I was on the Sun Air Dornier 328 that made two go-arounds (13.36 and 15.24) before eventually landing at Luton. Undoubtedly the worst flight I've ever experienced - and I travel for business, so that's somewhere in the region of 800 flights in the last 11 years. The 90 minutes or so of turbulence was unbelievable.
I can quite believe that! Still the crew done very well given the wind gusts, you have a separate video out soon of the D328 so subscribe for that if you like :D
Craig Thomas~ Oh goodness gracious!!! Glad you finally landed safely!!! ONE go round would have had me in sheer terror and hyperventilating ..wanting to just get in the ground and stay out of the treacherous winds throwing the plane all around!!!......but to have to do it AGAIN!!!! AND THEN AGAIN!!!! Too scary for me to even think about!! I can imagine there must have been quite a few passengers who felt like I would have!!! So glad you're all back on the ground safe and sound!!! Whew!! :)
Wow! It looked like a pretty nerve racking day to be flying and spotting! There was some awesome catches in here. You could see how turbulent it was when the aircraft were going around and on finals!
Excellent video!! Thanks for braving the storm!!! :) I feel for every ONE of those cared passengers. I would have been crying and hyperventilating!!! For real!! Keep up the good work...and stay warm out there. :D
Yes there's a special spotting mound up by the old tower that most people use. The likes of David H (Bananaman) use specialist platforms up by the road to get over the fence. I'd highly recommend the mound :)
Hey Man! I was flying the EI-FEG on that day, the 23/02, TO at 1300 and landing at 1737, any chance you have pics or vids ? would be awesome.. thanks a lot!
The Air Buses seem to do it easier than the boeings is there a reason anyone?, fly by wire and computer vs hands on the column, or do the Boeings have a higher landing speed so are more vulnerable to wind shear. I am amazed at the skill of the pilots.
David Barnett around 5 London Stansted to the north London Luton to the NW London Southend to the E London Gatwick to the S And London city airport in east of London
That plane had 4 goarounds and was probably approaching minimum fuel state and risking diversion (and then, possibly a mayday fuel situation). On the 787 it is perfectly fine (per Boeing) to deploy reverse within 10ft of ground. In this scenario, deploying thrust reverse after the flare stabilized the approach and let the pilot put 'er down safely... if a bit hard.
Thanks. Please see the channel and compare this video to others, RU-vid had kindly messed the exposure massively during the video merging on RU-vid creator.
I missed my flight on this day because stansted express cancelled all trains. We lost almost 500 euro and have no insurance for that. Any Chance tog get my Money?
Please refer to the pinned post. It plays in the correct quality (See all of my other videos) however during the RU-vid creator process its seriously messed my footage!
