For the passengers in the Airbus A380 at London’s Heathrow airport, they must have been ecstatic for the capabilities of their pilot, especially as storm Dennis raged around them.
Storm Dennis has raged for days in the UK killing at least one person with hundreds of homes swept away by the storm. The most affected areas include south Wales, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire in London.
In a situation which will not be the first of its kind (but is really quite rare), the pilot was forced to make a crab landing at the airport due to the strong forces of the wind.
The crab landing is named after the sideways way that crabs move. It is mostly used by pilots when landing in unfavourable weather.
In the video below, the plane can be seen struggling to land, before it veered slightly off the tarmac and finally came to rest. The plane flew from Abu Dhabi to London where planes had been grounded because of winds which blew at up to 68 km/h.
Watch the plane land below:
https://youtu.be/H2bVUT68188
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