Airbus pilot with titanium nuggets

[Vprbite]

I mean, I suppose he didn't really have a choice here. It was either this or fiery crash.

http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/airbu...source=taboola


I have never flown into any of those "scariest airports" that always make the lists you see from time to time on yahoo travel or whatever. I have flown into Telluride Airport though and that scares the crap out of me. It's ona plateau and the weather is often snowy/windy and they have to divert to Cortez. Though it doesn't seem as bad as the one on St. Maarten where the landing gear is about 5 feet over people's head at the beach. Or the one in Nepal where if you don't get up to speed it's a big cliff at the end like an aircraft carrier, except there are goat herders walking across it at any given moment. This guy in the video brings this big girl in like a champ though. Gotta give him props for that.

[Fatboy 18]

That's pretty cool! Wonder if the passengers were told they would approach sideways?

[Vprbite]

"In the event of a sideways landing, those of you seated at the window may use the cushion as a toilet while you scream like little girl with Tourette's syndrome." I'm usually reading during those pre-flight lectures but I think that is what they are saying.

[plumcrazy]

ive never been warned when a pilot had to come into the landing that way. i think its called "crabbing"