Nail-biting moment plane wobbles before aborting landing at Birmingham Airport due to strong winds

By Jessica Martin
Published 4th Mar 2025, 10:48 BST
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Video shows a plane tilting from side to side while trying to land at Birmingham Airport, before sweeping back up into the air.

Nail-biting footage shows the moment a plane aborts landing at Birmingham Airport due to strong winds.

Planes can be seen approaching the runway at an angle as crosswinds battered the area during 2023’s Storm Noa.

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Aviation photographer Dafydd Phillips, who captured the footage, described the situation as "challenging" for the pilots.

Plane wobbles before aborting landing at Birmingham Airport.Plane wobbles before aborting landing at Birmingham Airport.
Plane wobbles before aborting landing at Birmingham Airport. | Dafydd Phillips / SWNS

The footage features in the latest edition of Caught on Camera which is available to watch on the Shots! website now.

The episode looks at planes landing in strong winds, featuring footage of an American Airlines plane landing in Storm Gerrit, a Jet2 plane wobbling in Storm Kathleen’s crosswinds and pilots battling the extreme winds of Storm Franklin at Birmingham Airport.

Watch the free-to-view programme on Shots! on Freeview channel 262 and on demand on the Shots! website.

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