Terrifying moment shaky BA flight aborts landing at Scots airport during 90mph Storm Floris
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THIS is the hair-raising moment a passenger plane was forced to abort its landing in powerful winds.
The British Airways aircraft was flying in to touch down at Aberdeen Airport.
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A British Airways flight was caught in strong winds at it approached Aberdeen Airport
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The aircrew had to abort landing and returned to London Heathrow
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The plane took off from London's Heathrow Airport shortly after 4pm yesterday.
It was due to touch down in the northeast around 90 minutes later.
But nail-biting footage showed the planes wings tilting as it approached the runway.
The pilot aborted the landing attempt and the flight was diverted back to Heathrow, landing around 7pm.
The airline added an extra flight today to help get stranded passengers to their destination.
The BA flight wasn't the only aircraft to encounter trouble landing amid Storm Floris.
A Ryanair plane flying from Faro, Portugal to the northeast air hub had to circle several times in the air before landing.
Elsewhere, an easyJet flight bound for Edinburgh Airport was forced to divert back to London Gatwick.
The aircraft encountered strong winds as it approached the capital yesterday afternoon.
Storm Floris brought gale-force winds to much of Scotland yesterday and the unsettled conditions have continued in the far north today.
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The Met Office has issued amber and yellow weather warnings for wind, covering the whole of mainland Scotland and the west coast islands.
Winds of around 90mph sparked widespread travel disruption, including flights and train and ferry services.
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