BA Aircraft Rocking Heavily in High Winds (Videos)

[racerclc]

Have you seen the videos of this go-around? (Article released today)
https://onemileatatime.com/british-airways-gibraltar-video/

I’ve never seen a plane tilt back-and-forth like in these videos! This situation has certainly never happened to me in IF. What do you think was causing the rocking motion? Was it an A/P thing, or do you think the pilots themselves were causing this motion? Is this behavior common for Gibraltar because of the weather there?

I don’t know much about winds, so please bear with me

[Joseph007]

Sorry but someone has already reported on this story

BA flight rocking in Gibraltar!

This was footage of a BA A320, flight BAW492, from Heathrow to Gibraltar today. Around Gibraltar, the winds at 2000ft were around 40kts! It ended up diverting to Malaga instead of a second attempt at landing. Bet there are a few sick bags that will need disposing of on that flight! Here’s the FR24 playback for those wanting to see: Check out playback of flight BA492 from London to Gibraltar on Flightradar24. https://fr24.com/data/flights/ba492#1f9ce70e Edit - Here’s a clip from inside th…

[racerclc]

Got it… mods can close this
Sorry

[Joseph007]

Hey don’t worry! Maybe use the search bar next time:)

[racerclc]

Funny, since I’m usually the one telling people about duplicate topics! Lol

[DeerCrusher]

We all make mistakes. 🙂