A plane carrying Manchester City football players was forced to abandon its landing yesterday afternoon at Manchester City Airport after strong winds from Storm Dudley took hold.
A video posted online shows the plane swaying in the winds on approach to the runway before the pilot makes the last-minute decision to divert the aircraft to Liverpool.
The Titan Airways flight took off from Lisbon at around 2.12pm on Wednesday afternoon, Manchester Evening News reports.
Data from FlightRadar shows the plane circled over Manchester three times before diverting to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, 30 miles away.
The plane was carrying the Manchester City first team back from Lisbon following their match against Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday.
Man City took to Twitter writing: "We can confirm the plane transporting the first team home from Lisbon has landed safely in Liverpool after high winds forced a diversion from Manchester."
In a comedic response on Wednesday afternoon, Liverpool Airport went on to welcome the team to the "football capital of England".
They wrote: "Great to safely welcome Manchester City to the football capital of England this afternoon after their flight was diverted from their home airport due to high winds."
The worst of the storm is expected to hit between 2pm to midnight, with a yellow weather warning covering large swathes of England.
Storm Dudley will be followed by a second named storm, Storm Eunice, on Friday, which could be even more damaging, with stronger winds and the chance of heavy snow.
There have been stark warnings that it could be one of the worst tempests in 30 years, with winds of up to 100mph possible in parts of the UK.
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