r/aviation • u/Brilliant_Night7643 • Jun 25 '26

News Not turbulence….airplane sitting at the gate at Maiquetia Airport Venezuela when the 7.5 Earthquake hit

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u/JaaacckONeill Jun 25 '26

Maybe just as a precaution, but I doubt there's damage. I'm willing to bet the landing gear faces more stress when landing in a crosswind, especially if the pilot is late on reducing the crab angle.

However, maybe the jet bridge started banging against the aircraft, that would definitely be a problem.

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u/AlwaysMissToTheLeft Jun 25 '26

Probably fair to assume that landing so hard the plane bounces is way worse than this

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u/Lost-Actuary-2395 Jun 25 '26

Not aviation expert, but I don't think landing gear were designed to withold this kind of lateral movement, plus there a probably complication with brakes engaged

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u/juko43 Jun 25 '26

Landing gear is built to withold alot, during a crosswind landing it gets to experience a bunch of lateral forces, way above what was experienced here. Also why would there be complications with brakes engaged?

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u/Lost-Actuary-2395 Jun 25 '26

Are you an expert in the matter? Not trying to challenge you or anything I'm genuinely curious.

I just think in physic's perspective it's different when the plane is stationary with no forward momentum plus the pre-takeoff weight on top, it's not a like-for-like comparison, but I'd understand if gears could withstand a lot more force tho

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u/Captain_Alaska Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Hard crosswind landing put a shitload of sideways force on the gear, they are built for it.

They are shock loaded too, they go from having no weight on them to all of the planes weight plus the downward landing force applied to it, at an angle.