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Old 03-08-2008, 06:30 AM
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Based on my observation of this rather poorly shot video, it appears the FO or the FP failed to make the necessary rudder input to straighten out the nose of the aircraft over the center of the runway. When you center the nose by making the rudder input in a very strong crosswind, you also have to make a fine adjustment with your stick against the wind or your upwind wing will rise resulting in a severe drift away from the direction of the wind. If you are very close to the runway, obviously you may not be able to perform the one wing low movement, but at least you should level the wings by neutralizing the stick. The FP of Lufthansa failed to do this.

This is what I think happened. The FP failed to center the nose over the runway center and the aircraft started to drift to the right, then he initiated his rudder input on the rightside of the runway centerline. When he finally got around to center the nose, he failed to compensate with his stick, which resulted in a right wing to rise causing the left wing to drop left and drift left, which resulted in a left wing tip strike.
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