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Old 19th Jan 2005, 08:20
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scroggs
 
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The A340-600 has a maximum 'demonstrated' crosswind of 37kts, which is what we use for normal ops. It, like most recent Airbus aircraft, is also equipped with windshear detection which will command (but not carry out) a go-around if windshear is detected on the final approach. The go-around is actioned by placing the throttles in the TOGA position; the aircraft will then climb at V2+10 (or thereabouts) and carry out the MAP automatically.

For SVK; even in this computerised mega-beastie, we still have to operate the gear, flaps and radios manually - and there's no eng or nav monitoring what we do, so it's still pretty tense in bad weather! But, ahhh, I remember it well....

PS I'd have thought they'd have realised by now that the lights aren't a high priority at that moment!
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