AviateJackA pilot successfully landed a flight at Edinburgh Airport amid Storm Eowyn’s hurricane-force winds.
The Ryanair plane, which had flown from Budapest, could be seen swaying during its attempts to touchdown.
The flight had failed in its first attempt to land but was able to try again successfully at around 8.30am on Friday.
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It came just hours before a rare red warning for wind activated across central Scotland bringing gusts of up to 100mph that caused widespread disruption.
Storm Eowyn hurtled across the Atlantic and underwent “explosive cyclogenesis” – an area of low pressure that deepends rapidly – also known as a weather bomb.
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