Search icon

News

12th Jan 2015

Video: Aer Lingus’ pilots had a tough job landing in high winds at the weekend

Being a pilot isn’t all blue skies and cool sunglasses

Oisin Collins

Fair play to the two pilots involved…

The wind (and weather in general) was fairly atrocious over the weekend and crosswinds made landing planes quite difficult both at home in Ireland and over in the UK.

The eagle eyed plane spotters over at WildAboutImages managed to record a few different planes landing at Birmingham Airport at the weekend, and it includes an Aer Lingus flight that goes a bit all over the place after touching down on the tarmac.

The Aer Lingus flight in question lands at the 0:47 mark

Thankfully, the pilots of the Aer Lingus flight in question managed to keep everything under control during the landing, but we’re sure it was a bit of a hairy experience for the passengers on board.

Video via WildAboutImages – YouTube

LISTEN: You Must Be Jokin’ with Aideen McQueen – Faith healers, Coolock craic and Gigging as Gaeilge