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Old 16th Jan 2008, 17:32
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badboy raggamuffin
 
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In my opinion the angle and distance from which the pictures are taken from would make it impossible to say for certain whether any rudder or aileron was being applied. To categotically judge the rudder and aileron inputs your viewpoint would have to be directly in line with the aircraft's longitudinal and lateral axes.

Plus I find it hard to believe that the pilot was not using his rudder and ailerons during this attempted landing.
As far as I can make out the pilot's apparent "crime" was to not attempt to de-crab the aircraft before touchdown, however if he had already initiated the go around before the wheels touched the runway then he wouldn't have bothered.

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