Lufthansa Airlines flight scraped its wing on the ground during a landing
On landing runway 23 Hamburg Germany, in severe cross wind conditions, the aircraft was caught by a gust lifting its right wing up causing its left wingtip to strike the runway. Pilots were able to go-around for a 2nd safe landing on runway 33. Damage to leading edge and left winglet.
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The guy interviewed on CNN says the pilot was having clearly having trouble because the nose of the plane was pointed sideways on the landing, not towards the runway. From my limited knowledge, I believe that was done on purpose. That is the strategy for landing in severe cross winds.