Heavy Crosswinds Challenged An Emirates A380 Into An Almost Impossible Safe Landing And It Was Caught On Camera

Emirates Flight EK 55 battled strong winds to make an almost impossible landing on Thursday in Düsseldorf and the whole thing was caught on camera.

The A380 plane was approaching the German airport when rough winds forced a tricky landing, fortunately a skilled pilot managed to pull off a safe landing. A plane spotter nearby who filmed the incident remarked “I have never seen such a tremendous reaction of an airplane after a touchdown”.

The video was posted to YouTube on October 5 and has already racked up over 4 million views.

The video was posted to YouTube along with the following…

“I have filmed a few thousand crosswind landings at several airports in Europe within the past years, but this Airbus A380 crosswind landing was extremely hard and extraordinary. At first it looked like a pretty normal crosswind approach but after touchdown the pilots tried to align with the runway which looked pretty incredible. I have never seen such a tremendous reaction of an airplane after a touchdown. You can see that the pilots tried to align with the runway by using the tail rudder and luckily it worked out.
This video shows the incredible skills of the pilots. Even after an unexpected wind gust after touchdown they managed to re-align with the runway. Incredible job by the pilots !!

Watching an Airbus 380 is always interesting and a pleasure to watch. I would really like to know what the passengers thought during the Arrival today at Düsseldorf.”