An EasyJet flight landing at Bristol Airport had to abort landing twice this morning before successfully touching down.
The flight from Paris EZY6236 was expected to land at 10.05am but was delayed by more than an hour in the end, not touching down until 11.21am. Footage shows the EasyJet flight approaching the airport and starting to descend before rising again.
A Ryanair flight from Kaunas which was due to land at 10.55am is also currently trying to land at the airport (11.45am), having aborted landing twice. This means the flight is delayed by nearly an hour now and it is listed as "holding overhead" on Bristol Airport's website.
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EasyJet said in a statement: ""easyJet can confirm that, due to strong winds at Bristol airport, the captain of flight EZY6236 on arrival from Paris Orly performed two routine go arounds in line with procedures, before landing safely into Bristol.
"easyJet’s pilots are highly trained to perform this routine procedure and manage all weather conditions, and at no point was the safety of customers or crew on board compromised. Once the aircraft was on stand in Bristol, all customers disembarked as normal.
"The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is always easyJet's highest priority.”
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Several flights have been cancelled at Bristol Airport and yesterday afternoon, the airport issued a warning to passengers planning on flying to or from the airport today after the Met Office sent out the own red weather warning for wind. A lot of flights landing a the airport this afternoon are being hit with delays. A Jet2 flight from Antalya is delayed by four hours - it was due to land at 7.45pm and is now expected at Bristol Airport at 11.45pm.
Both the M4 Prince of Wales bridge and the M48 Severn Bridge have been shut this morning due to the wind speeds caused by Storm Eunice. It is the first time both bridges have been shut. Bristol and the wider South West region is bracing for wind gusts of up to 90mph today as the powerful storm approaches land.
Avon and Somerset has declared a "major incident" after the Met Office issued a rare red weather warning for the region, and Bristol City Council has advised schools to close tomorrow - the full list confirmed so far can be found here. Libraries, many tourist attractions and park cafes have also announced closure, and no First buses in Bristol will be running until at least 4pm.
Another weather warning for wind for the Bristol area has been issued by the Met Office for tomorrow (Saturday, February 19). People are being asked not to travel along certain stretches of the M5 motorway. Earlier today, two lanes of the M5 were shut after a lorry overturned in the middle of the night.
Storm Eunice is be the fifth named storm since the end of November to have made landfall in the UK, expected to touch down in the early hours of Friday (February 18) with it some violent weather. Bristol experienced strong winds throughout Wednesday during Storm Dudley, with gusts of 56mph, which caused a hotel window to shatter to the ground in Broad Quay.
However, Storm Eunice is expected to be even stronger. Most of Bristol is covered by an amber wind warning but Avonmouth and other areas along the Severn Estuary are covered by a rare red warning, which will be in place between 7am and midday.
The Environment Agency has warned that it is expecting conditions to create "a tidal surge along north coast of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset". The Port of Bristol is making safety preparations, and a flood warning has been issued for seafront properties at Severn Beach.
Experts are now warning that a third storm could be headed our way, click here for more information.
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