Atlas 747 Landing Incident - Shanghai
Watched video again after your comment. Maybe someone with a better monitor can confirm, but it looks like full rudder at 0:07, and again at 0:16. I don't see aileron deflection. Aside from cross-wind landings in high wing turbo props and during ground roll in the A320 I don't think I've used that much rudder in 20 years.
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you don’t need full rudder even in max x-wind landings on a 747, that DHL is being grossly mishandled. Doesn’t even look like much, if any, x-wind. In fact it looks like the pilot flares a touch early and tries some kind of “wing dip” like in a light aircraft to get a bogey down. Huge no no in a “wings level” aeroplane like the 747.
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It looks like the DHL might have even had the left aileron down, inducing a right roll? That much rudder? There's a big rudder input at the 0:07 mark. Ugly, poor, flying. Can't blame the plane if it's mishandled.
