Dramatic footage shows aircraft rocking from side to side as it battles crosswinds before being forced to abort landing at the last second

• The Thomas Cook plane was attempting to land at Funchal Airport in Madeira
• It is notoriously tough to land at the site which is close to the mountains
• Pilots require special training to land at the incredibly short runway 

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John Hutchinson for MailOnline

Published:
07:08 EST, 24 February 2016

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This is the moment a Thomas Cook plane was obliged to abort a landing at the last second, at the notoriously tough Funchal Airport in Madeira.

The video, filmed on February 18 on the Portuguese island, shows the plane wobbling dramatically in durable crosswinds as it descends, prior to it is obliged to abandon the landing and rises spine in to the sky.

Aborted landings are not unusual at Madeira Airport as the crosswinds regularly trigger troubles for pilots. 

The plane is clearly battling versus quite durable crosswinds as it comes in to land at Funchal Airport

The Thomas Cook aircraft does its finest to straighten up as the runway approaches

But as it nears to the tarmac, the plane is visibly rocking from edge to side

The filmmaker that shared the video online, wrote: ‘Missed landing because of hefty crosswinds at Madeira Airport considered among the a lot of tough airports of the world.’

Madeira Airport is close to mountains and the sea which means it is prone to harsh turbulence and bad weather conditions.

Landing a commercial jet can easily be a challenge also for the a lot of went through pilot.

Pilots require special training to land at the incredibly short runway on the Portuguese archipelago, wedged in in between mountains and the Atlantic sea.

At the last second the pilot aborts the landing and points the nose spine in to the air

The aircraft after that flies spine up in to the sky. Funchal is a notoriously tough airport to land at

The runway was so short it had to be extended two times because of accidents, including one in 1977 where a Boeing 727 missed the runway and crashed onto a nearby beach.

The TAP Portugal Flight TP425 overshot the runway, and smashed in to a bridge that ripped off the ideal wing.

The aircraft after that crashed onto the beach, distinguishing fire, killing 131 of the 164 people on board.

In 2000, an added kilometre was added to the runway, built on concrete pillars in the sea.

 

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