Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure
I was the Captain/ pilot flying. Air Traffic Control requested us to maintain at least 170 knots to the marker. After setting managed speed the Tower advised us that a Boeing 757 would be departing with minimum separation before our landing and cleared us to land. I advised the First Officer to be ready for a go around in case the 757 did not continue its take off roll. The 757 was airborne by the time we were at 500 feet so we continued the approach. At 50 feet we encountered a sink which caused a firm bounce on the main gear and subsequent second touchdown. There were no further problems with the rollout and turn off to the taxiway. During taxi in an ECAM message was generated and an action report printed out. I called dispatch and maintenence control to confer with them prior to writing the discrepancies in the logbook. Keeping our speed up to the marker and then having to make sure we kept our spacing on the slow moving departing aircraft contributed to encountering that aircraft's jet blast and turbulance during our flare and was a factor in the bounced landing. In the future I will have to ask ahead of time if a certain distance can be extended for a departing 757.
Landing behind a 757 which previously took off on 30L MSP. Had about a 15 knot left crosswind. Crossing the numbers the aircraft pitched over and I immediately stated to 'watch it'. I believe he had already began his input to correct the pitch. The aircraft contacted the runway in what seemed to be a flat configuration. The aircraft made a bounce and landed and the rollout seem as normal as could be for the circumstance. I really can't explain what caused the nose down attitude over the numbers. It just all happened so quickly. I believe that we met all SOP's during this approach. The Captain was still on low time. He was aware of the 757 and showed concerned for the potential jet blast. He had added 3 knots extra to his approach speed for the winds and potential jet blast. From my perspective it all happened too fast for any action that could be taken on my part to mitigate the hard landing.
A320 flight crew reported a hard landing following a B757's takeoff from the same runway. Captain believes jet blast could have been a factor.