Did this landing damage the Emirates A380 ? 😮

[@volnation-qc4rb]

Great footage Kev from an onlooker perspective to Chris's passenger perspective

[@AirportAction]

Thanks Volnation 👍

[@chip1pan]

I spent 25 years in aerospace making parts for the wings, all of the track ribs ect we all took great pride and care into our work and the A380 Is proof of this with its resilience to the beatings it gets on a daily basis.

[@sideshowbob5237]

Aluminium wing skins on the A380 I believe. Easy to inspect. Wing production at Broughton looks pretty safe to me: no-one wants to risk duff wings.

[@Paul-w9r1r]

Good onya mate! I keep you guys, and your workmanship in mind as I'm being chauffeured in the air, thank you.

[@andy81e12]

Sounds like your career really took off

[@camptube7621]

@@chip1pan most beautiful plane ever. Airbus are the leaders in quality now.

[@Jeff-tb9kp]

No. Hard landing but nothing outside its designed parameters. Did not even blow one tire. All is good.

[@grayrabbit2211]

Any pilot who says they've never plonked a landing as hard as this is lying. Not a bad landing at all.

[@camptube7621]

If you leave the plane via the gangway. It’s a good landing 😂

[@jeffreyanderson1851]

@@camptube7621 that is called a FIRM landing, not a HARD landing. 😃

[@HyperSpaceProphet]

Yeah, everyone does a landing like that once in a while. I don't care if you flya 172 , a 421, a king air or a big jet. It happens.

[@johndean4998]

Relax, everybody. The G-forces upon landing will have been recorded in the maintenance log, and if certain parameters have been exceeded then the aircraft will be inspected - but I've experienced heavier landings than that, the A380 is a strong beast, and I've little doubt it'll be OK.

[@loki7441]

The 330,s had issues with heavy landings. An impact marker was put on the main legs. If marked the undercarrage was supposed to be removed and overhauld and mounting points checked.

[@hughblack6831]

The aircraft has ACMS (Aircraft Condition Monitoring System) which is linked to all aircraft systems and flight recorder. Parameters are preset to generate warnings if certain values are exceeded, inflight turbulence and heavy landings among them. If a heavy landing occurred the report will be printed automatically and their maintenance control alerted, probably before the pilots have even exited the runway. The appropriate maintenance inspections will then be carried out depending upon the level of exceedance as more checks are required the heavier the recorded landing was. Seen a lot worse, remember working on a B757 that had bent the fuselage aft of the wings, collapsed the left oleo and bent the fuse pins.

[@hmgkt]

What beautiful machine. The curves of the wingspan is awesome!

[@AirportAction]

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[@nicholaspratt7934]

And the most comfortable plane I've flown on, it's just super smooth, when going aboard it seems impossible something that big can get off the ground, I'll bet other aircraft landing there that day gave a rougher helter-skelter ride down than that

[@andygreen4760]

Nah, they’re built to take rougher landings than that just incase they get in the hands of a Ryanair pilot

[@Bricks_Tricks_Mix]

🤣🤣🤣so thats why ryanair will never use wide-bodies!

[@kevingardiner1619]

@@andygreen4760 Ryanair fly to Madeira and that airport is very dicey to land and talk off from. All pilots have to go on an advanced flying course to be able to fly to Funchal. Not all Ryanair pilots are bad. lol. 😂

[@EdOeuna]

Fortunately Ryan Air pilots go to EK and fly the 777, not the A380. The 777 is easy to land where as Airbus pilots seem to struggle with the 380.

[@davecooper3238]

We see many Ryanair takeoffs and landings on this channel. Ryanair landing seen on a par with other airlines.

[@andygreen4760]

I think the joke has been lost in translation 🤣

[@iliasgeorgiadis1610]

This is the perfect technique for the prevailing weather conditions.

[@cesardavrieux3767]

Aterrizaje de precisión.

[@gort8203]

Not a perfect landing. There wasn't even any standing water on the runway so the avoiding hydroplaning doesn't excuse that excusive sink rate at touchdown.

[@waynep343]

I watched the live TV news copter footage of the first A380 landing at LAX so many years ago. The front wheels got into an oscillation that caused the fuselage to twist back and forth really hard. LAX spent more than a billion dollars to realign and widen the runways and taxiways for the A380. They also spent a billion to redo the Bradley international terminal for the A380s.

[@AirportAction]

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[@thefreedomguyuk]

She's alright, no harm done. All tyres were okay, nothing untowards here. Just a high crosswind component.

[@AirportAction]

Guess we will find out , it's currently sat at Birmingham Airport , with an ETD of 11:00 am tomorrow 👍

[@Chunky246]

A little heavy but well within the limits. It's actually correct to land harder in adverse weather conditions rather than try and grease it - which can cause way more issues and go arounds. It's why Ryanair get that reputation, but its correct what they do... get it down and turned around.

[@AirportAction]

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[@michaelmcgovern8110]

@@AirportAction Thanks for that - I could NOT figure out how he went from four white lights to BANG but I see it's technique now. Thanks - I'd thought he blew it! But, you're not supposed to bounce... ;-]

[@stevepearce5182]

Thats not why Ryanair do it - they do it because thats what Boeing advise to do in the 737 manual!

[@Chunky246]

@@stevepearce5182 It is why they do it, and they don't just fly 737's 🙄

[@stevepearce5182]

@@Chunky246 To be clear, the primary reason that Ryanair land firm is because thats what Boeing say you should do with a 737 in the manual, because they have a propensity to float. Of course, Ryanair would like to avoid go-around risk due to the timing risk, and landing firmly - as per the manual - will assist with that. But your other point that landing firmly (or 'positively') in poor weather is a good idea is absolutely correct. As well as the point that there is nothing wrong - other than it being a little robust - with the landing in the video...

[@RikFreemanPhotographer]

It was heavy with very little flair but not enough to do any serious damage. Looks like the pilot was determined to land it regardless.

[@BubblesTheCat1]

*flare, tbh

[@olivethrush7450]

@@BubblesTheCat1 No. The Pilot had lots of 'flair' too. Great job.

[@blogengeezer4507]

"Stickin' it...;]

[@TheDaveRout]

Understand the physics about flying but my head still can’t get round to understanding how these massive things stay in the air!

[@benmun9057]

Normal hard crosswind landing.

[@AirportAction]

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[@AndrewLumsden]

Not the smoothest ever but unlikely to have been any damage to the plane. The only possible damage would have been to the passenger's camera when they dropped it!

[@SueBrown-mz3wj]

Brilliant work Kev and thank you Chris for the footage 😮

[@AirportAction]

Thanks Sue 👍

[@AdamWebb1982]

Looked like a good landing to me?

[@AirportAction]

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[@FranktheDachshund]

They flew right into that rise on the runway.

[@fullgospelcommunitychurcho9365]

I noticed that too; could the pilot see that?

[@vincentobrien4314]

Great capture Kev. I know wing's are meant to flex. But bye eck. Used to do that with a ruler at school.

[@AirportAction]

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[@damonrobus-clarke533]

Wow, the curve on those wings is beautiful! Graceful for something that big.

[@AirportAction]

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[@timothyharrison8953]

That's a pretty firm landing. A data review might give a G-force if they track it. The delay might be for a hard landing inspection. On aircraft I've been involved with these last 40 odd years, it's mainly a visual structure inspection through easily removed panels, checking tires and landing gear

[@AirportAction]

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[@carolyn2130]

Great footage as usual Kevin , I appreciated the cabin footage very insightful with this landing. ✈️ my favorite "bird"

[@AirportAction]

Many thanks Carolyn 👍

[@timothyknight2236]

Looks like a Navy pilot!!!

[@nickrichardson9172]

Cheek 😂

[@MikeCBA]

​@@nickrichardson9172truth 😂

[@AirportAction]

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[@blogengeezer4507]

"Tailhook" ;]

[@robinmyman]

Crosswind…look at the crab and amount of directional change in the wind…so may have been some shear but query round out timing and amount. Hell yes those wings are built to flex way more and that undercarriage is substantial to say the least. Only last week an A380 was diverted to Frankfurt after 3 go arounds at Heathrow.

[@caroleforshaw6287]

Wow see those wings flex

[@AirportAction]

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[@blogengeezer4507]

"CM Wangs" ;]

[@tony.mccall]

Not departing now until tommorrow so must be something up

[@GAP737]

@@tony.mccall flight number and registration please?

[@JelMain]

Checking, safety first. If there as a serious issue, she wouldn't be listed at all.

[@el_Bambino_Kubano]

NOPE! If there was any damage, it would be in the landing gear, and it was highly unlikely.

[@Chickenbut-x3x]

It has been delayed until 11am tomorrow I checked flight radar

[@charlesyoungblood1402]

Best to pull an inspection of Aircraft.

[@Chickenbut-x3x]

It got cancelled

[@gwynt909]

Watching the A380 take off makes me think of Orville, the albatross from the movie The Rescuers.

[@AirportAction]

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[@mowglieneil]

Great footage,and that was a bumpy landing

[@AirportAction]

Thanks Neil 👍

[@ianrob4760]

this will go viral Kev and watched this live whilst working and that wing flex !!

[@PeterNGloor]

the vid of the actual landing shows a slightly high sink rate initially but somehow counteracted just in time. I do not think anything got damaged. The pax have to be buckled up, and the galleys secured for a reason.

[@AirportAction]

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[@TheByard]

I've experienced the same hard landings at Birmingham aboard Emirates A380, yet landing at Heathrow have been smooth as silk. I wonder if the undulations in the runway though far apart give the pilots a false sense of height. Mind you the Business lounge at Birmingham is 10 times better than Heathrow, so which would sway my choice?????

[@andreasgasser5823]

The runway at Birmingham is only 8527 feet (2566 Meter) long, that means very short. Heathrow has very long "normal length" runways. So everybody has to put down the aircraft at the very beginning of the Birmingham runway, else the landing has to be aborted. So this is why the pilot here had to push the A380 a little bit down before touch down. At Heathrow, he could have landed softly much further down.

[@TheByard]

@@andreasgasser5823 Thanks for that.

[@ValuedTeamMember]

Yikes... didn't think twice until I got the "onboard" experience I bet the aircraft is up to it yet you want to keep that to a min.

[@AirportAction]

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[@JohnRichardson-y8w]

Watch the landing carefully, the handling pilot pushed forward on the controls close to the ground and then failed to check the descent rate, consequently he "flew it on" as a couple of my gliding instructors observed about some of my landings over the years.

[@AirportAction]

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[@yxxtower]

The problem is runway at the point of the landing zone starts to go uphill, requiring the flair to be a bit more anticipated.

[@AirportAction]

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[@PeterNGloor]

flare

[@decent.chap-7]

Emirates seem to have had a few issues with landing their A380s in the storms lately 😮

[@juani4502]

@@decent.chap-7 hm hm welcome to Frankfurt Yesterday 😄👍

[@charlestoast4051]

I love the camera options on Emirates and Qatar flights! I recently captured "my" A350 landing at DFW, a bit smoother than this one!

[@AirportAction]

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[@typhoon2827]

What? No "pilots did a great job" comment? 😂

[@bronniepaterson4694]

Wow! That was amazing footage from on board and yours as usual Kev.. Bump…hello your back! Crikey! 👍🇬🇧

[@AirportAction]

Thanks Bronnie👍

[@michaelhoward5333]

In spec landing. That flex is typical based on the weather conditions. Great channel.

[@AirportAction]

Thanks Michael 👍

[@dr_jaymz]

Yes it does damage it because metal remembers every time it's stressed. Over time this results in fatigue cracks. These aircraft do this all day long and they check for cracks regularly, but the more you hammer it the more likely it is.

[@AirportAction]

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[@Brooksie63]

What an absolutely brilliant collaboration Kev and Chris‼It would be brilliant to have more of these if possible especially with TOGA and Cross Wind landings‼😍🤗👏🏾

[@AirportAction]

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[@markburgess4528]

Oof! He planted that one. Thought that must have been at the weekend but saw it was today. Guess we all make mistakes/misjudge things though.

[@Dd-bk7rr]

A380 is by far the best plane to fly on..... You arrive feeling fresh as a daisy😂

[@AirportAction]

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[@landingslowly]

Wow, how great to see the inside footage as well! From the outside it looks way less hard than on the inside!

[@gulthepilot]

Correct

[@AirportAction]

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[@Onceayoungidiot]

Hard landing in difficult conditions. If the plane could take off again, a great landing! Good job.

[@AirportAction]

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[@JoeChou-c9g]

Bad experience to the passengers on board 😢

[@nickedwards212]

Passenger airlines are made to with stand a lot so no there will be no damage. So don't worry about it.

[@stiffmysteruk88]

Wow great footage from.both angles

[@davidrowley-ic6dx]

A classic case of “put it down to stay down”. 😂 Once you have wheels on the ground you need the weight on them to maintain directional control to dump your speed without being sideswiped too much by any strong crosswind … of which there was a bit !!

[@AirportAction]

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[@fiae2897]

Where is the camera situated on the plane? That was brutal, thks, Kev.

[@AirportAction]

Camera on the tail Fia 👍

[@timlamarca2080]

Great capture Kev, and awesome you've got video from Chris from the cabin! There's video of one that was much more squarely than this, and I believe it was OK. Landing first on the nose gear first could cause serious damage, probably a write-off of the airframe. I'm sure they checked all their systems, and any necessary inspections happened before departing again.

[@petermach8635]

Looked good to me, with that amount of cross-wind there's a need to get the wheels on the ground as quickly as poss ..... although there was maybe an "uphill element" from that rise in the runway that stopped any flair, is that marked on the notes for the airport ?

[@brandywell44]

The plane was landed on the wrong side of the hump on the landing strip but the plane seemed to take it well.

[@kevingardiner1619]

My word! that was a hard landing of the king of the sky. Ican't understand why the pilot did what he did whilst landing. The weather was rather good over all to achieve a nice smooth landing. The plane must have encured some sort of damage from that hard landing. I believe an A380 has to be 239 tons on landing weight or less, but that's still rather heavy for a hard landing and damage of some sort has accured. Never seen the wings on this plane flex like that ever. The onboard footage says it all. The repair maybe costly i think. Tut tut.

[@cabovermike]

Probs deffo a hard landing inspection at least, but if it incurred damage they aren't fixing that with speed tape or at the gate, i bet the pilots gutted ,.

[@johnmorris7815]

To expand on my rather terse comment, a “load 15” report will probably be generated for this landing which includes the G loads and many other parameters, maintenance action will only be required in the most severe cases and this was not that.

[@jillhollins8066]

Bosh!!!, but its a landing, loved Chris's footage what a treat to get that perspective, and your screenshot picture Kev is hilarious, especially as i always see the face of the A380 as" unbothered "

[@AirportAction]

👍 Thanks Jill

[@WBTravels]

@1:54 IT BROKE THE CAMERA!!!

[@AirportAction]

Well spotted 👍

[@lizsavagar2860]

Pity he dropped his phone at the moment of impact, would love o have seen those wings flex from up there😅

[@roadrunner59]

In my opinion, no. But I imagine the pilot may be spending some time in the simulator when he/she gets home

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Why ?

[@cabovermike]

@@thefreedomguyuk Emirates monitor all pilots closely, they get wrists slapped for early or late gear downs, i'm guessing this would set alarm bells of at emirates hq,.

[@EightPawsProductionsHD]

Probably triggered a G load sensor, and required an inspection prior to being allowed to fly again.

[@AirportAction]

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[@sasza57]

Misterstick loanding in storm Darragh !💪RESPECT pilots Emirates🤝🇵🇱👍

[@EthansPhotography82]

A lot of damage caused hopefully will depart tomorrow morning 1100 if delayed the arriving A380 should be parking in remotes

[@DonnaMc04]

I’ve missed most of this weekend actions 😢 Great video of both outside and inside landing. You could feel the bump! Never seen the wings move like that too! 😮

[@AirportAction]

Hi Donna , hope all is well , thanks as always 👍

[@talldrummer1]

Definitely planted it!

[@AirportAction]

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[@cheapercharlie]

that was a brutal

[@KaiWeber-gl6fb]

Remarkable crab angle. Tires did not fly off, so it looks like a load within permitted tolerances. Who knows more?

[@tholo86]

as a passenger i am more concerned with take offs than landings

[@nickolasreeks4743]

Take offs are optional, landings however, are MANDATORY.......... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bentullett6068]

That looked a rougher landing than on Saturday during the storm

[@AirportAction]

Agreed 👍

[@blueocean9305]

Must be an ex Navy pilot. That's called an On-Deck landing.

[@danielcgomez]

dang Naval Aviators never forget their training! 🤣

[@nawazgondal392]

Some time Landing is very hard touch down if weather is not good in this video weather is bad and also cross wind landing.

[@vitality397]

did not look that bad at first look kev but that changed when i saw chris vid of it🤣

[@AirportAction]

That was my first impression vitality until Chris sent me the onboard footage 👍

[@vitality397]

@@AirportAction 👍

[@fuadsflkas]

I agree...the wing rock didn't look too bad nor the impact from outside, but inside you can tell it was a hard hard landing...

[@adamleewicks8529]

Just subbed great footage onboard footage excellent they would have felt that

[@AirportAction]

Thanks for the sub Adam , appreciate the support 👍

[@victorgrasscourt3382]

That was nasty. Pilot error. You do not pull back on the stick and drive the wheels into the tarmac. The wing flex said it all and the crash in the cabin. If that was an A340, it would need a new set of main gear.

[@johndean4998]

Incorrect - in high wind speed conditions like that pilots are recommended to land firmly to avoid drifting off the centreline. The landing gears are the strongest components on the aircraft, and the wings are supposed to flex like that. What you're hearing is the plastic fittings in the cabin vibrating with the shock, it seems dramatically louder because the A380 cabin is so quiet.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Better be careful next time you fly your armchair 😂

[@ZAR797]

After extensive maintenance it might fly again.

[@mkunjufu]

Love the screenshot. Made me and my kids 😃 I also know that Kev did this tongue in cheek

[@AirportAction]

Thanks Harold , the thumbnail is definitely tongue in cheek , but the question is genuine , with the aircraft still at BHX 👍

[@septicphlegm44]

Clearly there are sufficient concerns to postpone the plane 24 hours.

[@AirportAction]

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[@tonycritcher3419]

'Call me a Heavy, hey....... Take that!'

[@AirportAction]

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[@hassocks1206]

Didn’t flare but not a really hard landing, by Ryanair standards

[@Mistor91-vc3eq]

the pilot was fired by Emirates and he was hired by Ryanair

[@Marco-w2l]

A “firm” landing but doubt very much if that came even near to a ‘hard landing’ of 2 g’s or more

[@leandroinski1320]

Wuiii that was quite a firm one 😂Great!!

[@williamgurney2840]

Hi from roger & Finley came and spoke to you yesterday, great Chanel

[@AirportAction]

Hi Roger and Finlay , thank you for saying hello yesterday , it was nice to meet you both 👍

[@thepharcyde5239]

No.red PAPI LIGHTS 2 ON 2 😮

[@georgehaines9386]

🤣🤣 .. you have to feel for the plane .. it doesn't look happy about something 😭..! Was a bit of a thump and the wings were flapping from it . Probably a series of checks for such a thump as standard procedure .... hope the tarmac stood up to it ...

[@thud105f]

Looked like a perfect #3 wire landing for a Naval pilot. Nothing to see here move along. 🤣

[@racheldawes2725]

Good question - I’m not sure

[@AirportAction]

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[@HighDefDude]

Yep, quite a hard landing, the pilot was a bit late to soften the blow, he (or she) started to bring the nose up just 0.5 seconds before touch down, should have been a bit earlier. However, this was not a landing to worry about, these planes can deal with worse landings..

[@adrienrichardson6253]

In such conditions you have to take "assertive actions" .This was a perfect landing. Bravo the crew !

[@fredfred2363]

No.

[@0101-s7v]

@@fredfred2363 Not just the average "no" either, that's for sure.

[@EdOeuna]

Hardly poor conditions for a landing and that landing was far harder than it needed to be.

[@gort8203]

WRONG

[@Pipemonkey]

That’s crazy from inside the aircraft Kev 😳😳went with a right old bang😣 Hope your both ok, I still watch from time to time but my farther in-law isn’t to good and I simply don’t have time to go on lives atm . 😢 Much love to you all my subs to you are staying 😁😉 wishing you all a wonderful Christmas, let’s hope farther Christmas gives you a fly by😉 🎅🛷🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🎄🥛🥕🍪🎁🎅🦃

[@AirportAction]

Hi pipemonkey , sorry to hear your father in law isn't very well , we wish him a speedy recovery , and hope you all have a Merry Christmas 👍

[@SueBrown-mz3wj]

HI PIPE MONKEY lovely to see you on the channel hope your father in law gets well soon. Wishing you and your family a happy Christmas 🎄☃️

[@Pipemonkey]

@ thank you sue, bless you🙏 Good to hear from you hope you are well😁 Wishing you and yours a healthy happy Christmas, speak to you soon. Xx 🎅🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🥕🥛🍪🎄🎁🦃

[@drsmith6595]

It appears the answer to your question is yes Kev, with today’s return to Dubai on EK40 subsequently cancelled. I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often given the load/stresses the landing gear takes up on landing hard. Just goes to show how well designed today’s aircraft are.

[@AirportAction]

👍I suspect that the engineer may be busy Dr Smith . SAR007 download and a LAT analysis will tell if a hard landing inspection may or may not be required.

[@hassanbham]

Ah this a380 has the older rolls Royce Trent 900 engines

[@mikescholz7824]

Well at least the nose gear went down nice and smoothly

[@andalusienrolfito3382]

looks like a typical ryanair landing....😬

[@AirportAction]

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[@JungleYT]

*Of course not... LOL Cool the way he crabbed in*

[@jjstevenz]

late late flare caused that

[@SOFAPILOT90]

Seen more flare on banana man’s performances.

[@AirportAction]

🤣🤣👍

[@lunaco2008]

Looks like the pilot might need a little more practice on the landings… That is a massive plane though.