Video: Fear and tension in the landing of a plane in a windstorm – 02/09/2019

A weather bomb. That's how they define the Erik storm, which has been shaking the UK's land since Friday, with over 110 km / h of driving rain and high winds. In this context, a British Airways plane tried to land at Heathrow Airport, in London and was close to playing in a real tragedy.

The video is really scary. It was shared by the Big Jet TV Live account on Twitter and shows the plane trying to land at London airport amidst heavy gusts. Shortly after its release, the video exploded on social networks with hundreds of user comments thanking them for not participating in this robbery.

"We are now live on our channel #Heathrow and we have witnessed this madness," they wrote from the report during the presentation of the images.

Flight 276 from the British company arrived 18 minutes late Friday morning at 07:53 from Hyderabad, India, according to the FlightAware flight tracking website. The pbadengers never imagined the panorama they would find on their arrival in the European city and they spent moments of anxiety when the ship tried to descend, but after bouncing off the track, he had to leave again.

There is no doubt that the driver has won a good bonus, because in the video you can see how, before playing the track, the wind moved the plane from one side to the other. Then he did not hesitate to give up and try again, seeing the danger in the middle of the storm Erik. On the networks, many expressed their admiration for the captain's efforts to handle the incident.

"Excellence and professionalism in the air," wrote a user. "Absolute skill and concentration," added another.

Seeing the commotion generated by the terrifying clip, the airline posted a message, expanded by the success of its employee: "Our highly qualified pilots they train regularly to perform the standard maneuver known as "go around", "British Airways told US TODAY newspaper.

And detailed that, beyond what we see in the viral video, the aircraft finally managed to land on the land without problems: "He bypbaded the airport and landed safely." The video of the incident quickly became viral and received nearly 2 million views on Twitter.

Given the danger of the storm, the UK Met Office has clbadified Erik as a "weather bomb" and has therefore yellow warning for Northern Ireland, Scotland and England.