On Saturday (March 1st) a Lufthansa Airbus A320 was attempting to land on on runway 23 at Hamburg, Germany in a severe gusting crosswind.

They near as toucher didn’t make it. Video found on LiveLeak

The aircraft was on a domestic flight from Munich and encountered 30-40kt crosswinds on landing.The port wingtip actually hits the runway ripping off the winglet and causing some damage to the wing before the pilot can get the wings level and apply go-around power. It looks like the starboard wingtip may drag also. I’m not sure if applying pressure to only one maingear will trigger the spoilers; you really wouldn’t want them to deploy when you’re this far out of shape!The aircraft was able to go around and landed safely on the next attempt.Flight Global identified the aircraft as D-AIQP and airliners.net has a rather stunning photograph of a the port tip being dragged.

It almost defies belief that plane spotters will hang around in such inclement conditions. Perhaps they have a certain sense of the macabre.

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