Read today's Portuguese stories delivered to your email.
The TAP aircraft faced difficulties in landing due to strong gusts of wind in Madeira.
By TPN, in News, Portugal, Madeira & Azores · 27 Mar 2024, 14:15 · 2 Comments
The impressive landing was filmed and published on the Madeira Airport Spotting YouTube page. In the images it is possible to see that the plane approaches the runway on 26 March and, with some difficulty, manages to land the front wheel of the aircraft on the runway. Only then did the rear wheels follow suit.
According to the YouTube page, flight TP9576 was coming from Porto Santo and was not carrying any passengers.
Gust of wind reached 84km per hour yesterday on the island.
Share this article: Share
We are proud to provide our readers from around the world with independent, honest and unbiased news for free – both online and in print.
Our dedicated team supports the local community, foreign residents and visitors of all nationalities through our newspaper, website, social media and our newsletter.
We appreciate that not everyone can afford to pay for our services but if you are able to, we ask you to support The Portugal News by making a contribution – no matter how small.
In News, Portugal, Business, North America, Wine - 27 Apr 2024, 17:05
In News, Portugal, Madeira & Azores - 26 Mar 2024, 13:16
In News, Portugal, Madeira & Azores - 16 Jan 2024, 12:45
In News, Portugal, Madeira & Azores - 09 Jan 2024, 11:07
In North America, World - 27 Apr 2024, 17:31
In North America, World, Environment - 27 Apr 2024, 16:31
In News, Portugal, Business, Porto & North - 27 Apr 2024, 12:08
In News, Portugal, Tourism, Madeira & Azores - 27 Apr 2024, 09:05
en 
English
Nederlands
Deutsch
Français
Español
Italiano
Svenska
Pусский
Română
中文
Türkçe
हिन्दी
Português
Українська
اردو
Polski
عربي
Suomi
עִברִית
Afrikaans
Impressive is definately not the correct heading for this article. In fact a go around would have been the correct procedure on this landing approach. Planes are not designed to land nose first. Not the landing I would want to experience as a passenger!
By Dirk Driedger from Lisbon on 28 Mar 2024, 11:56
Possibly the WORST landing Ever.
The pilot should have performed a 'Go Around'.
Landing nose wheel first is forbidden and who ever was handling the aircraft should be retrained.
It was a very serious mistake.
By Andrew Ralph Fawkes from UK on 28 Mar 2024, 12:20