String of planes filmed abandoning landings in high winds

Planes struggled to land at Heathrow Airport as strong winds battered the airport. Footage shows multiple aircraft battling strong cross winds, with some forced to abort their landings and try again yesterday.

British Airways and Aer Lingus flights came close to touching down before pulling up, while an American Airlines jet battled a particularly wobbly landing.

A yellow wind warning from the Met Office covered most of England and all of Wales until 6pm on Tuesday. Wet and windy conditions are set to continue with alerts for rain put in place for parts of Wales on Wednesday.

It comes after windy weather swept across the country and gusts of up to 80mph were recorded by the Met Office overnight on Sunday.

Forecasters have wa

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