Storm Eunice: Landings at Heathrow Airport Eunice was one of the fiercest storms seen by the UK in the recent years. Among all the carnage, there was an unexpected fallout. A live YouTube stream of planes trying to land at Heathrow went viral. Although I am not an aviation fan, this was still amazing to watch. Anyone caught it live yesterday? Quote:
In London, parts of the O2 Arena's roof have been shredded
A wind gust of 122mph at the Needles on the Isle of Wight is provisionally the highest gust ever recorded in England. An amber warning for wind is in place across the Midlands, southern England and Wales until 21:00 GMT. There are yellow warnings for snow, ice and wind in Northern Ireland and Scotland
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Putting down some interesting landings timestamps that I remember. Unfortunately can't put them down as direct links since the forum software renders it as another video!
1:06:10 Brussels Airlines A320
1:13:20 British Airways A320 - aborts at the last minute!
1:43:43 British Airways A320 - sideways action!
3:08:50 Qatar Airways A380 - 2nd attempt
3:15:30 Emirates A380
3:22:55 Air India 787 Dreamliner
3:56:30 Qatar Airways A380 - final attempt
3:32:16 Singapore Airlines
More about the livestream - Quote:
Aviation enthusiast Jerry Dyer has been streaming aircraft's attempts to land at the London airport in winds of up to 70mph on his Big Jet TV channel. His lively commentary plus the footage as planes approach, sometimes having to abort, have been attracting more than 200,000 live viewers at times. Dyer told the BBC the feed was "the most exciting stuff you can get". For several hours on Friday, Dyer has been running the live stream from the roof of a specially adapted van, shouting "go on son", "nicely done" and "fair play mate" at pilots who land successfully.
For trickier landings, he advised pilots to "go around again", and as one pilot abandoned an attempt to touch down at the last second amid strong winds, Dyer exclaimed: "Ooh, he did not like that."
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