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British Airways plane hits Heathrow runway in aborted landing during Storm Corrie

2022-02-01 131 Dailymotion

This is the hair-raising moment a British Airways jet's tail hit the runway during an aborted landing as Storm Corrie's 90mph winds battered London Heathrow airport.<br /><br />Jerry Dyer, the founder, presenter and producer of Big Jet TV, a live streaming platform specialising in Live Aviation content, caught the breathtaking footage. <br /><br />He shared the moment online, describing the tense situation as they watched the plane hit the runway at over 160mph.<br /><br />He said: “A full-on touch and go, with a tail strike!<br /><br />“You could see the paint dust after contact, as well as the empennage shaking furiously as it dragged along the runway.<br /><br />“This pilot deserves a medal!”<br /><br />The plane flew into London Heathrow shortly after midday on Monday (31/01), after taking off from Aberdeen at around 10:50am.<br /><br />Storm Corrie left two people dead in its wake and disrupted international travel and thousands without power.

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