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What is the "accepted" maximum crab angle that you can use in a commercial airliner immediately before touchdown? I imagine there is a limit where it's just not possible to line up straight in time and not rip off the landing gear, so you must divert... (Google is good about wind speed & angle but I cannot find the resulting crab angle numbers - not to mention the possibility of wing strike if you are lowering a wing into the wind)

Just asking practically speaking, what's the highest crab angle you or your buddies have seen pulled off just before a landing in a midsize to jumbo jet ?

I have a coworker who is quoting pretty "off the chart" numbers from his navy stories in the aleutians, and since I have not piloted since 1991, and only small aircraft, I don't want to call outright BS ;-) Maybe it's possible, his stories just seemed outlandish to me... Educate me please ;-)