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Paul Britton & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Terrifying moment Jet2 plane is forced to abort landing during Storm Malik chaos

This is the hair-raising moment a pilot skilfully aborted the landing of a Jet2 flight as Storm Malik battered the country.

The terrifying clip was captured by an aviation buff who posted the footage to YouTube.

Storm Malik caused severe winds of up to 70mph at the weekend - with Storm Corrie now causing travel disruption across the UK, Manchester Evening News reports.

The video shows the Jet2 Boeing 737 on its final approach to the Manchester Airport on Saturday afternoon.

The two-minute clip - uploaded to AviationUpclose - sees the plane being jostled about midair by 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.

The Jet2 flight was reportedly diverted to East Midlands Airport. (MEN)

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."

Winds of over 100mph were 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.

Jet2.com has been contacted for comment.

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