Watch as Airbus and Boeing aircraft battle intense crosswinds while landing at Heathrow Airport, using a technique known as crabbing. With strong gusts pushing them off course, pilots skillfully ...

A crabbed landing, also known as a crab landing or crosswind landing, is a technique used by pilots to land an aircraft safely when there is a significant crosswind blowing across the runway.

Jerry explains crabbing is when "instead of the aircraft coming straight [down the runway], they would face into the wind and look like they are landing sideways". This method of landing requires ...

In the “crabbing” technique employed, the pilot intentionally directed the aircraft’s nose into the wind while continuing to fly straight ahead, landing almost sideways like a crab ...