crazy... I flew yesterday, and Im glad Im not going to fly again for some time!

Seems the consensus elsewhere is that it's fake. If you look at the wheels you can see they're flattened, even the set that's in the air.

(This is the Air France pic... the Lufhansa one is obviously real)

The pilots cigarette fell on his dick, thats what happend! Not that wind bullshit..

Side note: anyone find it slightly morbid that in bad weather more people turn up with video and still cameras?? I've seen it happen at my local airport. They're waiting for something bad to happen.

Wow, that's amazing....

Heres a few pics of the damage that was done to the wing

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/505/luft3dy7.jpg

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/4007/luft4yi6.jpg

wind is so fucking inconvenient

great pics

Where does the line start for that ride?

Bit of cut and polish along with some elbow grease and a chamois will fix that right up.

Could have been a lot worse

Totally, a few years ago a similar thing happend to us in Vegas, but not as extreme.