It is also quite possible that the runway had a displaced threshold, and the pilot landed on good runway surface, not in an overrun.

See post #9.

One way of measuring the time delay is to simultaneously video and observe the beginning of push back or the arrival at the gate. Do this by Videoing the seat back display but observe the pushback through the window, when pushback starts shout now! so your voice will be recorded. Replay to examine the time delay between your voice and when the onscreen display reveals begining of pushback. Also works for the end of flight.

Agree. Much ado about nothing.

Have you ever flown an Airbus?

Haven't we been here before?

From 2010:

PPRuNe: Emirates 380 landing from tail camera

172 Driver post 23; Its ok you misspelt the airline name so they can't touch you....

I'm not exactly sure that's the reason for the latency in rendering the video. ;)

Is it possible they delay due to what happened to the American DC-10 in Chicago? If I remember correctly amounts awarded were higher because the passengers watched their crash from the front facing television. American removed these immediately after the accident. I'm not aware of anybody using them again until the A380. We should be able to look over the captain's shoulder just like in a taxi and us passengers give advice like are you sure you are taking the fastest route, watch out for the turbulence, etc.

One day last summer, I sat in seat 50H of an A-330, watching the downward-facing camera as we landed on pristine white concrete, with the the first isolated tire marks just coming into view at the top of the screen. I heard a few gasps, which seemed to be from passengers watching the same view I was.

I didn't think about video delay at the time, but that's the obvious explanation. (I remember that the touchdown came just as I was thinking that we were a few seconds from landing -- and I guess on the video, we were.)

The landing at Sydney on 16R was definitely short. The tire marks on the piano keys were there for months after. Sitting at the hold point watching landings in a gusty quartering tailwind or southerly buster on 16R can be entertaining. But no laughing. There but for the grace of God go I.........

Delay as an explanation for this video? I call bull. Videos of the view from the tail camera of a landing A380 are available all over the internet. Some show the view from the tail camera on a video screen, a pan to the window to see outside and then a pan back to the video screen. The two views, inside and outside, are synchronised. Try this one for example.


I agree with Doors to Automatic. There is no delay.