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[Terbs]

Read before watching the clip............

For those who want to fly to London City Airport, a crosswind adds to the excitement (in addition to the short runway and steep approach).
The airport itself is located on the river Thames in downtown London and gives business people very quick access to the city.
The Millennium Dome is in the left side of the picture.

The runway is only 1199 meters long, which is very short in airline runway terms. Thus it is only suitable for aircraft with good STOL (short take-off and landing) performance.
It also has a 5.5 degree Glide Slope, as opposed to the conventional 3 degree slope to most Runways.

The BAE 146 is the main jet type to operate into the place.  Most other aircraft are turbo props etc.
When doing the approach you have to be fully configured, i.e., gear down, full flaps and speed brakes before you commence descent from 3000 feet...
or you won't  stop before reaching the far end of the runway..

If it doesn't look or feel right it is generally a good idea to give it away and have another attempt.
For whatever reason, this flight crew decided to press on, but they DID make the first turn off the runway.

If nothing else, it's a testament to the toughness of the BAE 146 airframe and landing gear.

The pilots handled it like a dirt-bike!


http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f272/Terbert/?action=view&current=LondonCityBadLanding_BAE146.mp4

[ozzycat]

  hell wheres the andrex

[Vamps]

Not quite sure what to say...... :oGood on the pilot......

[tigers_gonads]

That wasn't HRH Prince Charles at the stick was it 

[jaykay]

Amazing suspension on these planes. Glad I was not on it

[Omegatoy]

That wasn't HRH Prince Charles at the stick was it 

just after he ran off the runway, I was best man at a wedding, start of my speech i said i would rather be on a plane with charles than doing this, had to wait 5 mins before everyone stopped laughing!!

[Plomien]

I would say squeaky bum time but I think it would be playing more of a brass band noise! 

[tigers_gonads]

That wasn't HRH Prince Charles at the stick was it 

just after he ran off the runway, I was best man at a wedding, start of my speech i said i would rather be on a plane with charles than doing this, had to wait 5 mins before everyone stopped laughing!!

 

Remember the stink about that well.
Iirc, the pilot of that 146 basically had his career destroyed because he let old wingnut land that day 

Happily, it would seem that his 2 lads have definetly got the flying gene 
From what I know, they both are good lads and excellent pilots 

[feeutfo]

Looked nose heavy too, as well as too much yaw. Any points for getting a wing tip down? 

[Varche]

Yikes

[b4ndit]

  wow would not have liked to have been on there

[Dishevelled Den]

A landing known in the trade as a 'tightener'.

I actually experienced a landing like that in a Dan Dare (Dan Air) BAC1-11 many years ago at Stanstead, it wasn't a particularly pleasant experience.

[tunnie]

any landing you can walk away from is a good one   

[Dishevelled Den]

The pilots handled it like a dirt-bike!

They were perhaps looking through LL more than they should have been;

How To Do A Nose Wheel Touch-Down

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8f0_1222965436

[Plomien]

The pilots handled it like a dirt-bike!

They were perhaps looking through LL more than they should have been;

How To Do A Nose Wheel Touch-Down

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8f0_1222965436