Munich Airport: Thrill landing - pilot needs a "strong drink" afterwards

Violent storm at Munich Airport: crew and passengers in a plane approaching landing experienced a thrill landing.

• The storm low Sabine raged at Munich Airport.
• Hundreds of flights have already been canceled.
• A landing became a special thrill.

Update 10.15 a.m .: There was also a thrill landing at Heathrow Airport in London while the storm Sabine raged on Monday. A pilot of a British Airways plane had to take off again immediately after the first landing. The gusts were too strong. There is a video of it on the net:

Hurricane Sabine: 800 flights at Munich Airport canceled

Update from February 11, 2020 at 7.39 a.m .: Flight operations are slowly starting up again. However, there will be further impairments due to the hurricane low "Sabine" later in the day and tomorrow's Tuesday. Therefore, passengers are asked to check with their airline about the status of the respective flight before starting the trip.

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Update from February 10, 2020 at 19:32: Be that early evening , planes take off again from Munich Airport . No aircraft had been loaded or unloaded since 7.45 a.m. According to a spokesman , around 800 out of 1,050 flights were canceled .

Update of February 10, 2020 at 11:22 am: Of course there are still planes that were in the air before Storm Sabine broke out and that must be brought to the ground safely. In the morning at Munich Airport, pilot Mike Blanchard proved that this is a nerve-wracking thing not only for the passengers but above all for the pilot. He has been flying for South African Airways for 28 years and brought a plane from Johannesburg to Munich airport safely in the morning.

Storm low Sabine at Munich Airport: landing as a feat: "We all need a strong drink now"

At a wind speed of 140 km / h, however, quite an experience, as reported by BR24. "We all need a strong drink now," said the pilot after landing, but with a laugh. It is doubtful whether the passengers also had the courage to laugh. They had to leave the plane via a special staircase.

(3/3) "We all need a strong drink now", laughs the relaxed pilot. One or the other passenger may also need a strong drink now, because the passengers had to get out of the fire department via a special (and more stable) passenger staircase. #Storm #sabine

Update from February 10, 2020 at 9.50 a.m .: Apparently there was also a brief power failure at Munich Airport. The scoreboards were empty and elevators got stuck. Technicians are on duty or on standby in all regions of the Bayernwerk network area to remedy the faults.

#Sabine #Flughafen # munich canceled almost everything and then even the information about the cancellations was temporarily canceled ..... pic.twitter.com/InghTinGHe

Update from February 10, 2020 at 7.16 a.m .: Due to the storm low "Sabine" , 420 out of usually more than 1000 flights at Munich Airport were canceled on Monday morning. This was announced by a spokesman for the airport to the German Press Agency. Lufthansa passengers are particularly affected by flight cancellations. The German airline had suspended all continental flights until 1 p.m. and all intercontinental flights until 2 p.m. at Germany's second largest airport.

"We are full of planes, but empty of people," said the spokesman. However, the machines were parked in such a way that no handling equipment was nearby and the hurricane could cause no damage. “ We fixed everything twice and three times. “For the time being, the spokesman did not expect the company to be shut down. However, further developments depend on the wind. "If the storm subsides in the afternoon as expected, not much should happen," he said.

Video: Storm "Sabine" ensures record flight over the Atlantic

Because of hurricane Sabine: Many failures at Munich Airport - spokesman with a grim forecast

Update from 6:21 pm: Storm depression Sabine is getting closer. According to a spokesman, 131 take-offs and landings had already been canceled at Munich Airport on Sunday. 424 of the approximately 1000 flights planned for Monday had already been canceled by Sunday evening.

“If the wind gets too strong, operations on the airfield have to be stopped for safety reasons. This could result in a check-in stop, ”said an airport spokesman in Munich. The refueling and loading of the aircraft would then have to be suspended, for example.

Munich Airport: Storm depression causes failures

First registration from February 9, 12.30 p.m.

Munich Airport - Due to the hurricane low Sabine there are already failures at Munich Airport. Due to the storm, 80 take-offs and landings did not take place on Sunday.

The canceled departures were mostly flights to the north , an airport spokesman confirmed.

Munich Airport: Numerous failures due to hurricane depression Sabine - spokesman with a grim forecast

With regard to the storm that is also expected to reach Munich, the spokesman for Munich Airport had a grim forecast: "There will definitely be cancellations and delays."

Since work on the airfield has to be stopped from a certain wind speed, operations there could temporarily come to a standstill due to the storm . For example, the refueling or loading of aircraft would then have to be suspended. The number of flights canceled on Sunday and Monday at Munich Airport depends on the airlines' decisions.

Hurricane Sabine: Failures at Munich Airport - Deutsche Bahn warns travelers

There is a hurricane alarm all over Germany due to storm Sabine. Deutsche Bahn already advised on Saturday (8.2.) To postpone regional and long-distance travel due to the storm's low. The low of the storm also raged in other European countries - there are also fatalities, as reported by merkur.de *.

Will hurricane Sabine become as bad as hurricane Cyril? The storm caused severe damage in 2007.

Video: All important facts about Munich Airport in the video

* merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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