--- title: Plane Caught in a Crosswind Birmingham Airport Watch Video description: Do not watch this video of a plane caught in a crosswind you have a fear of flying. canonical: https://time.com/4516498/plane-crosswind-video/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-03T17:16:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:14.785Z og:title: This Video of a Plane Caught in a Crosswind is Intense og:description: Do not watch if you have a fear of flying og:url: https://time.com/4516498/plane-crosswind-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Video of a Plane Caught in a Crosswind is Intense twitter:description: Do not watch if you have a fear of flying twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Plane Make a Safe Landing in Extremely Intense Winds by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 3, 2016 5:16 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 3, 2016 5:16 PM UTC Flying is incredibly safe, that said, you’re hurtling through the sky in a metal tube that is subject to thunder, [lightning](http://time.com/4496680/lightning-bolt-record-200-miles/?iid=sr-link1), and wind. A recent [airline](http://time.com/4247018/airplane-bathroom-cleaning/?iid=sr-link3) flight was trying to land at England’s Birmingham Airport when a fearsome crosswind blew threw as the plane attempted to touchdown on the runway. The video, posted to YouTube by user [Flugsnug](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1PloUeSfZql4wbCRM8%5F2AQ), shows the pilot battling an intense wind that pushes the plane sideways and nearly off the runway. The pilot seemed to realize it wasn’t safe to land and decided to make another attempt, or what they call in the industry a “go-around.” On his second attempt, the pilot was able to get the [plane](http://time.com/4457377/baby-born-plane-million-miles/?iid=sr-link9) on the ground safely and undoubtedly was quite happy to be back on terra firma. While landing a [commercial jet](http://time.com/4440542/amazon-one-airplane-fedex-ups/?iid=sr-link5) on a strip of concrete is already a difficult task, according to the YouTube user, the layout of Birmingham’s airport makes it even more challenging, because according to the video’s caption, there is a “particular distribution of buildings and earth mounds etc around BHX usually claims the odd victim.” Watch below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4516498/plane-crosswind-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4516498/plane-crosswind-video/"},"headline":"Watch a Plane Make a Safe Landing in Extremely Intense Winds","datePublished":"2016-10-03T17:16:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:14.785Z","description":"Do not watch this video if you have a fear of flying","url":"https://time.com/4516498/plane-crosswind-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Travel","Air travel","Viral Videos","Planes","airplanes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4516498/plane-crosswind-video/","name":"Watch a Plane Make a Safe Landing in Extremely Intense Winds"}}]}] ```