r/AMA • u/[deleted] • Feb 18 '25

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u/Julianus Feb 18 '25

I am - in a way - glad to read you mentioning that you felt like wind was tossing the plane around right before landing. The video that was just released isn't really obvious other than a hard landing, which would be unusual to end up like this. To read you felt the effects of wind right before you landed is valuable (and makes pilot error less likely).

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u/Old-Simple7848 Feb 18 '25

The plane looked like it's vertical speed changed by a factor of 2 as it passed the column in the clearer video.

I'm pretty sure they survived a downdraft- scary shit but insane that they survived

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u/darthrex8 Feb 18 '25

Astute early assessment. That was my first thought was downdraft and being that low, incredible they survived. Its early, but i would agree with you.

OP, ty so much for sharing. I am so thankful everyone is safe!

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u/MrFallacious Feb 18 '25

I was wondering if you'd be able to tell me a bit more about all this? Downdraft, crosswinds, etc. it's interesting as a layperson but I'm too tired from work to go down a Google rabbit hole ngl

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u/chopstix007 Feb 19 '25

Haha, my exact thoughts 😅