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The other landing that stands out for me was from my BMI Regional flight to Leeds Bradford in 2006 in an EMB145.
It was dark, wet and very windy.
The tail was swinging from side to side like nothing I had personally experienced before.
The nose was pitching up and down a lot too. The pilots were definitely working hard up front.
I could see we were crabbing as I look out of the window in the over wing exit I was sat at and could see that the leading edge of the right wing was now perfectly perpendicular to our direction of travel.
The touch down was rough but nothing unexpected; with the bad weather and the wild approach I didn’t expect anything else.
We “thumped” down onto the deck and decelerated very quickly. With no chair up close in front of me I had nothing to brace against and actually partially slid underneath my seat belt. I made a mental note that I should tighten it up even more next time.

That sounds pretty normal for LBA to be honest!

I really had anything unusual really, just the usual turbulence and a rejected takeoff at Oslo a couple of years ago. Nothing too exciting!

Paul