Flightradar - some poor passengers really aren't landing at Madeira at the moment

[cakeorwine]

2 landing attempts and still not down.

I think it's windy there

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The scariest airports to land at
https://www.executivelounges.com/blog/25-scariest-airports-in-the-world

I was stuck there for an extra 24 hours last week because the incoming SAS flight couldn't land and had to go to Gran Canaria for checks. They almost got down but had to go up again. Must have been rather frightening.

When it (actually same crew but different plane) eventually landed the next day, there were crowds of passengers on the viewing deck to applaud. It was quite sweet.

Not surprised TBH, Funchal has got a wind of 28 knots out of the southwest with potential gusts to 35 so even though there is no crosswind the turbulence will be horrid.

The forecast is much the same for the next 18 hours - periods of very gusty winds so being able to land or not will be down to timing.

I require my Biggles hat! 🍋

No. On the main page, see the horizontal bar - just pull that down on your screen.

No, just drag down the short horizontal bar at the top.

Is Easyjet going for it?

Looks like it!

Definitely- only 6000 ft now! Good luck!

I am never going to go to Madeira.

Ah thank you! Now I can join you all watching flights 😂

@cakeorwine I’ve been ringing my bell and shouting “ding!!!!” since the Middle Ages 😉

I love Flight Tracker! Drains my phone battery dry though.

My parents went there a while back, said the landing was absolutely terrifying as it felt as though you were going to crash into the sea. At the last moment the runway appears beneath you, looks that way in the video a pp linked to.

Can’t say I fancy it, shame as it looks like a really interesting island.

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Flew into Funchal many years ago before it was renamed. Interesting close up of the cliff as we landed but without incident. Scariest landing I've had was in a storm into Figaro in Corsica. Pilot changed his mind at about one metre off the ground. It was a steep climb out to go around again as it's in a dip.

I have to say that's a really weird list..

I've flown into a few of those and there's certainly nothing scary at all about places like Kansai... San Diego can be a bit short in a "heavy" but nothing that extraordinary and of course Kai Tak doesn't exist anymore.

Yes apparently true (Easyjet pilot told me it’s for three airports in Europe: Innsbruck (land middle of mountains and often winds), Mykonos and Madeira

Jelly Babies to manual...

Ah my nan used to love going to Madeira back in the 70's and 80's. She'd always bring me back a little doll in National Dress, in a plastic tube.

God this is addictive. Is the EasyJet from Lyon going for it?

Knew there’d be Cabin Pressure listeners on this thread! I was watching Hijack on Apple TV and the plane’s engines cut out so they had to start up the APU. Fortunately the outlet was clear of snow…

Bottled it!

Yep, he’s climbing again! Got to 1700ft and gave up