'Clarity' - NOD has covered this really. All multi-engined aircraft have the performance to go-around from touch-down. For example, a g/a at the last minute on a low-vis automatic landing may well result in the wheels touching the runway. This is not a problem. To answer your specific 'q' about the 'crab angle' on the gear, aircraft are certificated to land with this crab angle in crosswinds. The 'nosewheel' is normally well off the ground and would not be expected to touch in a late g/a.
Despite all the raised blood pressures here, can I assure all SLF (and journos
) that there was almost certainly little hazard in performing this particular g/a and it would, no doubt, have been better than the alternative!
The only advice I wish to offer to 'fintan' (and to many others!) is to get in the habit of looking at the many forum options Danny and the team provide and try to throw the topic into the correct forum. Hopefully you will then get a measured response
