Nervy moment plane bounces twice on runway and aborts landing
Passengers aboard a Lufthansa Airlines plane had their landing nightmares come true, as it bounced twice on the tarmac before lifting off again.
The Boeing 747-8i, which is the manufacturer’s biggest jet’, aborted the landing after the terrifying attempt at Los Angeles International Airport in California on Tuesday.
A video shows Lufthansa Flight 456 that was flying from Frankfurt, Germany, appearing normal and approaching the runway as a traffic controller is heard speaking.
But its wheels hit the ground and set off smoke. The aircraft bounces and the wheels touch the tarmac again, but it lifts off again.
‘Whoa, wow, wow!’ a man is heard saying and chuckling in disbelief.
‘We’re going to have a go-around. Holy moly! Wow, going around…’
The shocking footage was shared by Airline Videos Live, which describes itself on its website as ‘an online channel dedicated to bringing high-quality video and livestreams of commercial aviation to viewers worldwide’.
Airplane Videos Live owner and chief commentator Kevin Ray, who narrated the clip, called it ‘the roughest landing I think we’ve ever caught on our broadcast’.
Ray added he could smell burnt rubber from the wheels shortly afterward.
The 9-year-old plane circled around and then landed without issue.
It was not immediately clear why the landing did not go smoothly and if it was due to any gear or equipment malfunctioning.
A Lufthansa spokesperson said it was a ‘rough landing’ and that no one was injured. There were 326 passengers and 19 crew members aboard the ‘Boeing 747-8 training flight’.
‘Following an assessment by the cockpit crew, a consultation with the technical department on site and in Frankfurt and an initial visual inspection, the aircraft flew back to Frankfurt,’ the spokesperson told the US Sun.
‘There it will undergo an additional inspection.’
Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Metro.co.uk.
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