Nearly.....

[calypso]

The left wingtip actually touched the runway.

You can see a puff of dust/debris as the left wing goes down.

Damage is shown here.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=799_1204550316

[Vulcan_to_the_Sky!]

Wow, thats close!

As much as I like flying, i definatly wouldn't want to be on that flight.

[delticbob]

"Nearly" made todays 6.00pm news on BBC1 (might have also been on the 1.00pm news).

Would hate to have been a passenger on this flight, then see it on TV, (or the internet FTM), & realise just how close it came to crashing.

Bob

[blanston12]

With that cross wind I am surprised that they were even allowing aircraft to land at all, what were they thinking.

[DaveB]

Also saw it on the ITN 6:30 news this evening and they reported it has having happened TODAY :o

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Kevin Farnell]

The left wingtip actually touched the runway.

You can see a puff of dust/debris as the left wing goes down.

Damage is shown here.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=799_1204550316

Thanks for confirming that, John.

I thought that the wing made contact, but then wondered if it was tyre smoke drifting across.

A totally avoidable incedent, that was so close to disaster.

Kevin

[Chris558]

I think, as left rudder is applied, it will cause the left wing to drop, which may have been the cause there. (obviously not corrected enough.)

[Garry Russell]

The implication here is this was some sort of mistake on the part of the crew

All we see is a film which on it's own tells us little

Nothing is obvious

We can see it but do not know why that should have happened.

Garry