Shocking video shows terrifying moment pilot is forced to ABORT landing on gale-hit runway as 100mph Storm Imogen winds leave tens of thousands without power
- Video shows aircraft wobbling as it touches down at London City Airport before bouncing back up again
- Pilot manages to safely take passengers from Milan back into capital’s skies as plane continues to sway
- 15,000 people left without power as Storm Imogen battered Britain with 100mph winds and 63ft waves
- Wind speeds should ease today but there could be more gales in Wales and coastal parts of East Anglia
A shocking video showed the aircraft wobbling as it touched down at London City Airport, with smoke coming from the tyres as they hit the runway.
The Alitalia plane then bounced back up again and the pilot managed to safely take the passengers back into the sky as it continued to sway violently.
Flight AZ222 - which took off from Milan Linate Airport more than an hour late - was due to land at City at 3.35pm, but eventually did so at 5.13pm.
The clip emerged as tens of thousands of people were left without power yesterday as the storm battered Britain with winds of almost 100mph.
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Terrifying: A nerve-shredding video showed a plane wobbling as it touched down at London City Airport, before bouncing back up again
Up we go: The pilot managed to safely take the passengers back into the capital’s skies as the plane continued to sway violently
Flying away: The clip emerged as tens of thousands of people were left without power yesterday as Storm Imogen battered Britain
Circle: Flight AZ222 - which took off from Milan more than an hour late - was due to land at City at 3.35pm, but eventually did so at 5.13pm
Coastal communities in Wales and southern England bore the brunt of the weather that created severe problems for road, rail and ferry routes.
And a first victim of the storm was feared today after an RSPCA inspector went missing on Sunday after going to rescue sea birds in Cornwall.
Colleagues joined the hunt for Mike Reid, 54, who went to help about 30 gannets stranded on rocks near Penzance, but has not been seen since.
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Several people were injured yesterday, including two children who had a stone wall fall on them in Bretforton, near Evesham in Worcestershire.
The incident came less than two weeks after the local authority inspected the wall and found no immediate danger to the public.
A man in his 70s had a broken leg and his dog was killed after a garden wall blew on to them in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, at about 8am yesterday.
Meanwhile in the St Annes area of Bristol, a man in his 40s was injured after trees fell on to a three-storey block of flats.
Incoming: Waves crash over rocks at Porthcawl in South Wales as Storm Imogen slammed into the south coast yesterday
Astonishing: Waves crash over the cliffs at Sennen near Land's End in Cornwall yesterday as Britain was battered by severe weather
Bracing: Women experience high winds as they cross the Millennium Bridge in London yesterday as speeds reached nearly 100mph
'Organised trip': Coastguards issued a warning after schoolchildren were seen standing on a beach on the Solent as Storm Imogen hit
And father and daughter near Exeter had a 100ft tree blown on to their car outside their house, minutes before they were due to leave for school.
On the lookout: About 50 flood warnings and 181 alerts are in place
Conditions out at sea reached ‘phenomenal’ states, with waves topping 16m (52ft 6in) and a monster of 19.1m (63ft) recorded off St Ives.
Met Office forecaster Emma Sillitoe said winds had hit 96mph at the Needles off the Isle of Wight, but speeds should ease into today.
However she added that there was still a chance of gales in Wales, along the Channel and coastal parts of East Anglia.
‘It is really going to be into (this) morning that places have lighter winds,’ she said.
‘There will still be some strong winds along the coast of Devon and Cornwall but for most places (it) will be a more settled day.’
Coastguards issued a warning after schoolchildren were pictured yesterday standing on a beach on the Solent as Storm Imogen hit.
The group ‘on an organised trip’ were spotted on the beach at Hill Head, near Southampton, according to coastguards.
About 50 flood warnings calling for ‘immediate action’ and 181 alerts are in place in England and Wales amid the heavy downpours.
In Wales, Bridgend town centre was closed by police as strong winds blew tiles from roofs. A wind turbine also caught alight in high winds.
Several schools in Cornwall were closed after power cuts and a car parked by Newquay's Fistral beach was almost submerged by windswept sand.
In neighbouring Devon, Barnstaple civic centre was damaged and the refit of the frigate HMS Argyll at Devonport dockyard in Plymouth was suspended after a hangar door was damaged.
Meanwhile a Lloyds Bank branch in Yatton, north Somerset, had its roof blown off.
The Forestry Commission was forced to close several forests due to strong winds.
Bad weather and stormy seas disrupted cross-channel ferry services after the Port of Dover temporarily closed overnight on Sunday due to wind and strong sea swells.
DFDS and P&O ferries between Dover and Calais were affected, while services from Liverpool to Dublin and from Newhaven to Dieppe were cancelled.
There were major delays and cancellations on Brittany Ferries crossings between south coast ports and northern France and Spain.
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