daveymac82c wrote:
Pucker Factor 16.
Those planes can handle a fairly good cross wind, but that looked like a lot. Maybe too much, but would a captain and co-pilot both be willing to try and land a plane in winds well out of safety limits? A suppose I need to have a few more questions answered before I can even suggest the question.... Should they have even attempted the landing in the first place.
-David
No, they should not attempt a landing at a place that has winds out of limits. It would be job suicide to intentionally disregard company established limits. Probably what happened was that the winds were reported as being in limits prior to landing. It looks like either the winds were much stronger than reported or perhaps they caught a large gust as they were approaching the round-out for landing. Either way, that doesn't excuse them for not recognizing that the winds were definitely out of limits as established by the HUGE amount of crab required.
If the winds are out of limits prior to the approach, it's real simple. You just hold until they come back into limits and can land or you divert at your bingo fuel for your alternate.
They still screwed up, in my opinion.
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