A British Airways flight was forced to abort a landing at Heathrow Airport today.
Flight BA431 suffered a double tail strike, when the rear of an aircraft scrapes along the runway surface, on Thursday as it attempted to land following a flight from Amsterdam.
New footage has emerged showing the Airbus A321 Neo approaching the runway of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 at around 10.30am.
The aircraft appears to sway from side to side before its left wheel touches down on the runway.
After the right wheel makes contact, the plane’s tail scrapes along the tarmac in what is known as a double tail strike.
It then
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