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Paul Britton & Hollie Bone

Manchester Airport pilot ABORTS landing in 70mph Storm Malik winds

This is the terrifying moment a pilot was forced to abort a landing as the plane was battered by strong gales amid Storm Malik.

The incredible footage was captured by an aviation enthusiast at Manchester Airport who uploaded the clip to YouTube.

Storm Malik reportedly brought winds of up to 80mph today - with a further storm, named Corrie, also set to hit large parts of the country into next week.

The footage shows the holiday jet - a Jet2 Boeing 737 - on its final approach to the airport on Saturday afternoon, the Manchester Evening News reports.

The plane is shown struggling to descend before deciding to take off again (The plane is shown struggling to descend before deciding to take off again)

The two-minute-long clip - on AviationUpclose - captures the plane being buffeted in the air in the crosswind gales.

It's pushed from side to side with its landing gear fully engaged above the airport's runway ahead of an anticipated landing.

The pilot, skilfully, manages to touch down two wheels, but quickly takes off again.

The aircraft - believed to be a flight from Malaga in Spain - was reportedly forced to divert to East Midlands Airport - after a second failed attempt to land at Manchester following the 'go around', a common manoeuvre.

It's a standard landing procedure to take the plane around for another go at approaching the runway.

Pilots are often forced to use the procedure if they experience a late, sudden gust of wind, which conditions such as Saturday's appeared to bring.

AviationUpclose said on Twitter : "Windshear go-around followed by a heavy bounced touch and go for this Jet2 737 at Manchester Airport during Storm Malik.

"The aircraft diverted to East Midlands."

Weather warnings under Storm Malik remain in force across Greater Manchester.

Winds of over 100mph have been reported in parts of Scotland, where tragically a 60-year-old woman was killed by a falling tree in Aberdeen, with widespread disruption to travel and power supplies.

A boy, 9, was also crushed to death after a tree was ripped down in the winds, while a man, 32, in Scotland died after a lorry was overturned.

Jet2.com was approached for comment.

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