I'd like to know what our resident airline pilots think of this landing.
On one hand, I see the airport under the red radar return, there are lightings striking right next to the airport, and the tower reports that there the airport is under thunderstorm cell right now.
On the other hand, the reported wind is light, there is no report of gusting wind, let alone windshears, the plane that has just landed before you reported low visibility but nothing else, and you have the runway in sight from several miles out on final. And, you can't fly just in nice weather.
That said, I was thinking Delta 191 all along the video, especially when the heavy reain started pouring in short final when flying over the approach lights, I thought "a good windshear this low would be unrecoverable". So my vote is "no landing into this", but I want to hear what the pros think.
What seems to be the F/O handling a handycam during this critical phase of the flight is a whole other subject worth mentioning.
On one hand, I see the airport under the red radar return, there are lightings striking right next to the airport, and the tower reports that there the airport is under thunderstorm cell right now.
On the other hand, the reported wind is light, there is no report of gusting wind, let alone windshears, the plane that has just landed before you reported low visibility but nothing else, and you have the runway in sight from several miles out on final. And, you can't fly just in nice weather.
That said, I was thinking Delta 191 all along the video, especially when the heavy reain started pouring in short final when flying over the approach lights, I thought "a good windshear this low would be unrecoverable". So my vote is "no landing into this", but I want to hear what the pros think.
What seems to be the F/O handling a handycam during this critical phase of the flight is a whole other subject worth mentioning.
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