This video shows the incredible skills of the pilots. Even after an unexpected wind gust after touchdown they managed to re-align with the runway. Incredible job by the pilots !!
I want to sincerely thank you for correcting your title. You've most certainly earned my respect and my appreciation for not making the general public even more distrustful of those of us in the captain's seat.
It wasn` t meant to be a "click bait" title. Honestly while I filmed this video I was shocked and my heart rate was going crazy. On my small video monitor I just saw some movements from left to right and I wasn` t sure what would happen next.
Unfortunately in our industry perception is reality, often. If someone with no background in aviation were to view this video and take the title at face value, it could certainly skew their perspective on air travel. This might not seem all that important to some, but for some of us-- especially those of us who work in one of the safest transportation industries in existence-- we value keeping the reputation we've worked hard to earn. Having your title reflect that is professional and helps all of us stay united as an aviation community. :)
I agreed ,seems like they have really skilled pilots, it's ok. But, were they to insistent about to land? It was really hard landing which can be listed in "top 5". According me, they don't need to be insistent about to land whatever....Oversize and overweight plane can be out of control and caused for a disaster easily on this windy conditions.
I have to say.. I will miss the a380 when it's short-lived existence comes to an end. What an absolutely amazing sight to see and marvel of engineering! And the pros that fly it.. top notch. Its all top notch people at the pinnacle of their professions.. my complete admiration and respect.
Absolutely! I live not far from this airport (Düsseldorf) and whenever I see the A380 at low altitudes I'm just mesmerised with a big, stupid grin all over my face. It's so majestic, it never fails to impress.
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I was more impressed by the toughness of the tires. They took some incredible lateral loads. As far as the quality of the piloting, I’m no pilot so I can only say, any landing you walk away from...
When winds swave that big bird in the air, some already said Pilot error, flared a bit early plus rudder. For me well done pilots, it could have been another story, but they kept their composure to stir it back on the centerline. Others would go around after the 1st bump, he the pilot committed to landing. The passengers were already terrified on that final approach. No way they would take a 2nd approach if a go around was initiated
Yeah the lateral load thing is a big deal. I was watching a video about F1 cars breaking down due to improper Michelin tires at Daytona or some other oval banked racetrack, I don't remember
I am myself an airline pilot on A330/340. Unfortunately I do NOT agree that these pilots did a good job. The only reason for the landing to look so "scary" was the unnecessary and too large rudder input shortly before touch down and also thereafter. Usually you call this: pilot induced oscillation. (PIO)
Stewardess "Welcome to Dusseldorf. Please don' t leave anything in your seats as you exit." Passenger "Too late on that one!". Great landing, great coverage, great video. Thank you!
I am always amazed at how much stress the landing gear of airplanes take in normal regular touchdowns, let alone wild and crazy ones like this - and yes, especially the tires. How they don't explode is a miracle to me.
Ja was der Pilot gemacht hat war eine Leistung die man würdigen sollte. Bei Sturm ( Hier Sturm "Xavier") ist es alles andere als leicht ein Flugzeug zu landen ( wie es im Video zu sehen ist).
I love this plane! It will soon get the award of being the only plane in existence that had no serious incidents in such a long time of service, I mean look at it, it's been flying since 2006 and nothing really bad has ever happened, it's amazing!
@@ST-ng2kb yea, uncontained engine failure, zero injuries, zero fatalities, successful and normal emergency landing. Still no major accident to this day with this aircraft type! 👍👍👍👍
The level of intense practice excessesive flight times have brought these pilots so avid, even cross winds fail to break their determination. Seriously , marvellous skills. Hatsoff.
What this is called is "Pilot Induced Oscillation" or PIO. It's when a pilot gets into a sequence of overcorrections. Look at all that rudder he's putting in. It's was extremely gusty and as he touched down the pilot overcorrect with left rudder they overcorrect the left rudder with too much right then overcorrect the right back left! Finally the pilot makes a moderate correction and holds it allowing the aircraft to stabilize to dampen out the oscillation. Don't worry though the airplane is built extremely well and designed to handle much more stress than this.
I'm tired of listening to TH-cam Pilots. It's hard enough landing without a crosswind.... Throw in an intense one, combined with the gigantic size of the A380, and you've got a real challenge. Combine all of that with running low on fuel and you have a super stressful challenge. They did just fine. Slamming into a field and crashing or stalling and smacking the wing or one of the engines on the runway would not have been fine.
After watching the video with my mouth open, I was fascinated to read your Description. You have certainly summarised your years of experience watching pilots and planes deal with crosswind landings very succinctly, and one can only imagine it was pretty hard for you as you looked through the viewfinder, not to make a loud exclamation. I hope the flight engineering staff are giving the tail and other parts of the plane a very careful check for cracks or warping, because the strain on all key control surfaces and associated structural elements must have been at peak load.
I agree, this landing was 1 notch down from a catastrophy. The main landing gear was put thru extreme side load that the plane was never put thru in the test phase. My guess is the plane was inspected for stress damage afterwards
I have seen some landings on TH-cam but this is incredible! I know this angle of shot can sometimes exaggerate situations but even so, fantastic airmanship!! Thanks for sharing this. 👍
You're right! I really, as soon as I watched the landing, on youtube, I realized that the pilot's ability to control the plane was incredible. Certainly, a landing of this magnitude, facing such strong winds, and with gusts of beam, only the great pilots can do it.
You're right, I think this was a very dangerous landing. The pilots should have gone around or went on to their alternative airport. They needlessly put the lives of their passenger at risk.
@@happynappy Actually, trucks and busses have bigger issues with highway crosswinds simply due to their enormous flat sides that can catch the wind, analogous to the huge vertical stabilizer in the A380. While. It would take more wind to start the movement, once you get it started, it won't be easy to stop.
bonkey dollocks In all seriousness they probably did what we do as doctors when something goes unexpectedly very wrong during a critical procedure: very calmly ask for whatever corrective measure needs to happen. One of the nurses in intensive care, where I work currently, jokes recently that there is a specific kind of deathly calm voice that makes you know things are going wrong. XD
I'm not sure I agree with the 'skilled pilots' comment. The landing is a classic example of over correction, and if you notice the rudder is split a number of times during the approach. That indicates the pilots are pushing on different pedals at the same time.
i would agree. that landing looked like a hair's breadth away from going terribly wrong. first duty as a pilot is to not get into a situation like that in the first place.
Frank K you can't control the weather. Besides pilots train for these kinds of conditions. And pilots land through crosswinds almost on a regular basis.
David Sica To land an a380 with the intensity of that crosswind is pretty impressive. Plus, indeed he over corrected but in the end, he was able to correct his over correction and not lose control.
First thank you for having been there, Cargospotter. I do not agree with your analysis of the scene. If you watch the flight-control deflections carefully, you can reconstruct the manipulations of the pilot(s) on his/their stick(s) and rudder pedal(s) ()= with overrule function. For me the PF (Pilot Flying) was rightly nervous from the beginning as may well be seen on the short approach. The rudder, as mentioned by many others here, must not be used (so one less distraction) until alignment before/during flare. All corrections to stay on center-line must be made with aileron-control. Before the decrab/flare phase a pilot must mentally prepare for the right inputs according the of the crab angle/vector-size of crosswind on which one can approximately predict the force and magnitude of the rudder input needed for an optimum decrab and accordingly the aileron input to the opposite side in order to compensate for the generated drift. And during this slip an input on the elevator (horizontal rudder) will become necessary to compensate for the reduced lift, as well as a bit more power for increased drag. And during all this effects of windshears must as well be compensated for. So after a long, uneventful flight with controlling and administrative tasks quite some challenge of multi-tasking within a period of seconds. For this besides talent, experience is demanded. Young pilots have to learn from more experienced ones, who, however , if they see (feel) wrong inputs should be able to intervene (verbally, physically see above) and not hesitate to do so. Presupposed they are knowing and prepared what to do, what they should. Now here obviously the PF tries desperately to keep his seat (cockpit) over the centerline, and tries to achieve this with the rudder (iso of correcting with ailerons, see above) ending up in pulsive inputs with the right rudder (as can be seen on the vertical rudder deflecting periodically to the right). The decrab however requires left rudder (with wind from the right) , so exactly the opposite. Once initiated purely schematically it is done with much to large rudder input left (to the full deflection), which moves this immense rudder to produce an increadible force, pushing/sucking here the tail to the right, giving the plane a torque to the left, and after first contact with the ground even amplified as the wheels (and nosewheel) point very much to the left of the CL and flight path. Then correction, counter, reaction ++, always too late which is almost unavoidable (ever slid with a car like this?) Only luck, that Airbuses are well constructed, I know planes that would have collapsed under these conditions, either part of the landing gear or even one of the wings... Conclusion: Not well prepared approach/landing and intuitively wrong/too large control inputs bringing a demanding situation almost out of control. There would be much more to be said but I'll leave it to this for now.
Guess yourself - and cross wind landings with modern jet transports - EFIS equipped !! - have always been on top of my list of topics, and I have successfully transferred my tactics, technique and skill (best noun in this context) to pilots flying with me in such conditions - which was very seldom the case I am afraid - but also can be demonstrated in moderate wind conditions (lack of training with only maybe 2 landings a month / 10 a year, whereof maximum 1-2 with stronger crosswinds. And Simulators are never reflecting the reality what this phase of flight is concerned and I doubt they would react to my inputs like the real plane). Now retired, when seeing scenes like this, I am still concerned about the formation of our future captains. And I have always felt, that there is not enough attention and time dedicated to this topic during initial formation, transitions and refreshers. But, of course, assuming there are enough instructors with the appropriate knowledge or skill, and the financial department allows the additional loans. I am about to complete and publish my pps-tutorial to spread my 'secrets' to all of the flying community. I even hazard the consequences that some may think that I am a 'know-it-all', telling things they know already (but often lack to demonstrate in the real case), but, you know what? Who cares (in 20 yares, when I’ll be flying with 1mp from cloud to cloud…) The many videos published on YT taken during crosswind-conditions however merely confirm my view that there are still a lot of - otherwise good and reliable - transport aircraft pilots out there flying, who are not confident in their skills under gusty crosswind conditions, and who could become much more relaxed during such an approach knowing exactly what to do. Because one thing is for sure: These large (long) airplanes cannot be flown with your guts only (or with your arse - sorry- as we say in German, not even in this short manual/visual part of the flight. Need a prove? I would like to see how many landings would turn out so smoothly without the audio count down of the radio-altimeter. But that again is another story) There will be much more to this in my pps-tutorial than written here, I can assure you, and it is incredible that during my whole career I was never instructed likewise. For those guessing now, one keyword: Best use of equipment. Just a few topics: I will tell how to perfectly decrab an airplane (in all modern jet-transports the pilots sit face-to-windshield without visual ref. to the longitudinal axis of the plane - there is a simple solution to this) and too many pilots do a wrong corrective input when starting to drift in flare aggravating the situation...numerous times I had to counter these in the matter of a split-second. For these two and many more aspects I had a solution (YES, no intention to brag about, but to let others profit from my over the many years developed method by brainstorming, it started with the flare/landing, then items and ideas could partly be applied for crosswind-landings - and the best thing is: It proved to work and impress in real !!) For those who recall: The A310-200 with its stiff landing gear had to be aligned properly in order to achieve an acceptable landing. This qualified, as we used to say. And I still thank Hugo, a very talented Copilot (Senior-First officer) who gave me the initial input for all of this by revealing to me his technique for perfect flares and smooth landings. This was kept as a secret in order to impress colleagues, and as it was not an imminent safety item but more one of comfort. Back to this (sorry, I always get sidetracked) : Well prepared mentally with the (theoretical) tactics, a few minutes before such a demanding landing as here, it turned out, that like this you were much more relaxed and having confidence and believing in your skill gave you more free capacity for surprises ++ . HAPPY LANDINGS TO ALL OF YOU - and FLY the plane and don't LET IT FLY you - that does not mean with FULL erratic rudder inputs though.
Charles - I like you, you write well thought-out essays in TH-cam comments. That's my style when explaining something too. Of course not too many people bother reading - most have attention spans shorter than that of a goldfish - but if you're explaining something, explain it well. Anyway, interesting analysis, appreciate it.
I try hard, thank you. Sometimes it gets complicated and difficult to understand well, as the issue is quite complex, and not very suitable for explaining in words only, not the least as English is not my mothertongue. So I am demanding a lot from readers, and rereading the explanations multiple times might be necessary - and who has that time nowadays? You, and hopefully some more, and that already makes me happy !
I can imagine the passengers in the back suffered a bit of anxiety. Even a calm landing can feel jittery in the rear. These folks probably had their kidneys swap places.
I'm no expert, but Looking at the vid in slomo it appears the rudder input was used to line the plane up in the crosswind but then wasn't cancelled when the wheels hit the ground sending the plane veering off to the left. I think the pilot may have been distracted by a late gust causing the starboard roll which meant the starboard landing gear touched down earlier (and harder!) than expected. Props to the tyre manufacturer - they appear to have all survived intact.
I'm the daughter of a 31 year member of the U.S. AIR FORCE Veteran , I'v spent my life around air craft of every sort ! Theses pilots , co pilots engineers etc . Are MAGICIANS OF THE SKY" ! ! ! . . . ✈️
People who know nothing about aviation: "Wow, great skill by the pilot! Give that pilot a raise!" People who know a thing or two about flying: "Back to the simulator for you"
With proper training the pilot should have a sense for what is going to happen, movement-wise, especially once touching the ground. Then they should be proactive, not reactive. Generally (not just in piloting) a big part of overcorrecting is hasty, swift REacting instead of calmly compensating a moment before the inevitable movement happens. In market economics (including job) this unskillful behavior is called pig cycle, when a commodity/service price keeps fluctuating extremely because the reaction to rising or shrinking demand is occuring too late and then excessively.
In my mind this landing was absolutely appalling. But then there are so many factors to think about in cross wind conditions. I think also wind shear played a big part just before touch down. I'd be interested to know what airport and which runway it was.
Massive over-correction on the rudder caused the aircraft to veer wildly like that, not to mention the very hard landing. This is not heroism at all. The pilot flying as well as the pilot not flying should be sent back to sim for a loooong time before they get to drive the bus again. Hope that aircraft went into a proper maintenance check straight after...
I honestly think they should be fired and not fly again on wide body aircraft. We all have good days and bad days, but that was a simply appalling near accident from what should have been a simple cross-wind landing well within the A380 limits.
@@Adrianhvlogs , I'm not sure where you got your information from but it's simply not correct. The pilots were NOT fired. The pilot in the left seat was on his upgrade whilst the pilot in the right seat, normally occupied by the First Officer, was a training Captain. The trainer took over control from the 'Captain' after the first large swing on touchdown. Both pilots are still employed by the Company. Fact.
My friend was on that flight he was working for emirates at the time but at this particular flight he was a passenger . Apparently what happened was both pilots were unconscious and the plane was flying itself luckily the crew recognized him and he took control saving the plane from disaster at the very last minute.
Yes Sir... I agree - don't know why more people didn't give credit to the manufacturer for making this Big Bird handle so easy without snapping the wings under such severe torsional stress forces... These very skilled and dedicated pilots had an opportunity to show off the A380 as poetry in motion at its finest...
At 0:17 I think the decision should have been a go around rather than add more rudder. Between 0:17 and 0:21 it's a fight to stay on centre. Impressive how balanced the plane is though with such a hard landing.
It looks like Düsseldorf does have a tricky crosswind. There was some last second sink which was not able to be overcome with the rudder input which should have pushed the right wing up. So instead it was slammed.
Not sure it's that skillful. They had almost full left rudder at touchdown that caused significant yaw moment.. if they'd reduced rudder input at touchdown it would not have reacted so violently #tankslapper
This appears to be a TEXTBOOK PERFECT Cross wind Landing skill. I am sure this will be added into the syllabi for training future pilots. Excellent and inspirational work by the pilot. At the touch down, the left wing landing gear was still in air while all other main landing gears were rolling on the tarmac, the speed with which A380 the giant colossus responded to pilot inputs is simply unbelievable. No matter how many times you watch it, you will watch it again and again. Hats off to the Cameraman Great capture !!
This video shows the incredible skills of the pilots. Even after an unexpected wind gust after touchdown they managed to re-align with the runway. Incredible job by the pilots !!
I want to sincerely thank you for correcting your title. You've most certainly earned my respect and my appreciation for not making the general public even more distrustful of those of us in the captain's seat.
It wasn` t meant to be a "click bait" title. Honestly while I filmed this video I was shocked and my heart rate was going crazy. On my small video monitor I just saw some movements from left to right and I wasn` t sure what would happen next.
Indeed, great respect for this awesome pilot!
Unfortunately in our industry perception is reality, often. If someone with no background in aviation were to view this video and take the title at face value, it could certainly skew their perspective on air travel. This might not seem all that important to some, but for some of us-- especially those of us who work in one of the safest transportation industries in existence-- we value keeping the reputation we've worked hard to earn.
Having your title reflect that is professional and helps all of us stay united as an aviation community. :)
I agreed ,seems like they have really skilled pilots, it's ok. But, were they to insistent about to land? It was really hard landing which can be listed in "top 5".
According me, they don't need to be insistent about to land whatever....Oversize and overweight plane can be out of control and caused for a disaster easily on this windy conditions.
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Seems like some kind of "Airport drift"
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That is pretty similar to my landing in FSX .... without any wind.
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BoxBlock hahaha same here!
Shoot, I wonder if we would land a real plane perfectly then? Heheheh
I crashed when I tried to take off :(
I have to say.. I will miss the a380 when it's short-lived existence comes to an end. What an absolutely amazing sight to see and marvel of engineering! And the pros that fly it.. top notch. Its all top notch people at the pinnacle of their professions.. my complete admiration and respect.
Absolutely! I live not far from this airport (Düsseldorf) and whenever I see the A380 at low altitudes I'm just mesmerised with a big, stupid grin all over my face. It's so majestic, it never fails to impress.
seems like it's back in style now
Back in style now lol
Wow!
Must have been a crazy experience for those at the rear of the plane...from side to side like that.
just what I was thinking!
Trucker Dashcam // Sweden it's probably a cargo plane.
No it's not a cargo plane. It's the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner which can take up to 853 passenger on two decks.
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It think he was just joking considering the uploaders youtube name is cargospotter
Hi cargospotter! Would you mind if I use this clip in one of my instructional videos. Just a short clip with credits?
He did, I just watched his video on Cross-wind landings, and there was a short piece if this video in there, thats how I found this video :)
Just came from yours. Great work of explaining there.
he did use that clip in his CROSSWIND landings video. He explained really well!
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No i won't
Unbelievable how much stress those landing gears can handle 🤯
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@@RudyNortz What a nonsense joke!
Wow, man! That was spectacular indeed, what an amazing capture! Well done:)
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Amazing piloting skills landing a magnificent aircraft.
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What did u do today? I drifted an Airbus A380! :D
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I was more impressed by the toughness of the tires. They took some incredible lateral loads. As far as the quality of the piloting, I’m no pilot so I can only say, any landing you walk away from...
When winds swave that big bird in the air, some already said Pilot error, flared a bit early plus rudder. For me well done pilots, it could have been another story, but they kept their composure to stir it back on the centerline. Others would go around after the 1st bump, he the pilot committed to landing.
The passengers were already terrified on that final approach. No way they would take a 2nd approach if a go around was initiated
Yeah the lateral load thing is a big deal. I was watching a video about F1 cars breaking down due to improper Michelin tires at Daytona or some other oval banked racetrack, I don't remember
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The landing gear of A380 cost 25 million usd
@@alexm566 thats why its made to withstand landings like that over a period of years
WOW, Spectacular shot!
Never seen something like this before!
I am myself an airline pilot on A330/340. Unfortunately I do NOT agree that these pilots did a good job. The only reason for the landing to look so "scary" was the unnecessary and too large rudder input shortly before touch down and also thereafter. Usually you call this: pilot induced oscillation. (PIO)
Over-steering. Steering in panic
Patrick Riva that was scary to watch.
Patrick Riva I agree with you
I would say he straightened out too soon.
Yep, kick the rudder once after main carriage touchdown should do it, if done correctly.
Best Drift I ever see !!!
SITH LORD but scary for passengers. Not so great.
Stewardess "Welcome to Dusseldorf. Please don' t leave anything in your seats as you exit."
Passenger "Too late on that one!".
Great landing, great coverage, great video.
Thank you!
this was just too funny!
"Uh, we need cleanup crew from Row 40 on back."
Amazing. Just wonder the colossal forces those tires were submitted.
Indeed , the whole landing gear in fact . . . .how long do you think this plane was taken out of service to run checks ?
You're right, the whole landing gear. I believe it would take long hours and lots of double checks
I am always amazed at how much stress the landing gear of airplanes take in normal regular touchdowns, let alone wild and crazy ones like this - and yes, especially the tires. How they don't explode is a miracle to me.
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Bis das Flugzeug den Boden berührt sieht es so aus, als würde es wie ein Helikopter landen. Gute Aktion vom Piloten.
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Es sieht nur so aus, da rein und wieder rausgezoomt wurde
HardwareNichtRat Nein
Und wegen den Klappen, Triebwerksschub etc
es wurde einfach von vorne gefilmt boah
Ja was der Pilot gemacht hat war eine Leistung die man würdigen sollte. Bei Sturm ( Hier Sturm "Xavier") ist es alles andere als leicht ein Flugzeug zu landen ( wie es im Video zu sehen ist).
I love this plane! It will soon get the award of being the only plane in existence that had no serious incidents in such a long time of service, I mean look at it, it's been flying since 2006 and nothing really bad has ever happened, it's amazing!
I don’t think so. Ever heard of Qantas Flight 32?
@@ST-ng2kb yea, uncontained engine failure, zero injuries, zero fatalities, successful and normal emergency landing. Still no major accident to this day with this aircraft type! 👍👍👍👍
Wow crazy drifting! Amazing pilot skills
no tire blown. very very lucky
Rather poor piloting skills to be honest.
+Six Shot why
He should have done a go around, especially after touchdown, as the aircraft was sliding all over the place. Needless danger.
Six Shot after the touchdown, it was too late. Pilots made a great job here
It's sad to see other producers and agencies ripping off this video, welcome to the totally unfair world of 'fair use'
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leokimvideo if they're just ripping it off it's not fair use. Fair Use has rules...
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If daily mail used it for news it is fair use.
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The level of intense practice excessesive flight times have brought these pilots so avid, even cross winds fail to break their determination. Seriously , marvellous skills. Hatsoff.
What this is called is "Pilot Induced Oscillation" or PIO. It's when a pilot gets into a sequence of overcorrections. Look at all that rudder he's putting in. It's was extremely gusty and as he touched down the pilot overcorrect with left rudder they overcorrect the left rudder with too much right then overcorrect the right back left! Finally the pilot makes a moderate correction and holds it allowing the aircraft to stabilize to dampen out the oscillation. Don't worry though the airplane is built extremely well and designed to handle much more stress than this.
I'm tired of listening to TH-cam Pilots. It's hard enough landing without a crosswind.... Throw in an intense one, combined with the gigantic size of the A380, and you've got a real challenge. Combine all of that with running low on fuel and you have a super stressful challenge. They did just fine. Slamming into a field and crashing or stalling and smacking the wing or one of the engines on the runway would not have been fine.
No its not fine ,in this case you dont know what youre talking about ,the pilot made some mistakes
@@thomaskelley1604 TH-cam Pilots !! 😆🤣 Probably a troll account anyway with no content
After watching the video with my mouth open, I was fascinated to read your Description. You have certainly summarised your years of experience watching pilots and planes deal with crosswind landings very succinctly, and one can only imagine it was pretty hard for you as you looked through the viewfinder, not to make a loud exclamation.
I hope the flight engineering staff are giving the tail and other parts of the plane a very careful check for cracks or warping, because the strain on all key control surfaces and associated structural elements must have been at peak load.
The way that massive rudder moved was amazing
I agree, this landing was 1 notch down from a catastrophy. The main landing gear was put thru extreme side load that the plane was never put thru in the test phase. My guess is the plane was inspected for stress damage afterwards
I always wondered if you could drift an A380...
Obviously it works. :D
jochenstacker possible xD
I can't even drift a cycle
And he is drifting with a380😂
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I am sure it is harder to drift a cycle
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That's not drift bro , that's just excessive rudder use I think
It’s not got to do with the bigness or the smallest
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I have seen some landings on TH-cam but this is incredible!
I know this angle of shot can sometimes exaggerate situations but even so, fantastic airmanship!!
Thanks for sharing this. 👍
A testament to how tough the main gear is on these aircraft. Let's no forget the tires, too!That's an awful lot of pounding! Good piloting.
I guess this left quite a number of interesting skidmarks...
You mean on the ground or in the cabin?
The ground based ones are of interest to me - although you could probably find a "scientist" interested in the cabin ones lol
Respect to the pilot!
You're right! I really, as soon as I watched the landing, on youtube, I realized that the pilot's ability to control the plane was incredible. Certainly, a landing of this magnitude, facing such strong winds, and with gusts of beam, only the great pilots can do it.
First understeer the A380, then he oversteers. Traction Controll is definilty deactivated :D
Vettel would have spun :P
You can't understeer a plane. That was what we call a Tankslapper.
@@Michelle_Schu-blacka Yes I know. That was just a joke...
This is the very definition of PIO (Pilot Induced Oscillation). They were bloody lucky they didn't lose control of that aircraft.
You're right, I think this was a very dangerous landing. The pilots should have gone around or went on to their alternative airport. They needlessly put the lives of their passenger at risk.
So excited to see a video captured from inside 😂 Does anyone have it? 🤔
Random tourist: "Let's buy seats near the tail, it'll be fine, this plane is too big for turbulence anyway."
Wind gust: "Hold my beer"
Just know about this
@@happynappy
Actually, trucks and busses have bigger issues with highway crosswinds simply due to their enormous flat sides that can catch the wind, analogous to the huge vertical stabilizer in the A380. While. It would take more wind to start the movement, once you get it started, it won't be easy to stop.
Did Not know the Wind likes Beer too lmao xD
It's not really the wind that caused this, the main reason is over correcting
@@gamesbaden1729 🍺
Pilots: fuck the system! we're gonna tokyo drift this baby!
Yes nice
Gustavo Condori Whats drifting?
BellicIV well, welcome to Obama Airlines!
just look at 2:22, there must have been som burnmarks after that landing.
DEJA VU
That rudder usage was pretty pronounced if I must say! Gotta love nasty crosswinds!
I would say ( despite the pilot's handling skills), it was more of a slam down than a landing.
A slamding.
Stewardess - "sir the wind is too strong to land now!"
Pilot - "hold my beer"
Neurotripsicks why would the stewardess say that
Ye lol
@@pizza_parker9689 because she was siting on his lap.
She would not hold his beer.
She would hold his flight checklist
Absolut spektakulär. Wow.
I bet the pilot was shouting "ssssssshhhhhhhiiiiiiiiittttttttt"
bonkey dollocks In all seriousness they probably did what we do as doctors when something goes unexpectedly very wrong during a critical procedure: very calmly ask for whatever corrective measure needs to happen. One of the nurses in intensive care, where I work currently, jokes recently that there is a specific kind of deathly calm voice that makes you know things are going wrong. XD
I'm not sure I agree with the 'skilled pilots' comment. The landing is a classic example of over correction, and if you notice the rudder is split a number of times during the approach. That indicates the pilots are pushing on different pedals at the same time.
David Sic
i would agree. that landing looked like a hair's breadth away from going terribly wrong.
first duty as a pilot is to not get into a situation like that in the first place.
Frank K you can't control the weather. Besides pilots train for these kinds of conditions. And pilots land through crosswinds almost on a regular basis.
David Sica To land an a380 with the intensity of that crosswind is pretty impressive. Plus, indeed he over corrected but in the end, he was able to correct his over correction and not lose control.
kenfoust3443 barely. To be honest, it pretty much looks like a bad de-crab followed by a panic over correction.
An amazing video of the Airbus A380 crosswind landing,, the slow motion really shows the crosswind effect.
AMAZING!!! The Emirates drift😀😀😀
Wow ! Imagine sitting at the back that plane when touched down . That’s some proper oversteer correction .
Arabs: i can drift on the runway
Emirates: hold my beer
0:26
see my post on cross wind landings
Emirates are Arabs
@@davejordan3740 Although, the vast majority of Emirates pilots are not Arabs.
Amazing skills, that thing is absolutely ENORMOUS when you see it close up, people inside must have thought they were done for!
Must have been terrifying on board with that landing, and usually landings on bigger planes are very smooth.
Its amazing how wind can toss a huge jet like that around!!
First thank you for having been there, Cargospotter. I do not agree with your analysis of the scene. If you watch the flight-control deflections carefully, you can reconstruct the manipulations of the pilot(s) on his/their stick(s) and rudder pedal(s) ()= with overrule function.
For me the PF (Pilot Flying) was rightly nervous from the beginning as may well be seen on the short approach. The rudder, as mentioned by many others here, must not be used (so one less distraction) until alignment before/during flare. All corrections to stay on center-line must be made with aileron-control.
Before the decrab/flare phase a pilot must mentally prepare for the right inputs according the of the crab angle/vector-size of crosswind on which one can approximately predict the force and magnitude of the rudder input needed for an optimum decrab and accordingly the aileron input to the opposite side in order to compensate for the generated drift. And during this slip an input on the elevator (horizontal rudder) will become necessary to compensate for the reduced lift, as well as a bit more power for increased drag. And during all this effects of windshears must as well be compensated for.
So after a long, uneventful flight with controlling and administrative tasks quite some challenge of multi-tasking within a period of seconds. For this besides talent, experience is demanded. Young pilots have to learn from more experienced ones, who, however , if they see (feel) wrong inputs should be able to intervene (verbally, physically see above) and not hesitate to do so. Presupposed they are knowing and prepared what to do, what they should.
Now here obviously the PF tries desperately to keep his seat (cockpit) over the centerline, and tries to achieve this with the rudder (iso of correcting with ailerons, see above) ending up in pulsive inputs with the right rudder (as can be seen on the vertical rudder deflecting periodically to the right). The decrab however requires left rudder (with wind from the right) , so exactly the opposite. Once initiated purely schematically it is done with much to large rudder input left (to the full deflection), which moves this immense rudder to produce an increadible force, pushing/sucking here the tail to the right, giving the plane a torque to the left, and after first contact with the ground even amplified as the wheels (and nosewheel) point very much to the left of the CL and flight path. Then correction, counter, reaction ++, always too late which is almost unavoidable (ever slid with a car like this?)
Only luck, that Airbuses are well constructed, I know planes that would have collapsed under these conditions, either part of the landing gear or even one of the wings...
Conclusion: Not well prepared approach/landing and intuitively wrong/too large control inputs bringing a demanding situation almost out of control.
There would be much more to be said but I'll leave it to this for now.
thank you, appreciate !
You a pilot yourself? ;)
Guess yourself - and cross wind landings with modern jet transports - EFIS equipped !! - have always been on top of my list of topics, and I have successfully transferred my tactics, technique and skill (best noun in this context) to pilots flying with me in such conditions - which was very seldom the case I am afraid - but also can be demonstrated in moderate wind conditions (lack of training with only maybe 2 landings a month / 10 a year, whereof maximum 1-2 with stronger crosswinds. And Simulators are never reflecting the reality what this phase of flight is concerned and I doubt they would react to my inputs like the real plane).
Now retired, when seeing scenes like this, I am still concerned about the formation of our future captains. And I have always felt, that there is not enough attention and time dedicated to this topic during initial formation, transitions and refreshers. But, of course, assuming there are enough instructors with the appropriate knowledge or skill, and the financial department allows the additional loans.
I am about to complete and publish my pps-tutorial to spread my 'secrets' to all of the flying community. I even hazard the consequences that some may think that I am a 'know-it-all', telling things they know already (but often lack to demonstrate in the real case), but, you know what? Who cares (in 20 yares, when I’ll be flying with 1mp from cloud to cloud…)
The many videos published on YT taken during crosswind-conditions however merely confirm my view that there are still a lot of - otherwise good and reliable - transport aircraft pilots out there flying, who are not confident in their skills under gusty crosswind conditions, and who could become much more relaxed during such an approach knowing exactly what to do. Because one thing is for sure: These large (long) airplanes cannot be flown with your guts only (or with your arse - sorry- as we say in German, not even in this short manual/visual part of the flight. Need a prove? I would like to see how many landings would turn out so smoothly without the audio count down of the radio-altimeter. But that again is another story) There will be much more to this in my pps-tutorial than written here, I can assure you, and it is incredible that during my whole career I was never instructed likewise. For those guessing now, one keyword: Best use of equipment.
Just a few topics: I will tell how to perfectly decrab an airplane (in all modern jet-transports the pilots sit face-to-windshield without visual ref. to the longitudinal axis of the plane - there is a simple solution to this) and too many pilots do a wrong corrective input when starting to drift in flare aggravating the situation...numerous times I had to counter these in the matter of a split-second. For these two and many more aspects I had a solution (YES, no intention to brag about, but to let others profit from my over the many years developed method by brainstorming, it started with the flare/landing, then items and ideas could partly be applied for crosswind-landings - and the best thing is: It proved to work and impress in real !!) For those who recall: The A310-200 with its stiff landing gear had to be aligned properly in order to achieve an acceptable landing. This qualified, as we used to say. And I still thank Hugo, a very talented Copilot (Senior-First officer) who gave me the initial input for all of this by revealing to me his technique for perfect flares and smooth landings. This was kept as a secret in order to impress colleagues, and as it was not an imminent safety item but more one of comfort.
Back to this (sorry, I always get sidetracked) : Well prepared mentally with the (theoretical) tactics, a few minutes before such a demanding landing as here, it turned out, that like this you were much more relaxed and having confidence and believing in your skill gave you more free capacity for surprises ++ .
HAPPY LANDINGS TO ALL OF YOU - and FLY the plane and don't LET IT FLY you - that does not mean with FULL erratic rudder inputs though.
Charles - I like you, you write well thought-out essays in TH-cam comments. That's my style when explaining something too. Of course not too many people bother reading - most have attention spans shorter than that of a goldfish - but if you're explaining something, explain it well. Anyway, interesting analysis, appreciate it.
I try hard, thank you. Sometimes it gets complicated and difficult to understand well, as the issue is quite complex, and not very suitable for explaining in words only, not the least as English is not my mothertongue. So I am demanding a lot from readers, and rereading the explanations multiple times might be necessary - and who has that time nowadays? You, and hopefully some more, and that already makes me happy !
I can imagine the passengers in the back suffered a bit of anxiety. Even a calm landing can feel jittery in the rear. These folks probably had their kidneys swap places.
This is the world's best plane. I love it!
Definitely not the best but ok
Respect for the pilots and luck for the passengers !
I'm no expert, but Looking at the vid in slomo it appears the rudder input was used to line the plane up in the crosswind but then wasn't cancelled when the wheels hit the ground sending the plane veering off to the left. I think the pilot may have been distracted by a late gust causing the starboard roll which meant the starboard landing gear touched down earlier (and harder!) than expected. Props to the tyre manufacturer - they appear to have all survived intact.
I’ve watched this so many times. That crazy swing after touchdown is insane!
I’d love to hear what it was like from anyone on that flight.
The rear row seated sure had a fun ride.
i bet that was the last flight for a couple of people who were already scared of flying before 😂
Truly the most incredible thing I have witnessed in Aviation!!!!!!!!!!
Simply the plane was "dancing with itself".
You probably already know this but. Your video is making the rounds through the national news in the US.
That extra rudder input from 0:22 onwards was unnecessary. This is coming from a pilot.
I'm not a pilot but that seemed to make things worse.
Agreed
I’m not a pilot, but isn’t this input necessary in order to get out of the crab angle and align the nose gear with the center line?
I'm the daughter of a 31 year member of the U.S. AIR FORCE Veteran , I'v spent my life around air craft of every sort ! Theses pilots , co pilots engineers etc . Are MAGICIANS OF THE SKY" ! ! ! . . . ✈️
it's amazing they didn't shear the wheels off with all that weight.
They design those things with incredible strength
People who know nothing about aviation: "Wow, great skill by the pilot! Give that pilot a raise!"
People who know a thing or two about flying: "Back to the simulator for you"
I dont have any special knowledge but I can tell from the vertical tail flap that he overcorrects and delays to recorrect causing even more swing.
Will this plane be taken out of circulation and inspected given the landing?
@@elleJay-mb4yn No, not a chance. Just a regular inspection, and on to the next scheduled flight.
With proper training the pilot should have a sense for what is going to happen, movement-wise, especially once touching the ground. Then they should be proactive, not reactive. Generally (not just in piloting) a big part of overcorrecting is hasty, swift REacting instead of calmly compensating a moment before the inevitable movement happens. In market economics (including job) this unskillful behavior is called pig cycle, when a commodity/service price keeps fluctuating extremely because the reaction to rising or shrinking demand is occuring too late and then excessively.
In my mind this landing was absolutely appalling. But then there are so many factors to think about in cross wind conditions. I think also wind shear played a big part just before touch down. I'd be interested to know what airport and which runway it was.
The pilots played gta 5 before going on the trip!
Daskuts Pathetic comment!
Tony Roy joke?
Unbelievable capabilities and high standard skills of those pilots. Hat off.
Massive over-correction on the rudder caused the aircraft to veer wildly like that, not to mention the very hard landing. This is not heroism at all. The pilot flying as well as the pilot not flying should be sent back to sim for a loooong time before they get to drive the bus again. Hope that aircraft went into a proper maintenance check straight after...
He also should have turned the opposite way with the ailerons to even out the plane and avoid the right gear hitting the ground first.
I honestly think they should be fired and not fly again on wide body aircraft. We all have good days and bad days, but that was a simply appalling near accident from what should have been a simple cross-wind landing well within the A380 limits.
I agree !! Those landing trucks took a HELL of a beating !!!
Paul Leeming the emirates pilots got fired
@@Adrianhvlogs , I'm not sure where you got your information from but it's simply not correct. The pilots were NOT fired. The pilot in the left seat was on his upgrade whilst the pilot in the right seat, normally occupied by the First Officer, was a training Captain. The trainer took over control from the 'Captain' after the first large swing on touchdown. Both pilots are still employed by the Company. Fact.
Deja Vu! I've just been in this place before
Higher on the street
And I know it's my time to go
My friend was on that flight he was working for emirates at the time but at this particular flight he was a passenger . Apparently what happened was both pilots were unconscious and the plane was flying itself luckily the crew recognized him and he took control saving the plane from disaster at the very last minute.
That’s not at all what happened lmfao
Not what happend i was the copilot on that way winds were blowing 45 mph
That huge rudder saved the day by giving the pilots a fighting chance with the aircraft yaw motion.
When drifting is a passion
Eurobeat in the background
Imagine the sheer stress on the fuselage and everything connected during this landing! Hats off to the engineers of Airbus and of course the pilots.
Yes Sir... I agree - don't know why more people didn't give credit to the manufacturer for making this Big Bird handle so easy without snapping the wings under such severe torsional stress forces... These very skilled and dedicated pilots had an opportunity to show off the A380 as poetry in motion at its finest...
Arab drift with A380 😎
ROFL
The amount of pressure the landing gear can handle is incredible. Such amazing machines.
Air Drift......with A380.....wow
I'll bet that left a lot of skidmarks.....and, I'm not talking about the runway......
I feel for those that clean out the cabin after a flight!
That's the day you wish you were wearing your brown trousers.
They should check the rudder...mean tail fin..., it was a huge force for it.
At 0:17 I think the decision should have been a go around rather than add more rudder. Between 0:17 and 0:21 it's a fight to stay on centre. Impressive how balanced the plane is though with such a hard landing.
Look at this expert
Guy De Groof what’s a go around
Very true. Sadly you are not positive enough. Get ready for inputs from all the aviation geeks, because A380 pilots don't make mistakes!
It looks like Düsseldorf does have a tricky crosswind. There was some last second sink which was not able to be overcome with the rudder input which should have pushed the right wing up. So instead it was slammed.
Meanwhile the passengers enjoying their tea like nothing is happening.
380 is a beast 💪
Pilot induced oscillation.
I would have loved to hear the CVR on this one!
Then the passengers asked .... "Did we land or were we shot down?" =8^|
hahaha
That rudder use is simply awesome
Not sure it's that skillful. They had almost full left rudder at touchdown that caused significant yaw moment.. if they'd reduced rudder input at touchdown it would not have reacted so violently #tankslapper
Jme Be said from what’s probably an fsx pilot... well done
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@@mrojas700
But he is right, there was an excessive rudder action, it's a mistake from the pilot
It would've worked if the pilots did it correctly. Rudder kick after main gear touchdown.
Alternate Title: Ryanair has been accused of painting the wrong livery on their a380
Ur making Ryanair look good u need allot of skill for cross wind landing
Ryanai doens't even uses A380
Ryanair can't even afford to operate A380s, you know
@@vinikk77 no, they don't. It's a joke.
@@AmyAnnLand i know
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Ooh that makes my stomach do a flip just watching it! I can't imagine being onboard when this happened!
Absolutely incredible manoeuvre, massive props to the pilot of the aircraft that managed to pull that off.
I hope the crew handed out complimentary brown trousers for the passengers.
There is a saying that any landing where you can walk away, was a good landing, but in this landing, I cannot walk in a while.
This appears to be a TEXTBOOK PERFECT Cross wind Landing skill. I am sure this will be added into the syllabi for training future pilots. Excellent and inspirational work by the pilot. At the touch down, the left wing landing gear was still in air while all other main landing gears were rolling on the tarmac, the speed with which A380 the giant colossus responded to pilot inputs is simply unbelievable. No matter how many times you watch it, you will watch it again and again. Hats off to the Cameraman Great capture !!
Sorry?
It appears you actually have the opinion that this was a 'skillful' landing?
No my friend, not even close.
Exactly! This landing was everything else but good.
Am I wrong or does the last clip of the landing look like it's been sped up a little for dramatic effect?
Legend has it the passengers are still shitting
Thats Emirates ! Amazing drift !
Xyra Ibasco ... Nice where from you
INCREDIBLE! THANKS FOR SHARING. What a beast of a plane
Hey uncle what was your favorite moment in a Airbus s380
Uncle:I drifted it
I traveled world wide first time I knew that an A380 could drift...
Co-pilot: So, you mean you can drift this thing.
Pilot: Hold ma beer~
I would imagine the cabin cleaning crew had a huge job cleaning those seats during that turnaround.