A WestJet aircraft suffered a hard landing yesterday at one of the world’s most popular airports for aviation geeks, and it caused an operational mess, as reported by The Aviation Herald.
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Kinda embarrassing if you made a mistake in front of all these spectators. Especially when 747 can land easily.
What I find interesting about this is that someone was filming it. Seems a lot of landings are recorded these days.
Congratulations to the crew who handled this incident so successfully. Any landing which one walks away from is a good landing.
Maho beach next to the airport is an aviation geek loud plane spotting place. Somebody else probably could explain it better
Ben, did Alaska repair their 737 or write it off? Looking at the wing root photo from the WestJet 737, I wonder if it's worth the cost for an 18 year old plane.
What was the weather? Looks like the right gear hit first, perhaps because a crosswind raised the left wing.
It's quite possibly the most famous spotting locale in the world. It'd be astonishing if someone was NOT filming it. Especially in clear weather, in the middle of the day, on a weekend.
It's one of the most famous airports in the world. The camera is CCTV as well running a 24/7 live stream. Controlled by someone during the day.
I am so pleased that someone else has made that observation and comment, vicnc …. 🙂