It's always a captivating sight when the world's largest commercial passenger jet comes in for a landing. But mix in a strong crosswind, and the landing of an Airbus A380 superjumbo can make for must-see video.
That's what one plane-spotter found out after filming an Emirates A380 arriving to a windy Dusseldorf airport in Germany. The video, posted on YouTube by user Cargospotter, has racked up more than 2.2 million pageviews since it went live Sept.19.
"I have filmed lots of crosswind landings within the past four years but this was the first time I was able to film an A380 crosswind Landing," Cargospotter says in the YouTube post. "All crosswind Landings are amazing but seeing an A380 fighting against the wind was something special. In addition to that the runway was very wet and the A380 touched down a little late.