If you want no better example of why crosswind landings can be tricky, check out this video that was posted by David Parker Brown on his Airline Reporter blog. According to David, the video appears to actually show two different aircraft, a SATA International Airbus A320 and a SATA International Airbus A310, attempting to land in the Azores under tricky (and downright scary) crosswind conditions. Both the attempted landing and the final successful landing could have easily ended in disaster.
