Nose-down landing! 🫣

This plane approaches the runway in dramatic style with it’s nose down!

ℹ️ Stormy weather brings intense gusts and crosswinds to airports making landing a plane very difficult. The pilots of this AirX Mitsubishi Challenger fly with their nose pointed down in an effort to maintain control and stay on localiser as they approach the runway.

Usually aircraft will lift the nose as they approach the runway threshold in order to control the plane and perform a float before bringing the nose down slowly – something you’ll see with the big jets.

The crew of this small biz jet decided the best option for the conditions was to approach with the nose down as they approach the brow of a slight crest in runway 23L at Manchester Airport.

✈️ 9H-JAD

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