UPS B747-8F engine pod strike during landing at Taoyuan (RCTP) Taiwan August 13 2025

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UPS B747-8F engine pod strike during landing at Taoyuan (RCTP) Taiwan August 13 2025

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It doesn't look so bad until you notice the gouge marks inside the cowling from the bent blades.
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That is quite the crosswind. Is there a Typhoon?
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Not a surprise.....Look at the big hangars upwind.

Maybe want to......divert. Those engines are low to the ground and too many people have heard the supposed 60 crosswind stories from their colleagues.
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