Aborted landings,turbulence, crosswinds and nervous passengers!

Gatwick Airport London LGW/EGKK 10th March 2008.A very windy day !! With 90 degree crosswinds .It was so windy it was very difficult to hold the camera still. Sorry about the wind noise.

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[appleglory]

71 knots... your kidding me right?

[paulnod]

@appleglory  Remember, gusts of 71 Knots but not all the time it was one of the worst days i had seen at LGW for a long time.

[paulnod]

Isle of Portland (Dorset) 67 Knots 10/03/2008 1300

[paulnod]

Berry Head (Devon) 71 Knots 10/03/2008 0300

[paulnod]

Mumbles Head (near Swansea) 71 Knots 10/03/2008  0400

[paulnod]

Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) 83 Knots 10/03/2008 13:00

[1993GOS]

did that 777 ever land? lol

[rachaelmatt]

stuff being some1 on those planes, looks scary, were they diverted at all due to the wind?

[Missmorrigen]

71 knots.. is over a hurricane :p ? 64+ is hurricane, and when i's hurricane airports are suppose to be closed (:

[natofsx8]

@1993GOS lol,what a bad day for fly to Lgw!

[knaphilllee]

Hey dude - was this taken from short-term car park??? I tried to do same and they kicked me out - bloody security measures - thanks al-qaedda - ruin things for everyone you b*****ds

[AndrewJM70]

Amazing video! I was actually on the jump seat in a 757 departing at around this time. I have never seen anything like it. As we took off the whole plane shuddered and the stall warning sounded! The cockpit-voice recording would have had me saying "f*cking hell!!"

[JerdooFlightX]

dang, these winds are sick, wouldn't wanna be up there with those winds :)

[Jetpilotsid99]

90 knots crosswind?WTF?

[Ben123planes]

@paulnod wow