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Old 25th Nov 2011, 04:27
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Fair enough. I didn't know any 737 was capable of it, and would would rather watch a 737 attempting a 25kt crosswind autoland from the ground, to be honest.
You need the fail operational (CAT IIIb) auto flight system for that, which actually has a rudder actuator and does a very good job in crosswind situations (or OEI for that matter).

However there is of course the 40 kts crosswind limit for manual landings on wet and dry runways, narrow runway operation included, which we have to be able to cope with as well. There is the need to train it though, and apparently Air India Express worked its way around it by introducing a blanked 25 kts wind limit for its operation which precludes any special crosswind training.
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