Eyewitness: Emirates Airlines pilot puts life of his passengers in great danger

The control tower warned pilots landing in Birmingham of crosswinds up to 100 mph. This did not stop Emirates Airlines to attempt a landing at this airport possibly narrowly escaping a disaster.

The control tower warned pilots landing in Birmingham of crosswinds up to 100 mph. This did not stop Emirates Airlines to attempt a landing at this airport possibly narrowly escaping a disaster. The video in this articles shows how the airline put hundreds of passengers in great danger when landing at Birmingham airport in the United Kingdom.
The question: What policies and regulations should be put in place at airlines and airports to avoid such games of russian roulette in the future.

Amateur footage has emerged of an Emirates Boeing-777 from Dubai attempting a crosswind landing at Birmingham International Airport on Thursday, before pulling away at the last moment.

Strangely Emirates is regarded as one of the best and safest airlines in the world.

“Never getting on a plane again. Full on wanted to cry,” Miller posted on Instagram. other airports as 100 mph winds wreaked havoc on the country, forcing hundreds of flights to be delayed. Dramatic footage of a Boeing-777 failed landing appeared online.

Several planes across Britain have been forced to abort landings and redirected toThe plane attempted to more go-arounds, but had to be redirected to Gatwick airport, where passengers waited inside, before winds died down sufficiently for the plane to make another, successful, landing in Birmingham

โ€œAs we came towards the city, the plane was shaking on the way down. We could see from the in-flight monitors that the plane was drifting to the left as we were landing,โ€ passenger Kevon Miller told the Birmingham Mail.

โ€œWhen the plane started hovering back up from the landing, we thought the pilot was half-asleep and had lost control!โ€ said another passenger.

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