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Phil J wrote:

In case you haven't seen this yet. One post I read said that the wind
was 290 at 35 kts gusting to 55 kts. I'm not sure what the runway
heading was, but that's some pretty serious wind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z42fchrzhHY

As I understand it, they landed later on an intersecting runway, with a
more favorable wind direction.

My questions:

Where in hell was ATC's head when they directed the plane to a runway
with that severe a crosswind in the first place?

Also, why did the pilot accept that runway?

Is it the German acceptance of authority?

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