Close Call for Lufthansa

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

A really interesting almost-landing caught on tape. This could easily have ended up rolling itself into a ball just off the runway...

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...urg-storm.html

I had a landing similar to this about three weeks ago here in Toronto, in a United 737 out of O'Hare. The difference was that my pilot was either REALLY good or REALLY lucky, and none of the idiots I was flying with saw how close we came to ground looping... he just greased it down sideways and bucking until the last second and I swear made a perfect three-pointer! I was awed. Most of these airborne bus drivers wouldn't know a three-pointer if it bit them on the bum, much less in a high, gusting cross-wind... I reckon that some on this Lufthansa flight had to change their drawers after THAT one!