Landed at JFK sunday night in what was apparently some sort of storm (we were in Poland for a week so I had not followed the weather). The landing was by far the roughest I have ever experienced and was wondering if someone could enlighten (or frighten) me as to what was happening.

The details - we circled for about 60 minutes due to "traffic," then finally got clearance. We went well south of the airport (according to the map), then came in at about 2500 feet for a while. According to the map, our speed was only a little over 100 mph - not sure if I believed it. We took a lot of bumps, and then came into land with the nose down. At the last second, the pilot gunned the engine and pulled the nose up. Does anyone have any idea or experience as to what this type of landing means?

Then, of course, we were stranded in NYC for 2 days because our flight was cancelled. The best part was when United handed us a half sheet of paper with a hotel service # to call. Of course that number was busy.


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