My worst landing ever was in Narita and that's saying a lot considering I've had some wild ones while deployed to Iraq. I was in a Korean Air 747-400 flying from Incheon to Narita on a hot summer day about 10 years ago and I don't remember if it was a heavy crosswind landing similar to the links listed above, but we were coming in fast.  I'm sure we overshot the captain's bars for usual runway landings, but we hit the deck HARD.  So hard that I heard a massive thud and then a cart from the galley went flying about 10 feet until it hit one of the bulkheads.  First time I've ever heard gasps and groans from the passengers.  I'm usually not scared easily when flying, but this landing had the heart racing.  Too bad it wasn't a JAL or ANA jumbo as they always have the nose cam shot fired up on takeoffs and landings.

 

My worst landing ever was in Narita [. . .]. I was in a Korean Air 747-400 flying from Incheon to Narita [. . .] we hit the deck HARD. So hard that I heard a massive thud and then a cart from the galley went flying about 10 feet until it hit one of the bulkheads.

The hardest landing I have experienced was in a Northwest B747-400 at either Detroit or Tokyo (one end of RJAA–KDTW). Lights popped and dangled from their sockets, and the large projector at the front of the center seating block shifted unreassuringly from its proper position.

looks like this kind of weather is frequent at narita. take a look at this, especially the second approach:

Such pretty writing on the YouTube comments....... And I can't read a word of it!  :(

 

I wonder how many passengers swear off of airplanes for life after stuff like that.

Hi, landing fans.

 

I guess a 60 MPH WILL be rough !!  B-)

 

Some of you may remember this?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=ljOxo0s33sI&hl=en-GB&gl=GB

 

The music is from Enigma.

So nice I got the CD !

 

Blue skies.

Viewing blocked in America on copyright grounds. Isn't that just smashing? :-/

this one's also interesting, maybe not as bad as the guy commenting says but definitely a hard landing, just look at that wingflex

 

The right way, maybe?

 

 

Cheers,

this one's also interesting, maybe not as bad as the guy commenting says but definitely a hard landing, just look at that wingflex

 

 

I remember this one, the guy commentating is an embarrasment. It was a firm landing on a very short runway for that size of aircraft, remember reading on the report about it later, it did not even qualify for a heavy landing check, it was truly a non event.

 

I remember this one, the guy commentating is an embarrasment. It was a firm landing on a very short runway for that size of aircraft, remember reading on the report about it later, it did not even qualify for a heavy landing check, it was truly a non event.

 

because the wings are so huge, the wingflex makes it look more dramatic. it was unfair to say: "it looks like the airplane is probably still gonna be usable" or the other guy (a T7 pilot) describing it as a PIO landing. if that was a PIO i don't know what we can call this

 

if that was a PIO i don't know what we can call this

Here is a less-ridiculous but similar landing at Narita. 

Here is a less-ridiculous but similar landing at Narita. 

 

very similar indeed. interesting how this hundreds of tons aircraft jump and wobble like toys. 

The airplane behaves much like a hot air balloon while those wings are supporting all that weight. Just because the wheela have contracted the ground, it doesn't mean that the wings have stopped flying.

 

Every time I have flown to or from Narita it has always been "memorable" for the chop or turbulence all the way from cruise to the ground.

Wow crazy!

 

interesting how this hundreds of tons aircraft jump and wobble like toys. 

On the bright side, I suppose having a light, responsive aircraft is better than having a sluggish, unresponsive one.