Pilot aborts landing 3 times due to high winds at Manchester Airport

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Video shows pilot abort landing three times due to high winds at Manchester Airport
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Video footage shows the moment a pilot expertly aborted his landing three times as strong winds whipped across Manchester Airport.

The M.E.N reported yesterday that the Emirates Airbus A380-800 made a hat-trick of attempts to land after an eight-hour flight from Dubai on Easter Saturday.

The attempted landings happened as heavy winds from Storm Katie battered Greater Manchester. Footage taken by eyewitness Mitchell Foy shows it make one of the failed attempts.

After the three ‘go-arounds’, the pilot was forced to take the plane to London Heathrow, where passengers waited for two hours before finally returning to Manchester for a fourth - and successful - landing attempt.

It meant passengers on EK-19 from Dubai arrived at 11.07pm - more than four hours late.

Valerie Bridgman, who was her flying with her daughter Rebecca, 40, a museum curator, said she was ‘terrified’ - and claimed Emirates didn’t feed them for seven hours during the saga.

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Video shows pilot abort landing three times due to high winds at Manchester Airport

The skilled pilot was forced to take the Emirates Airbus to London Heathrow before returning for a fourth, successful landing


Video footage shows the moment a pilot expertly aborted his landing three times as strong winds whipped across Manchester Airport.

The M.E.N reported yesterday that the Emirates Airbus A380-800 made a hat-trick of attempts to land after an eight-hour flight from Dubai on Easter Saturday.

The attempted landings happened as heavy winds from Storm Katie battered Greater Manchester. Footage taken by eyewitness Mitchell Foy shows it make one of the failed attempts.

After the three ‘go-arounds’, the pilot was forced to take the plane to London Heathrow, where passengers waited for two hours before finally returning to Manchester for a fourth - and successful - landing attempt.

It meant passengers on EK-19 from Dubai arrived at 11.07pm - more than four hours late.

Valerie Bridgman, who was her flying with her daughter Rebecca, 40, a museum curator, said she was ‘terrified’ - and claimed Emirates didn’t feed them for seven hours during the saga.

She said: “I have never suffered from a fear of flying. However on this occasion I was just terrified.

“The crew were simply exemplary during the flight in their attentiveness, it was such a lovely flight. However, once we were on the ground at Heathrow they were nowhere to be seen. I can only conclude that they were comforting passengers on the lower deck, many of whom I gather were very distressed.

 

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It's being reported, a small plane in Canada lost control on its approach to the run way, due to strong crosswinds and crashed.

Jean Lapierre and family dead in Iles-de-la-Madeleine plane crash
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Former cabinet minister and political analyst Jean Lapierre was among the seven victims in a plane crash in Iles-de-la-Madeleine. The other victims are the pilot and co-pilot along with members of Lapierre's family. There were no survivors.

Lapierre, 59, served as federal transport minister and the Quebec lieutenant before becoming a political commentator. He often appeared on CTV News, CJAD and TVA among other media outlets to offer his political insight.

"He was a bridge," between English and French communities said CTV Montreal Executive Director Barry Wilson, speaking about how Lapierre's small-town roots helped make politics accessible to the common person and to people of all backgrounds and political stripes.

As a Member of Parliament, Lapierre represented the Montreal riding of Outremont.

He originally served in the House of Commons from 1979 to 1993 and later served in the Bloc Quebecois caucus. He left the Bloc in the early 1990s and later rejoined the federal Liberals.

Lapierre was a well-known broadcaster and TV presenter in Quebec. Lapierre tweeted on Monday that his father had died at the age of 83 after a long battle with Parkinson's. Lapierre's wife Nicole Beaulieu, his two brothers Marc and Louis, his sister Martine, the pilot and copilot of the aircraft, Pascal Gosselin and Fabrice Labourel also died. They were flying to Iles-de-la-Madeleine for Lapierre's father's funeral. Lapierre and Beaulieu leave behind two children, Marie-Anne and Jean-Michel.

Seven people aboard - An ambulance technician in the area said six people died at the scene and one died later after suffering a heart attack.

“The six people never went to the hospital. They were declared dead on the spot,” ambulance supervisor Benoit Leblanc of Ambulance Leblanc said.

A seventh person who was on board the aircraft suffered a heart attack and was transferred to Quebec or Montreal, said Leblanc.

Poor weather conditions Sgt. Daniel Thibaudeau said the plane lost control on its approach. Thibaudeau told CTV News Channel weather conditions were poor at the time, that it was snowing heavily at the time and crosswinds were strong.

Environment Canada issued a warning for high winds in the area. Haze was also reported in the sector.

Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.

The plane was a Mitsubishi MU2 turboprop, registered in the United States. It took off from the St. Hubert airport at 9:10 a.m. with the Aero Teknic aircraft company.

Iles-de-la-Madeleine Mayor Jonathan Lapierre, told reporters that Air Canada had cancelled flights Tuesday because of poor weather conditions.

Witness Antonin Valiquette said he saw the plane hit the ground, bounce over a small hill and crash a second time before coming to a stop.

"I saw the plane hit the ground, went up the hill … there was a lot of parts flying around … and the condition of the plane after that was a wreck, honestly," Valiquette told CTV News Channel.

"The second hit really took its toll on the plane."

Valiquette estimated that the crash site in Havre-aux-Maisons was about five or six kilometres from the local airport.

The Transportation Safety Board has sent investigators to the scene.