[bonestamp2]

I used to fly a couple times/week for work and one I time I could see our runway out of my passenger window as we were landing, and we were heading directly for it. I just thought it was very windy, but I'm now learning that maybe Vin Diesel was at the helm that day. Very good explanation, thank you.

[bombcar]

That can also happen in a crosswind - the plane is flying in a liquid.

Just like to take a boat directly across a fast river you have to aim it “upstream” - same thing can happen with a plane on landing.

It’s hard to explain but one feels different from the other.

[bonestamp2]

I knew it could happen with wind, so that's what I assumed it was. I didn't realize the pilot could put the plane in that kind of slide. Very cool!