A planespotter has captured the nerve-wracking moment a plane was forced to abort its landing within feet of the tarmac.
Dramatic footage showed a Ryanair plane try and fail to land at Dublin Airport on Friday.
The plane was forced to take off again, having come within feet of touching down, as it was battered by Storm Amy’s strong winds.
The first named storm of the season has swept across the UK and Ireland, knocking out power supply for tens of thousands of homes, closing roads, and even killing a man in his 40s in a ‘weather-related’ incident.
Storm Amy has brought gusts of up to 91mph and sustained winds of 59mph at its peak so far, with the highest speeds recorded in exposed coastal areas.
Those strong winds were seen buffeting the Ryanair plane as it approached the runway and attempted to land at Dublin Airport yesterday afternoon.
The plane was knocked from side to side, and nearly touched down, before the pilot suddenly aborted the landing and started pulling back upwards.
A planespotter watched the aborted landing and said the plane was forced to fly around the airport before trying to land again, The Sun reports.
Storm Amy has continued to cause widespread travel disruption across the UK and Ireland.
Major parks have been closed, railways have been disrupted and ‘risk to life’ warnings have been issued over up to 100mph gusts of wind.
The entirety of the UK is under a yellow weather warning for wind throughout Saturday, with a further yellow warning for rain and an amber warning for wind covering the north of Scotland and the Highlands.
Meanwhile Met Éireann, the Irish Met Office, has issued yellow wind warnings for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry, which remain in force until the end of Saturday.
Belfast International Airport said delays may still be possible on Saturday and advised travellers to check airlines for latest flight information.
Glasgow Airport also said people should check the status of their flight with airlines.
On Saturday morning, ScotRail said around 80 trees had been brought down on railway lines and engineers were checking routes before resuming services.
Met Office chief forecaster Neil Armstrong said: ‘Storm Amy will be an impactful autumn storm for many in Scotland and Northern Ireland, though impacts will also spread to north west England and Wales, as well as a more widespread windy period for the rest of the UK.
‘Within the amber warning areas, damaging gusts of around 100mph are possible for a time on Friday evening for parts of western Scotland, especially Skye, Tiree, Barra and western Lochaber.
‘This could lead to significant disruption and brings the risk of power cuts and damage to buildings and trees.
‘Elsewhere, gusts of 60-80mph are expected more widely in the amber warning areas, and slightly lower figures for those covered by yellow warnings.
‘Rainfall is an additional hazard, in particular over western Scotland, where totals could exceed 30-50mm in six to nine hours, increasing the risk of flooding for some.
‘A number of warnings have been issued covering the rainfall risk for the coming days.’
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