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High winds force plane to abort landing

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This is the moment a Thomas Cook Airlines plane was forced to abort a landing at the last second, at the notoriously difficult Funchal Airport in Madeira. The video, filmed on February 18 on the Portuguese island, shows the plane wobbling dramatically in strong crosswinds as it descends, before it is forced to abandon the landing and rises back into the sky. (www.nzherald.co.nz) More...

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photo747sp
photo747sp 1
Those A320'S can do a lot of acrobatic moves try flying into NZWN on a real windy day
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yr2012
matt jensen 1
Wellington's nifty - try TGU/MHTG on any day
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yr2012
matt jensen 1
Hope he wasn't on fumes
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incredableaviator
incredableaviator 0
un real how they land there and take the risk
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