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‘Smoothest landing ever seen’ makes Airbus A380 look like a small aircraft being flown

  • An Airbus A380 was filmed landing as smoothly as possible in Germany
  • The seamless maneuver makes the plane look weightless
  • The Airbus in question belongs to Lufthansa, which operates four in total

Published on Aug 12, 2024 at 9:28 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis

Last updated on Aug 13, 2024 at 11:25 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones

An Airbus A380, one of the largest and heaviest airliners in the world, was filmed landing at an airport in Germany in the smoothest possible way.

The landing maneuver was so seamless it made the aircraft appear like a featherweight aircraft, which it certainly isn’t.

For reference, the Airbus A380 weighs over 560 tons.

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The clip was filmed at Düsseldorf Airport in Germany and shared on YouTube by Cargospotting.

Upon landing, the A380 produced no smoke and no sound.

A surprisingly nimble aircraft

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Cargospotting

The Airbus A380 is surprisingly agile and nimble for an airplane that’s 73m (240ft) in length and 24m (79ft) high.

A point that was proven a while back by another plane spotter who filmed the A380 taking off vertically, like an eVTOL.

Thanks to the Rolls-Royce Trent engines it uses, it is also pretty fast, with a top speed of 1,185km/h/736mph or Mach 0.95.

This type of engine is very similar to the one the A350-900 uses but bigger and more powerful.

From Qantas to Emirates, the Airbus A380 is everyone’s first choice for long-haul flights

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The Airbus A380 is one of the best available airplanes for long-haul flights.

Most major airlines that regularly schedule this type of flight use it.

British Airways, Qantas, Singapore, Etihad, Lufthansa, and Qatar Airways all have A380s in their fleet.

And then there’s Emirates, which is in a league of its own.

The United Arab Emirates flag carrier operates a whopping 123 Airbus A380s but they’re apparently going to retire all 123 by 2035.

It’s a tall order, and more importantly, it means they only have about ten years to find a suitable alternative.

In this industry, ten years is basically tomorrow.

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