Seriously, don't watch this insane landings, if you're afraid of flying.

[Javvee]

Baskonia - Bilbao - Spain; Great city, great people, great food, and one of the worst airports in the world.

The winds over its runways are crazy.

Check out this video of an aborted landing filmed last Friday.

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Madness.

Here's a close-up of another recent crosswind landing, which is spectacular because of the zoom factor.

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And if you want more airplane nightmare material, here you have enough videos to terrify even the most seasoned flyers.

747 Crosswind Landing Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport ( 1998 )

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Düsseldorf's airport - Germany. ( With Much Air In Front )

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Regards.

 

[Suvlaco]

I'm glad I saw this today and not before/during my Tokyo trip... :O

 

[Gir633]

Those aren't too bad, I was up in a Cessna 150 one time and when we came in for a landing the plane was almost a full 90 degrees on to the runway and it was a real struggle to keep lined up with the runway. Touch down on one main wheel and a quick jerk to straighten up and keep it on the runway was not too fun. After we got in a check with the recording anemometer showed that the winds were at least 15 knots over the max crosswind rating for the 150. Whoops. :sweaty: