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Originally Posted by Eric Coffey
It's done every day, and Airbus does approve of landing the 380 in a crab, though they do have a recommend drift-angle limit of 5 degrees (per the link you cited).
Landing in a crab in heavy x-winds prevents the need for excessive bank to keep it on the center-line, which in turn reduces the chances of a wing-tip/nacelle strike.
Also, the potential consequences of an early and/or an "over" de-crab are probably higher than landing in a crab.
Obviously the landing in the OP video is on the extreme side, and still not pretty, regardless of flare technique.  |
5* isn't much of a crab angle, that looked closer to 20*. I could be wrong.
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