Aviacion

03/03/2008
Pilot and copilot save airplane on the verge of crashing

A series of images has spread today of the sequence in which a German Lufthansa`s pilot saved its airplane and with him the life of 131 passengers who went on board.
The news deals with an airplane of the German company Lufthansa, that was about to land in Hamburg`s airport and at the moment of the landing a gust of 120 wind of km/h shook the airplane which almost crashed.
Pilot Oliver A, 39 years, and their copilot Maxi J., 24 years, managed to recover the airplane, an Airbus A-320, not without before getting to touch the ground with one of their wings, which was damaged, but that it did not avoid that the airplane retook flight.
One inquired in addition that both pilots managed to land in the airport in a second attempt.
The gust of wind was due to the passage of the Emma hurricane that affected Europe leaving 14 people dead in all the continent.
The company informed that pilot and copilot are again in service again and described that the decision of the control tower to authorize the landing was correct.
We let you a web address where you can see the images:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z42fchrzhHY