B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Type 717
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Other / Unknown; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Weather
Rough landing into Runway 01. Reported winds approx. 300 20G30. First Officer flew the approach and landing. Challenging approach due to the winds; particularly the gusty conditions from the west. Touchdown with an incomplete flare caused the airplane to bounce and crosswind made it challenging to reestablish landing attitude. Second touchdown was also firm and the nosewheel made immediate contact with the runway. I took control at this point to decelerate for runway exit.
We were unable to land at ZZZ because of high winds so we were diverted to ZZZ1 and waited for approximately two hours. Passengers were allowed to get to get off the aircraft. The captain decided to try to land back at ZZZ even though winds were still an issue. They were very close to timing out and their cars were parked at ZZZ. The decision was made to reboard passengers. While waiting I spoke to the first officer who expressed concern landing in high winds and it was agreed that the captain would land at ZZZ. He would land anywhere else. The ride back was very bumpy. Flight attendants remain seated. We approached the landing what seem to be very low the closer we got to the ground; the more the airplane started to rock back-and-forth severely. Upon reaching the runway; the nose hit very very hard we went up we bounced again in the back and then the nose came back down very very hard. The aircraft seem to swerve wildly and I feared quite frankly we would roll. The aircraft was going very fast; brakes were applied hard. It was a very disturbing landing. I called to the back to find out whether the flight attendants were OK and it was reported that they were even though shaken up. Upon the opening of the cockpit door the captain shook his head and implied that the first officer had a difficult time landing the plane in the high winds. As we were exiting aircraft they were called back as there was a request by the tower to speak to them. New pilots came on board and I reported to them that we landed extremely hard so that they needed to really take a good look at the aircraft before we leave. When the pilots were taking a break from the cockpit the first officer brought out a video and showed me the landing. Had a gust of wind come up just as we were approaching the runway our aircraft would've flipped and that would've been extreme loss of life or injury. It is my feeling that that aircraft should never have left. It's under those conditions and put all our lives in jeopardy. To land an aircraft such as the 757 in those conditions can be very tricky and should not have been given to the first officer who was [inexperienced] with that aircraft. We want [a] copy of that video but there was an airman riding in the back who made the video who immediately came forward upon landing and requested that that first officer delete that video and not make it available to anybody. Please review the roster. I do have copies of that as to who was on the aircraft. Let me know if I can provide any other information but that should not have happened and it could have been a catastrophe for the airline as well as all our lives at stake.
A B757 flight crew reported a challenging approach in gusty winds.