Flights were diverted and pilots had to abort landings due to strong winds around Manchester Airport.
A number of flights were affected on Tuesday night (April 11). One Jet2 flight, the LS892 from Lanzarote to Manchester, diverted to Birmingham and was seen 'tilting' overhead before the pilot circled and landed in the Midlands.
The flight had to undertake a 'go-around', which is an aborted landing of a plane that is on its final approach or has already touched down.
Another Jet2 flight, the LS782 from Gran Canaria, which was also due to land in Manchester, landed 163 miles away after diverting to Newcastle, reports the Manchester Evening News.
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The plane's flight path showed the plane circling over the region multiple times. In a Manchester Airport Facebook group on Tuesday evening, one user shared a screenshot of the Jet2 Lanzarote to Manchester flight (LS892) path, writing: "Did anybody just witness this aircraft over Stockport? I thought it was falling from the sky."
Sharing a picture of the aircraft flying low over south Manchester, one person wrote: "Winds really strong. I live on Shadow Moss and they've been getting knocked around all afternoon." Another commented: "Yes me too, I watched it. Was tilting left very bad."
A third added: "It’s gone around heading south, very strong winds tonight."
According to FlightRadar24, the flight - that departed the Canary Islands at around 3pm - lowered to an altitude of around 2,300ft over Stockport on approach to Manchester airport before eventually turning and rerouting to Birmingham, landing at around 7.30pm.
The LS782 flight, from Gran Canaria to Manchester Airport then appeared to abort its landing in Manchester at around 6.50pm, lowering to around 1,000 ft before circling multiple times over parts of Bolton and Lancashire.
The flight path on FlightRadar24 then shows the aircraft diverted and travelled more than 100 miles north towards Newcastle Airport and landing shortly before 8pm.
When approached by the M.E.N, Jet2 confirmed that both flights had been diverted due to the weather conditions and that passengers would receive transport on a coach back to Manchester.
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