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Pilots try to touch down on the road first before rwy

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Good grief!

 

"It is unlikely that there will be an investigation into the near-miss since the plane has been decommissioned."

Wow that's was a bit intense.

Randy Swofford

The pilots must have failed to read the charts for Ballenstedt, as they were actually way too heavy for the runway (MTOW 5700kg)... :)

 

Oddly enough, the road is also on the chart (at least the one I found)... Lucky for them they were flying an aircraft with landing gear designed for rough terrain, otherwise it might not have looked so nice on touchdown...

 

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Andrew Entwistle

I have to say that is pretty awesome!

Chris Miller

I agree with Chris.....Pretty Awesome

 

And...

 

It is unlikely that there will be an investigation into the near-miss since the plane has been decommissioned.

 

Lucky for them. Just a few ruffled feathers is all then.

 

Cheers

Matthew Kane

I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me 

It's only funny until someone gets hurt.... then it's hilarious.

Seems like practically 50% of my landings in FS... :rolleyes: In all seriousness though, lucky escape, but I don't think the public were ever overly in danger, they would have known the aircraft was going to come in shallow and would have kept the road clear for that, just happens they came in a bit more shallow than expected... :blush:

 

Regards,

Ró.

Rónán O Cadhain.

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Did somebody see the next video where they are trying the same stunt at JFK? :ph34r:

but I don't think the public were ever overly in danger,

 

Good thing these guys weren't there (airplane starts at 0:55):

 

A lot of us have tried that at one time or another LOL

Matthew Kane

I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me 

Lets hope it's still possible to just watch some planes like they do. In the post-9/11 version of the film, they've cut out that dangerous suspicious scene. ^_^

 

More seriously, does anyone know what the C-160 pilot had to say about the early touchdown? Just wondering.

Holy crap! :O :o :O

Howard
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Haha, Howard. Exactly my thoughts. Imagine you stood there. I was actually amazed how cool the crowd handled it.

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