Dramatic footage shows the world’s largest passenger airliner appearing to drift across the runway while landing at Dusseldorf Airport in Germany.
The Emirates Airlines’ Airbus A380 from Dubai bounced to its left and then to its right soon after touching down during high winds on Thursday.
“I have filmed a few thousand crosswind landings at several airports in Europe within the past years, but this Airbus A380 crosswind landing was extremely hard and extraordinary,” said airplane spotter Martin Bogdan, who shared the clip to YouTube.
“I have never seen such a tremendous reaction of an aeroplane after a touchdown,” he added. “You can see that the pilots tried to align with the runway by using the tail rudder and luckily it worked out.”
The official airline of the Boston Red Sox painted an Airbus A320 to match the team's grey road uniforms. Mark Greenberg/JetBlue Airways
JetBlue
The iconic Boston Red Sox dangling Socks in the tail of a JetBlue Airbus A320. Mark Greenberg/JetBlue Airways
President Truman's Plane
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American Airlines
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ANA
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AirTran
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Germanwings
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AirTran
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Nok Air
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Swiss
Daring carrier Swiss bedecked this jet with as many cultural stereotypes as possible. Photo: Timo Breidenstein
Air New Zealand
In 2002, Air New Zealand jumped at the chance to promote the home country -- and Lord of the Rings. Photo: Robert Mora/Getty Images
ANA
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Alaska Airlines
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Kulula Air
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United
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ANA
This ANA Boeing 787 may look drab, but we give it creativity points for being the very first commercial 787 livery: The first paying customers on the composite aircraft took off in October. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
Avianca Colombia Juan Valdez
franciscoduque96: The Colombian airline Avianca rolling a Juan Valdez Cafe (Coffee Brand) paint job.
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