Plane Narrowly Escapes Accident During Landing Attempt Amid High Winds [Video]

A dramatic footage that surfaced online showed a British Airways plane narrowly avoiding a disaster during a landing attempt in London after getting caught in the strong winds of storm Corrie.

The plane was saved by inches from being flipped over, thanks to the pilot's presence of mind.

The commercial aircraft, BA flight 1307, was about to land on the London Heathrow tarmac Monday after having flown in from Aberdeen, Scotland. The clip showed the plane tussling with the high winds, and swerving heavily as it approached the runway.

The spine-chilling footage was captured by Jerry Dyer, Big Jet TV founder, who shared it on the aviation channel's Twitter handle.

The footage shows the pilot managing to stabilize the plane and make contact with the ground. The plane then briefly loses balance and starts tilting toward the left. However, the pilot manages to steady the plane again before pulling it up and making another landing attempt.

"A full-on Touch and go, with a tail strike! Watch for the paint dust after contact and watch the empennage shaking as it drags. The pilot deserves a medal! BA training could use this in a scenario - happy to send the footage chaps," the tweet's description read.

A gap between buildings close to the tarmac reportedly created a funnel effect for the plane, said witnesses, who hailed the pilot for what was described as a "tail strike."

The plane reportedly hit the runway at over 250 kmph.

"Our pilots are highly trained to manage a range of scenarios, including extreme weather conditions, and our flight crew landed the aircraft safely. Our customers and crew all disembarked as normal," a British Airways spokesperson told ITV London, following the incident.

Parts of Scotland and North East England were battered by two back-to-back storms, Corrie and Malik, Tuesday with gusts of up to 92mph winds, leaving tens of thousands of people without power, prompting the closure of schools and rendering the transport nonfunctional. Corrie, which hurtled in from the Atlantic, brought in the prospect of an ice storm.

A 9-year-old boy in Staffordshire and a 60-year-old woman in Aberdeen were killed by falling trees in high winds caused by the storms.