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Old 8th Feb 2020, 09:54
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Originally Posted by ATC Watcher
Great work by the PF .. looks like the wind is unrelated to this but that said when you are in 57 Gusty winds if there is an airline I want to be in is Icelandair .. .its breakfast for them ..
Agree, good work by the pilot.

The wind condition could favour a case like this, the groundspeed would be way less when the wing finally settles.

And Keflavik has crossing runways, and is located on flat land, so they often operate in quite strong winds. Problem comes with the air gates, and deboarding passengers when the wind picks up.
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