making it look like the plane is literally landing sideways. Here's how planes land sideways in high winds. Landings like this actually have a name, crabbing. The name comes from the way crabs ...

Stephens said the plane landing in Toronto probably would have been flying in at an angle to handle the strong crosswinds. "Crabbing," as the common technique is known, involves pointing the plane ...

Pilots use two techniques, flaring and crabbing, to keep the nose up and account for crosswinds. Hansman said the plane may ...

You've probably seen those videos of passenger planes "crabbing" and landing almost sideways ... how pilots keep so cool when landing a plane in a storm? We look at how the aviation industry ...