LONDON - A British Airways pilot in the U.K. was forced to abort an attempted landing at Heathrow Airport as the plane was hit with strong winds brought by Storm Corrie, one of two storms that have battered the country in recent days.
A video captured on Monday by aviation channel Big Jet TV showed British Airways flight 1307, which had departed from Aberdeen, tilt toward its left side as it approached the runway in London.
The tail of the plane then appears to clip the ground in what’s known as a "tail strike.""Easy! Easy! Easy! Oh my god," a person can be heard saying in reaction to the attempted landing.
The plane aborted the landing and flew back up into the air. It later landed safely and all passengers and crew disembarked as normal, according to the airline.Big Jet TV, which features many planes landing and taking off on its YouTube channel, said the pilot "deserves a medal" after taking a closer look at the attempted landing. "A full-on Touch and go, with a tail strike - checkout the paint dust after contact!