Published 13:51 IST, February 14th 2020

Storm Ciara blows aircraft sideways as it tries to land in heart-stopping clip

Video which has surfaced online shows a pilot of an air flight aborting landing at the Birmingham Airport as the aircraft blows sideways because of Storm Ciara.

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A video which has surfaced online shows a pilot of a Stobart Air flight aborting landing at Birmingham Airport as aircraft blows sideways because of Storm Ciara. In video on can see plane lurching left and right before it unsuccessfully attempted to touchdown in runway. According to international media reports, aeroplane was arriving from Belfast and was one of flights which were affected by Storm Ciara which has also been dubbed as 'Storm of Century'. 

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video of plane's landing has been viewed more than three lakh times. One YouTube user wrote, “Wow! it's like full power from engines and its flapping its wings too”. Ar said, “I don't kw, I may be crazy but maybe re shouldn't be any planes taking off or landing until se wear conditions improve”. “Amazing foot. You've done a great job recording this. But I am sure that it wasn't such a great experience for passengers. I've experienced it just once a couple of years ago,” wrote ar. 

Storm Ciara swept in earlier this week and it has alrey led to hundreds of flights and trains being cancelled across rthwest Europe. Ar horrifying moment which was captured by a CCTV camera showed lightning striking a passenger plane on Birmingham, UK. short clip reportedly shows an Aer Lingus flight going to Dublin but was struck by a storm on Sunday night. According to international reports, plane h taken off from Ireland when incident happened in midst of storm Ciara.

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More than 200 warning issued

storm has also claimed its first victim as a falling tree killed a 58-year-old Mercedes driver who was driving from Winchester to his home in Micheldever, Hants. According to international media reports, accident took place on evening of February 9 when wind speeds in area were believed to be in excess of 60mph. strong winds blew trees, sheds, roofs, trampolines and or debris onto tracks and furr reportedly blocked lines and brought down overhe power cables as well.

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According to international media reports, Britain has also issued more than 200 warnings. Met Office has furr issued amber wear warnings for sw, gales, sw and ice, as commuters faced havoc. Furrmore, forecasters reportedly said that some areas could see blizzards, with some parts of Scotland alrey getting a blanket of sw.

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13:51 IST, February 14th 2020