SiCk -SATA International - Airbus A310-325/ET - Azores (AB4) - Nov 20/09

[kea001]

Comments:

"Amazing. possibly the best aviation picture...ever!"

"This is a truly dramatic shot. it's not often you see a near disaster like this - and manage to take a good quality picture. it says something about the strength of airbus undercarriages."

"I saw this from the military side of the ramp. Myself, along with the rest of my crew, thought were were seeing a crash in progress."

http://www.airliners.net/photo/SATA-International/Airbus-A310-325-ET/1615692/L/

[Dngnkeeper]

Wowa Nelly....

Thats amazing on a couple of fronts.

The gear didn't break, and the pilots kept it right side up.

Were they able to keep it on the runway/ taxiway or did they need some grass.

Man oh man doesn't get much closer then that.

Great job flying.

[delta092b]

Nice link!

As a passenger I'm not sure if it would have been so much fun! Wonderland charges people for rides like that

[atcman23]

Insane!  But it makes you wonder why these pilots try to land the aircraft in such extreme conditions!  44 kt wind gusts?!  In the US, we say "Go around!"

[joeyb747]

WOW! 

[KHAOS]