Planes were forced to reroute prior to landing last night (Tuesday, April 11) as strong winds battered parts of the UK. One Jet2 flight, the LS892 from Lanzarote to Manchester, was diverted to Birmingham and was spotted 'tilting' in the air before the pilot circled and rerouted to Birmingham Airport, the Manchester Evening News reports.
The procedure is known as a 'go-around', which is the aborting of the landing of an aircraft that is on the final approach or has already touched down. Another Jet2 flight, the LS782 from Gran Canaria, was also due to land in Manchester and was divered 163 miles away to Newcastle when its flight path showed the plane circling over the region numerous times.
A member of the Manchester Airport Facebook group on Tuesday evening posted a screenshot of the Jet2 Lanzarote to Manchester flight (LS892) path. Their post read: "Did anybody just witness this aircraft over Stockport? I thought it was falling from the sky."
