Passengers were left stranded at Manchester Airport for hours after numerous flight delays this morning (February 9).
Watch planes trying to land at Manchester Airport during Storm Isha
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New video shows pilots having to abort landings as they battled gale-force winds whilst attempting to land planes at Manchester Airport during the peak of Storm Isha.
The region was battered by gusts of up to 90mph on Sunday as the second named storm of 2024 swept across the country wreacking havoc.
Across the country, a number of flights had to abort landings and were diverted hundreds of miles away due to the 'dangerous' winds. These included a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Dublin which was forced to land 500 miles away in Paris.
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The plane circled over the Irish Sea multiple times before aborting its landing and instead flying 500 miles to Paris Beauvais-Tille Airport. Whilst other flights bound for Ireland were diverted to Manchester.
Footage from the airport now shows just how difficult conditions were for captains and their co-pilots, who had to use all their skills and expertise in order to touch down safely.
For eight hours, the YouTube channel AviationUpclose captured a number of jets coming in to land at Manchester. Two, were forced abondon their initial landing attemps
A Vista Jet Challenger 850 private jet which had flown from Faro in the Algarve region of Portugal and one of the huge Emirates Airbus A380s which was ferrying passengers from Dubai both had to perform 'go-arounds' and re-attempt their landings. Both successfully landed on the second attempt.
Several planes, including Easyjet, British Airways and Ryanair flights could be
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