Storm Nelson: Moment easyJet plane aborts Gatwick landing in extreme weather

This is the moment an easyJet pilot was forced to abort a landing at Gatwick on Thursday as Storm Nelson battered Britain with high winds and heavy rain.
The video showed flight EZY52FR from Faro in Portugal coming into land in torrential conditions just after 12.30pm before wobbling then pulling up again.
#Weather #StormNelson #easyjet
The flight on an Airbus A320 circled around West Sussex for ten minutes, then landed successfully on the second attempt.
EasyJet has yet to comment on the incident.
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[@christopherhindle1174]

Competent and prudent pilot, doing his job in extremely difficult conditions.

[@t.s.3606]

🤣

[@scatmann5839]

Doing his job as he's been well trained to do. What's the big deal here?

[@christopherhindle1174]

Exactly!@@scatmann5839

[@nexpro6985]

Why should Easyjet comment on a standard operational proceedure? This is what they are supposed to do if the weather adversely affects the final moments of the landing approach.

[@flower_flo]

My same thought!

[@TheTruthHz]

Exactly. What a crass bit of reporting by Telegraph. No "comment" is necessary from easyJet. They don't comment on any other standard flight procedures.

[@hashtag_thisguy]

@@TheTruthHz asking for a comment doesnt mean justification or negativity, the company could easily put out a positive comment praising the level of training and skills all Easyjets pilots go through and the company's continued commitment to passenger safety.

[@TheTruthHz]

@@hashtag_thisguy I'm not disputing that. However, there was no need to include the text... unless they were implying a comment was necessary.

[@profyaffel6398]

'Easyjet have yet to issue a comment about the incident' The pilot made sure there was no incident at all. Nothing to comment on.

[@lagautmd]

Dang good flying to keep that under control when it was swerving all over the place. Congrats to that pilot on both skill and good sense to abort.

[@KidarWolf]

There's no need for EasyJet to comment on this. This is proper procedure for any situation in which a landing is not felt, by the pilot, to be safe. Go-arounds exist to prevent people going into the ground.

[@remigiochilaule1961]

It's called a go-around folks. Pretty basic stuff. These pilots are trained for this from day1

[@aaronmicalowe]

That's probably why the guy in the video said, "go around".

[@scatmann5839]

​@@aaronmicaloweThat's exactly why, not probably. It's standard procedure taught to trainee pilots from day 1.

[@borleyboo5613]

Those pilots are so skilled. Well done, Captain on your second attempt. 😊

[@2005jes2005]

This is not an incidence. Missed approaches are performed routinely for a variety of reasons.

[@stevencarrollscorpio]

What's to comment about, the pilot didn't feel safe in the bad weather and pulled around for a second try, he did the right thing and probably saved himself and his passengers, good judgement on his behalf.

[@blackandgold676]

Love the subtitles which obscures much of the salient footage. Well done.

[@tonyhoban6600]

Was just going to say that . Not only a pointless story but an irritating one as well . They get paid for this ?

[@Charkel]

What incident? The one that didn't happen because the pilot did an excellent job?

[@fsxn3rd]

0:49 Absolutely no need for a comment. Nor is it an incident! It is a standard missed approach carried out by the crew. Happens all the time and is a completely normal and practiced phase of the flight

[@hashtag_thisguy]

Could have used opportunity to put out a simple statement (if asked) praising the pilot and positive company PR with regards to pilots capability, training & performing to the expected industry safety standards in all weather conditions and the continued commitment to passenger safety.... Not all press statements have to be negative...

[@2Riskie]

What are they gonna say? “Sorry we took 10 extra mins coz we don’t wanna die”?

[@janwright5126]

We were travelling back from Windsor in that horrendous weather, give that pilot a raise! 👏🏼👏🏼

[@onawhim9079]

The Telegraph reporting has really gone downhill. A bit of basic research would have shown that this is completely normal and 'go arounds' are totally acceptable. Great flying from the pilots!

[@Peter1Europe]

What they have to comment about ? Isn't pilot allowed one Go around in any circumstances ?

[@Hathur]

Not news worthy. Aborted landings are semi-common. My uncle is an airline pilot and has to do this several times a year due to weather. It is entirely normal and performed dozens of times a day around the world across countless airports.

[@Ducktility]

It is. There were heavy winds yesterday and I was wondering was there air travel disruption. This video gave some perspective. News need to be about awareness, not always some big deal.

[@TheTruthHz]

What a crass bit of reporting by Telegraph. No "comment" is necessary from easyJet. They don't comment on any other standard flight procedures, so why this one?

[@SilverLine269]

What would we do without plane spotters out in all weather catching moments like this

[@blackandgold676]

Interact with other humans?

[@SilverLine269]

@@blackandgold676 No thanks 🙂‍↔️

[@iloveharrold]

bless the pilot(s)

[@niksiever3135]

EasyJet doesn’t owe the telegraph any explanation. The pilots were doing their jobs. It’s a completely normal procedure if conditions aren’t good for landing.

[@GabroPlayz]

Airlines don't have to comment about go arounds.

[@teamidris]

Measure twice, cut once. Or, two approaches = no crash. :o)

[@Mitchkew]

I experienced much worse than that a few years ago on German Wings flight coming in from Hamburg. Pilots aborted first landing as plane tilted over on touch down and wing nearly hit grass by runway - really bad. After a bumpy 20 minutes going round he tried again but abandoned at about 100 feet. We went all the way back to Hamburg for the night. I have flown regularly for 45 years and this was one of only two incidents that properly scared me. Some people on that flight said will never fly again. The other bad one was in a 12 seater going to Bern Switzerland from London City. Took off in a thunderstorm from the dockland runway and almost immediately after take-off hit an air pocket - very nearly went in the harbour water. Properly scary and small planes are much less safe statistically. Large air pockets in tropics are quite normal - I always keep my seat belt fastened - I have seen people hit their heads on roof of plane and need hospital treatment. Luckily Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong is no more, landing there as typhoons began was always an adrenalin ride!

[@mikeg3293]

Why do Easy Jet have to make a ‘comment’? The pilot made a safety decision. If only Politicians made decisions so decisive, instead of just making ‘comments’?

[@TenshiR]

My wife flew into London City airport last night probably around the same time and said it was the scariest landing shes ever experienced. 😬

[@michael1714]

Hi, my name’s Ed Winchester!

[@JamesSeale2575]

Few that looked close

[@lervish1966]

Phew

[@SilverLine269]

@@lervish1966😂

[@hashtag_thisguy]

Mentorpilot taught me that the landing has become destabilised, to hit toga button, full thrust and go around.

[@samrice1151]

I was on a flight from Italy to Gatwick at 7pm also easyJet also failed landing, one of the most terrifying experiences and felt unsafe throughout

[@blackandgold676]

Stay home.

[@_Melian_Dialogue_]

Storm Nelson? It was just a storm, they're gonna run out of names at this rate.

[@scottielad1545]

Hey ROOKIE, need more time in flight simulator?

[@oingpla]

Top Gun ✌🏼🌍

[@JasonChinniansoulmod1]

Was that "Storm "Lord" Nelson"? 😂😂😂

[@clairewilliams9416]

‘Easy jet failed to comment on the incident’ what incident? The pilots did exactly what they were trained to and as a result nothing happened.

[@nelsoncampos5539]

It looks like i'm doing a lot of damage. I need to stop soon.

[@BEN14680]

I used to fly a lot. But. Can't anymore.. just developed a fear.

[@captcomps]

Non story. This is just fluff for instagram.

[@PavelKryuchkov]

Did he analyze weather ? Usually pilots don’t fly to the airport if the weather doesn’t correspond definite requirements

[@Bruhmoment-ym4fz]

Nah they still would try

[@EastWestLifeInsider]

Thanks To Allah people were safe.

[@StueeRoss]

Luckily it didn’t “come into land”, it came in to land 🙄

[@JamieVaughan-cg8bx]

easyJet don't have to comment anything go arounds are so common and there's more easyJet than anything else at gatwick so

[@dansyaboi6539]

5th

[@tims9434]

Chicken could've landed that