Passengers Scream as Packed Plane Makes Terrifying Landing

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Terrified passengers screamed aboard a packed British Airways flight as the jet’s tail slammed into the runway twice during a botched landing attempt in London, forcing pilots to…

Terrified passengers screamed aboard a packed British Airways flight as the jet’s tail slammed into the runway twice during a botched landing attempt in London, forcing pilots to abort the touchdown at the last second. The scare unfolded Thursday morning when Flight BA431, an Airbus A321neo carrying up to 220 people from Amsterdam, touched down unevenly on its left tires at Heathrow Airport around 11 a.m. local time. As the two-year-old jet’s tail struck the runway, passengers lurched forward in their seats before the crew yanked the plane back into the sky. “This is most irregular. There were screams.

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