British Airways passengers scream in horror during terrifying landing at Heathrow Airport

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The landing scare was captured by a nearby plane spotter as the tail of a British Airways plane crashed into the runway before taking off into the air again

A British Airways plane with hundreds of passengers onboard faced a terrifying moment as it came into land at Heathrow Airport.

The plane, flying from Amsterdam to London, was forced to abort its landing in the final moments of the flight as its tail smashed into the runway. Screams were heard from those on board, according to reports from The Sun, after the tailfin on the airraft crashed into the ground.

The flight was almost about to touchdown at 11am yesterday (Thursday) and hit the tarmac on its left-sided tyres. But the plane had to climb back into the air again after the scary landing attempt.

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The Sun reports a source onboard who said passengers dramatically lurched forward in their seats as the pilots tried to control the aircraft. The source said: “This is most irregular. There were screams. No-one knew what was happening.

“This near-crash is very rare. The plane was buffeted by high winds, but usually the pilots have this scenario under control. An investigation will get to the bottom of what happened.”

The BA twin-jet Airbus A321neo – Flight BA431 – was taken out of service for engineering checks after it landed on the second attempt following a one hour 35 minute flight from Schiphol airport in Amsterdam.

Last night the incident had been reported to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch – tasked with investigating “civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the UK”.

A British Airways spokesperson told The Sun: “The aircraft landed safely and we’re assisting the AAIB with its investigation and are legally unable to comment further at this stage.”

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