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This Airbus A340 Really Doesn't Want to Leave the Ground

Brendan Dorsey
Brendan Dorsey
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Born and raised in Northern California, schooled in our Nation's capital, and currently working in the greatest city in the world - NYC. I was instantly hooked to traveling the second I stepped foot in Europe. The addiction only grew once I found out I could do it for free, all on points and miles. I could also eat bagels for every meal.
Dec. 23, 2016
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This Airbus A340 Really Doesn't Want to Leave the Ground
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While enduring a crazy crosswind take-off or landing probably isn't the most fun for passengers, they sure are interesting to watch. In this installment of crazy aviation videos we bring you a whole 48 minutes of windy take-offs and landings, but at just 10 seconds in, we see a truly insane crosswind takeoff at Zurich (ZRH).

The Airbus A340 rolls down the runway and immediately upon lifting off the ground it deals with some extreme crosswind action. You can clearly see a burst of wind that pushes the tail of the aircraft back towards the tarmac. After, the plane struggles to gain altitude and appears to almost hover in place for a few moments — at which point the tail nearly comes into contact with the runway — before it manages to continue its ascent.

Have you experienced a crazy crosswind take-off or landing?