This is the hair-raising moment a pilot dramatically decided to abort his landing as he prepared to touch down on a Spanish holiday island during gale-force winds.
Footage showed the plane veering suddenly to the right as an intense gust destabilised it just a few feet above the runway.
The drama led to the commander making a split-second decision to execute a rejected approach manoeuvre, which saw him lifting the plane’s nose in the air to avoid disaster.
He successfully landed Binter flight NT556 at Cesar Manrique-Lanzarote Airport shortly afterwards during a second attempt as winds on the island reached around 55mph.
It was not immediately clear how many passengers were on the plane, which had taken off from the neighbouring island of Gran Canaria.
The spectacular display was filmed by Lanzarote Webcam, which published the footage on its social media.
A spokesman said: ‘Binter flight NT556 from Gran Canaria operating with registration EC-NGG was landing at Lanzarote airport in bad weather conditions, when it received a strong wind gust and put in grave danger the integrity of the plane.
‘It’s quite a sight to see how the pilots resolved the incident. Finally the plane landed at the second attempt without problems.
A was forced to abort his landing as he prepared to touch down in Lanzorte during gale-force winds
Footage showed the plane veering suddenly to the right as an intense gust destabilised it just a few feet above the runway
The pilot had to execute a rejected approach manoeuvre, which saw him lifting the plane’s nose in the air to avoid disaster
‘We have decided to do this compilation because without doubt the pilots skills were essential to sort the problem without damages and left us a nice toga operation.
It comes as a United AIrlines was forced to make an emergency landing at Los Angeles Interntational Airport on Monday after the plane suffered a reported engine malfunction.
Flight UA 2127 had to turn back to LAX after heading for Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey after smoke started filling up the aircraft.
The Boeing 787 had to deploy emergency evacuation slides on the runway so passengers could flee the plane.
According to tracking information from FlightAware, the plane took off from Terminal 7 around 10.15am.
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) then got a report of an engine problem onboard the aircraft around 11.05am, prompting the plane to circle back to LAX around 11.20am.
A dramatic video showed passengers sliding out of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner before running across the runway as smoke spewed out of the aircraft.
Fire trucks were also seen surrounding the aircraft to assist staff and passengers and control the smoke.
The pilot later successfully landed Binter flight NT556 at Cesar Manrique-Lanzarote Airport shortly afterwards during a second attempt
Only one passenger suffered a minor cut to their finger, the California Post reported. There were 268 people, including 12 crew members, on board.
After the emergency landing, the LAFD confirmed the plane landed safely.
‘LAFD crews have confirmed United flight #2127 has landed safely and is clear of all passengers and crew members following reported engine problems,’ the agency said.
United Airlines also confirmed the landing, telling the Post: ‘United flight 2127 safely returned to Los Angeles to address an issue with one of the engines.
‘Customers deplaned via slides and airstairs and were bused to the terminal. There are no reported injuries at this time. We’re working to get our customers to their final destinations.’
