Even airplanes as big as Airbus A380 are helpless against Nature

No matter how big machines, ships or airplanes man may build, they are simple helpless against the winds of Nature - leaving man entirely at the mercy of Nature.

An Emirtes Airlines mighty Airbus A380 has been filmed while landing at the Dusseldorf International Airport, Germany in very strong cross winds. And the huge bird is seen drifting to the right of the runway, finding it extremely difficult to land. I t was the superior piloting skills of the pilots that finally brought the plane back to landing line.

See the video below - you will be amazed to see the battle between winds of Nature and skills of humans:

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A380 fleet to further undergo wing cracks checks

The European Aviation Safety Agency ordered Airbus to check all superjumbo A380 planes for wing cracks Wednesday following cracks found during "an unscheduled internal inspection". Airbus claims there is no safety risk.

Qantas Airbus A380

When Australia's Qantas removed one of its A380 from service after discovering "minor cracks" in its wings, Airbus's vice president Tom Williams insisted the tiny wing cracks could be easily repaired and did not pose any danger.

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Cracks in wings: World's biggest super-jumbos A380 may be GROUNDED

 [ via Mail Online ] 10 Jan

Australian aircraft engineers have called for Airbus A380 - the world's biggest passenger aircraft - to be grounded, after Singapore Airlines and Qantas found cracks in the wings of their super-jumbos.

Cracks found in two Singapore Air super-jumbos, and one Qantas

Both airlines, and Airbus, admitted that they had discovered cracks, but maintained that the aircraft were safe. 

In total, 67 Airbus A380s are in use worldwide, on seven airlines.The aircraft are in use by Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Air France, Lufthansa, Korean Airlines and China Southern.

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Hong Kong Airlines places $3.8bn Airbus A380 order

[ via BBC News Business ]

Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) has placed an order for 10 Airbus A380 aircraft worth about $3.8bn (£2.5bn) at list prices.

The contract will be a relief for the European planemaker, as the order risked being derailed by a dispute between the European Union and China.

Although, Beijing opposes an EU plan that international airlines comply with a scheme to tackle carbon emissions, Kenneth Thong, HKA's corporate governance head, told a television interview the order would go ahead.

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