A British Airways jet was forced to abort a landing at Heathrow Airport after being buffeted by high winds during Storm Corrie. Footage captured by plane spotters on Monday showed the aircraft, which had arrived from Aberdeen, sway heavily onto its left side as it approached the runway.
The video, broadcast on Big Jet TV, depicted the plane leaning precariously, with its tail appearing to make contact with the ground, creating what aviation enthusiasts call 'plane dust'. Witnesses could be heard gasping as the tail strike occurred.
The pilot managed to steady the aircraft and abort the landing, climbing away before making a successful second attempt. A British Airways spokesperson said: 'Our pilots are highly trained to manage a range of scenarios, including extreme weather conditions, and our flight crew landed the aircraft safely. Our customers and crew all disembarked as normal.'
Storm Corrie brought winds of up to 92mph to Stornoway in the Western Isles of Scotland late on Sunday before moving into the North Sea. The weekend's back-to-back storms left over 45,000 homes without power across the UK, and two people died after trees were felled during Storm Malik on Saturday.
