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Video: Watch a Boeing 777 battle violent winds

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Watch a Boeing 777 try to land at England’s Birmingham Airport almost sideways and fail due to high winds.

The pilot took a couple of goes before opting to land at another airport.

Jets can land in some pretty extreme conditions – but these winds were simply too strong for the plane to safely land.

It must have been a bit nerve wracking for those in window seats who could see the runway in front of them as they were about to touchdown!

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Before you add a new comment, take note this story was published on 8 Dec 2013.

Chris Johnson on 8/12/2013 8:46am

Haha that is cool. They need to take a leaf out of Wellington’s airport … shut it down when the wind ramps up

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