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Old 7th Mar 2019, 19:09
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a330pilotcanada
 
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Good Afternoon All:

The other day a Air Canada B-767-300 landing at YHZ in a crosswind ended up off of the runway. My understanding is that it was stopped or at a very low taxi speed on a ice covered section when the cross wind “weather cocked” the airplane off of the runway. Weather cocking is a function of the friction coefficient vs perpendicular wind speed. Low friction coefficient and high wind speed means tires will not hold aircraft in place. Can occur in motion or stationary. I have seen it/experienced it on an iced ramp and check the video below of a WestJet which also happened to be in Halifax on the gate a few years ago.

Most important thing is to wait for the T.S.B. report. I might add 15 33 and 05 at CYHZ can be "fun" in bad weather but I digress...


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