Have you seen a plane walk like a Crab before?

No way that is real. Get a better flight sim program.

Fair skepticism from a fellow pilot. The fog and handheld shake make it look sim-like. But the LOT livery, SP registration, wet-runway tire spray, and runway lights check out as real. Standard crosswind crab in low-vis conditions. Solid technique either way.

This type of landing can happen in crosswinds, but this is not real footage. AI or Flight Simulatiom as the port engine hit the runway!!!

No engine strike happened. Look closer at the tire spray and gear contact.

So if it's a level runway.. look the engine and landing gear have partially disappeared 🤣

No. What’s with the simulation generated shite?

Fair call on the sim vibe. The Fog and shake will do that. But the LOT Polish Airlines livery, wet runway spray and lights look solid. Standard crosswind crab either way .

Dear god. Stop with the bollox. How many hours have you got flying commercial jets? Because you come across as having none.

Any landing that you can walk away from is an excellent landing. 🛬

Period. Nothing further your honor.

I have flown on flights where the jumbo jet ✈️ passenger went from screaming 😱 and praying 🙏 for the flight crew to cheering them.

Yes, in Flight Simulator

That's a fair call. But this is actually real.

Great flying that pilot could fly me any day.

I said same thing.

So fake…..🤡😆

I wouldn't blame you though if you say so. Due to the fog and the way it slides i can't say it's fake.

Yah, any pilot understands, fog and high wind really do not mix unless it’s rain or ice.

Fine piloting against crosswinds. Planes often land at an angle in these circumstances but that was excellent. Pilot was outstanding. Wish 🧑‍✈️ had been flying me to Manchester to see the Kylie Minogue concert - we diverted to Nottingham. I missed the opening of 'Showgirl'. 😭

Appreciate the kind words! Classic crosswind crab technique that always looks wild in the fog. Sorry you missed the Kylie opener.

Thanks for replying. No worries. I bought another ticket for a show a few days later and thoroughly enjoyed Manchester in the meantime. Taxi from Nottingham was £60 but you only live once and it was Kylie, after all! Happy Days!

@EMGENT_007 That was incredible

@EMGENT_007 Glad you enjoyed it. That foggy crab approach always looks dramatic. Solid crosswind technique.

MVP

Yes. Also been in one. People panic...had a woman grab my hand.....she squeezed me hard. WE'RE GOING TO DIE... I don't understand panic. ☺️🥰

Exactly. A classic passenger reaction. Crab landings look and feel wild from the cabin, but it’s pure standard technique.

True I suppose. I never get worked up. My attitude is that the pilots want to get home too...and there's nob all I can do to make the plane land safely. In any case, I prefer scary landings. 😁🫣

No, it is very likely not real footage. It appears to be from a flight simulator (most probably Microsoft Flight Simulator with a high-quality PMDG 737 and LOT Polish Airlines SP-LWF livery).

Fake.

Damn. . . Ride um 🫣Cowboy. . . . .

That was more than a crab, but yes I do them often.

Appreciate the pilot perspective. Looks like a solid crosswind crab with a bit of sideslip mixed in at the end.

Been in crosswinds landings a few times and they're never fun.

I know right? The fear and all.

IA

Why don't you ask grok. @grok is this real?

Brave pilot and congratulations on such a difficult landing!

On my computer screen quite often

I guess you feel like a pro

It's amazing that the videographer didn't even flinch even while standing so close to the action. Nerves of steel. Its as though there really wasn't anyone recording and this was all fake.

This is real and they are cameras mounted there to capture this footage.

Yeah, I've been in one before, it's due to a cross wind.

I bet you were super terrified right?

It was grand, you're practically viewing the runway through your window until the tyres are about to touch the runway.

Si y yo arriba

Classic crosswind crab. The plane points into the wind so it tracks the runway Center line then the pilot kicks it straight de crabs just before touchdown. Looks wild from the ground especially in fog and low visibility but it is standard technique. LOT Polish Airlines pulled it off cleanly here.

That's a detained explanation.

Sure thing

thats literally x-plane 12

in a videogame like your video yes

Pilot should be fired. Way to dangerous landing.

Поляки !!!

Ai folks

MSFS2020 😂

Yes. Nothing modern, though.

Really?

FS

He was way off on his approach. Lines it up last minute and dealt with insane cross winds probably at or above published threshold. Plus it looks like he came in hot. Had enough runway to pull it off. Good landing in my book

Yeah. But there's always go-around.

Yea but he may been have shot after that ordeal. That's some serious stress/pressure. The time to go around would have been when he got visual and realized he was off the mark.

I've flown LOT several times and they are very good.👍