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    Pilot takes three landing attempts in windy Wellington, New Zealand.

    http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Pilot-t...4/Default.aspx

    Well worth a watch!

    Air New Zealand 737 landing at Wellington Airport, New Zealand
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    Quote Originally Posted by zkdan View Post
    http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Pilot-t...4/Default.aspx

    Well worth a watch!

    Air New Zealand 737 landing at Wellington Airport, New Zealand
    Thanks for posting, going around 3 times and landing on the 4th is very unusual. Pretty sure the first go-around was due to that ship being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I really like the second attempt where the 73 was briefly on the ground before that go-around, Crazy stuff !

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    $#&@(*! If there was ever a time for a sink rate warning, it was on that 2nd attempt. Holy cow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LGA777 View Post
    Thanks for posting, going around 3 times and landing on the 4th is very unusual.
    Actually the first one was a different plane. I guess he's still flying since they never showed that one land.
    Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
    All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
    I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9

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    Quote Originally Posted by yankees368 View Post
    $#&@(*! If there was ever a time for a sink rate warning, it was on that 2nd attempt. Holy cow.
    I was going to post the same thing....exactly! I concur
    The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Crap".

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    Just watched this again, and it's still scaring the crap out of me. Pull up and TOGA speed! woah.
    Last edited by yankees368; 2012-01-14 at 04:44 PM.

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    Look at the crazy wing flex at 2:15. *Que Chris Berman* Jesus

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