Reverse Thrust before Touchdown?? Ryanair 737-800 Valencia - Milan (Bergamo)

Ryanair Flight FR4632 from Valencia to Milan (Bergamo) Full Flight.
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Company: Ryanair
From: Valencia (LEVC), Spain
To: Bergamo/Milan, Orio al Serio (LIME), Italy
Flight: FR4632
Flight Time: 1.55 hrs
Seat: 9A
Camera: Nikon D7100
Lens: Nikkor 18-105 3.5-5.6

[@737Garrus]

So many times I do that in FSX!

[@ShareTN]

Reverse thrust before touchdown is common on wet conditions or shorter runways. This technique avoids a second approach in case the aircrafts has not touched down past a secure breaking point. It's mostly used on cargo aircrafts as this may result in a heavy touchdown.

[@gabrieltan2412]

737’s can deploy reverse thrust above 90cm from ground if it is a windy or stormy day

[@mohr90]

[@screenpatch4146]

That ryanair 737 looks cleaner than what i normally see

[@Thirsty_Fox]

The ports start to open right before touchdown but there isn't really any reverse thrust until the engines are throttled up.

[@nolantherailfan5048]

Go arounds are to expensive for Ryanair

[@WeFlyEMA]

Great video! Liked!

[@mohr90]

Hey, thank you!

[@benclyde7652]

Good vid liked

[@starflyai]

is this real life

[@piotrkuler2474]

guys it was 0.5 sec before touchdown so nothing really, plus it was briefed prior. Rev below 60knots is normal according to their sop

[@polpettedibavaria6455]

not true, the use of reverse in flight in RYR is prohibited. you only apply reverse thrust after main gear touchdown, it's a no brainer

[@justanotheraviator2357]

@@polpettedibavaria6455 it occurs when allowed by the radio altimeter to extend at or below 10 ft.

[@justanotheraviator2357]

@@polpettedibavaria6455 pilots have the radio altimeter talking to them in the cockpit so I assumed that they would have just pulled them a little bit early being a little eager to land

[@justanotheraviator2357]

@@polpettedibavaria6455 we get tired too.

[@polpettedibavaria6455]

My goodness what a pile of bs. Are you guys speaking according to actual knowledge or did you just learn what you say on flight simulator or some nerds forum?

[@Timpaaa2]

Reverse thrust before touchdown?

[@mohr90]

Yes, very strange...

[@Timpaaa2]

***** Well it would have been smoother without the reverse thrust so I don't think that's the case ;]

[@rickyguti]

Very strange but not only that! Reverse thrust should not be used when going less than 60 knots, CLEARLY in this landing, reverse thrust were indeed used at slower speeds... just incredible.

[@Timpaaa2]

Ricardo Gutierrez Not really. Reverse thrust should be used up to taxi speed (which is 30 knots more or less) but below 60 it should be idle reverse. On the outside, you can't see the difference between idle and full reverse.

[@Airbus_a320_lovers]

Yes

[@WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK]

Are they speaking the language of gods?

[@aircraftexpert3605]

Rare event

[@Bendoverz34]

Tht would’ve been a soft landing if he didn’t activate reverse thrust mid air

[@Hk-uw8my]

But actually you dont need to do a soft landing especially when you are a real pilot

[@Brokennnn]

wow, interesting touchdown :) and I guess reverse trust still active below 60 knot.(go to 14:01 ).its so dangerous for engines..

[@palonazo]

There's a difference between idle reverse and actual powered reverse. In all landings we use, at least, idle reverse as a procedure because it will deploy the ground spoilers even if we've forgotten to arm them. We'll arm those idle reversers even if we don't pull more on the lever to actually accelerate the engine. Idle reverse doesn't really do much to slow the airplane down.

[@justanotheraviator2357]

@@palonazo thanks for some other intelligible person existing in the comments