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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 10:15 am
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DCA crosswinds

Landing at DCA on a RJ was quite a ride yesterday (02/19.) Not sure which runway it was but we flew along the potomac and then had to do a short bank to line up the runway. The wind was so strong that we could barely finish the bank so we had to wave off. I don't think we were much higher than 100-200 ft from the ground.

We came back around and it was like deja-vu but the pilot was able to get one wheel down and then the other and then it was done. But it was a pretty rough ride. I was watching other planes land from the PC and it was the same thing for almost all of the other planes. Apparently, Jetblue cancelled some of their flights that day from DCA.
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