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Sophie Halle-Richards

Tens of thousands of people are watching a live feed of planes landing at Heathrow in Storm Eunice

Hundreds of thousands of people are going crazy for a live stream showing planes attempting to land at Heathrow Airport during Storm Eunice.

Over 150,000 viewers have tuned into Big Jet TV this afternoon (February 18) to watch skilled pilots battling insane wind speeds of over 70mph at the country's biggest airport.

A red 'danger to life' weather warning for wind is currently in place for London and much of the south.

READ MORE: Friday forecast for every borough in Greater Manchester - hour-by-hour

Many flights and train services have already been cancelled - but that hasn't stopped some brave pilots, with a jumbo jet still landing every few minutes.

The man narrating the stream, named Jerry, has been providing people with incredible commentary - speculating whether the pilot is going to be able to land the plane.

Pilots are battling wind gusts of over 70mph (Big Jet TV)

"Come on, you can do it," he can just about be heard shouting over the wind.

As a British Airways plane attempted to take the landing, Jerry could be heard screaming: "He can't land that. Surely not. Surely not.

"Oh he's down fair play mate."

Other pilots haven't quite managed to land on their first attempt, and have been filmed doing what Jerry calls a 'go around.'

Speaking to the BBC, Jerry can be heard saying on the stream: "This is the best scenario you can get. Big kudos to the pilots and the crews. This is the most exciting stuff you can get.

"Normally the conditions are calm and we have great shows we do for hours on end with people all over the world. Right now with 70mph gusting winds it is pretty intense

"What is great is that you get to see the skill of the pilots and how they handle it."

Thousands of people have taken to Twitter to share the stream, which is providing light entertainment as the country is urged to stay inside for their safety.

One user wrote: "Can’t stop watching #bigjettv gripped watching planes land at Heathrow! #StormEunice "

Lidy said: "Absolutely hooked on #bigjettv live stream of amazing pilots landing in #StormEunice "

A plane attempting to land at the airport (Big Jet TV)

Nathan Gamester wrote: " #BigJetTV is nuts - and totally gripping! Live footage and commentary of planes landing at Heathrow during #StormEunice. Absolute scenes."

Chris said: "Favourite moment so far: “Phwoar. Look at that rudder input.” #bigjettv "

Suzecy wrote: "Was going shopping, not setting foot out the door until that Airbus 380 lands #BigJetTV "

Richard Holmes said: "Watching BA nail these landings one after the other is the most proud I’ve been to be British in a while #BigJetTv "

The worst of the weather isn't expected to hit Greater Manchester until later this afternoon - with gusts of up to 60mph expected.

Aircrafts were still landing at Manchester Airport this morning but conditions are expected to get more difficult for pilots as the day goes on.

In the meantime, I think we'll stay glued to Big Jet TV.

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