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Severe hail storm at Istanbul on Jul 27th 2017

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:14 am
by KL-666
Several aircraft received hail damage to nose cone and leading edges. But this one was the worst off, with completely opaque front wind shields.

http://avherald.com/h?article=4ac397e5&opt=0

"The crew used the side windows while landing the aircraft". I suppose that is the reason why they had to approach sideways in this film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxlA0nKFciQ

Great to see a well trained for manual flight Airbus crew perform excellent. Unfortunately that is not standard in all Airbus training schemes.

Kind regards, Vincent

Re: Severe hail storm at Istanbul on Jul 27th 2017

Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:26 pm
by Octal450
Wow cudos to the pilots.

Yes, when trained well, Airbus pilots are excellent. (Most Airbus crew lands manually tho)

Re: Severe hail storm at Istanbul on Jul 27th 2017

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:12 pm
by jwocky
And then it turned out,t he pilots flew in their off time flightsims ... that's where they eyercise the real crazy maneuvers.

Re: Severe hail storm at Istanbul on Jul 27th 2017

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:08 am
by KL-666
Actually there are airlines that use sim time for wild-west flying. Pilots are encouraged to low level fly between buildings and stuff like that. Just to give them more feel for the behaviour of their plane. Unfortunately again it happens at too few airlines.

Kind regards, Vincent

Re: Severe hail storm at Istanbul on Jul 27th 2017

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:57 pm
by Octal450
That is sad. :(
I'd love to try that in a real sim.

Kind Regards,
Josh