A Qatar Airways Cargo plane touching down in heavy winds has become an online hit with viewers marvelling at the pilot’s landing skills.
The plane is being battered by crosswinds as its reaches Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, as Storm Eunice reached the Netherlands.
As it approaches touch down, the strong wind forces the aircraft off course, with one side of the plane almost touching the ground.
The video has been watched more than 75,000 times since it was uploaded at the weekend.
One viewer summed up the admiration: “Wow, how did the pilot hold on to that! I thought for sure, the engine was going to touch the tarmac!”
Storm Eunice killed people across Europe as it barrelled across western Europe from Britain in February.
A red weather warning was issued for the Netherlands and hundreds of flights were cancelled.
At least 16 people in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Ireland and the UK were killed.
Millions of homes had power cuts as winds nearing 200kph brought destruction and chaos.
The roof of the stadium of Den Haag football team, in The Hague, was ripped off.
Eunice first hit Ireland and Britain with record wind speeds and damage across the country including to the O2 arena in London.
In England, it came ashore in Cornwall and rampaged across the south before heading to western Europe.
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A Thames clipper sails past the O2 Arena in London, after parts of its roof were ripped off in high winds as Storm Eunice struck. PA -
Damage to the roof of the O2 Arena in south-east London, caused by Storm Eunice. PA -
Pub staff move chairs through floodwater in heavy snow in York city centre, after Storm Eunice brought damage, disruption and record-breaking gusts of wind to the UK and Ireland. PA -
Sven Good, 23, looks at the damage caused to his bedroom at his family home in Stondon Massey, near Brentwood, Essex, after a 400-year-old oak tree in the garden was uprooted by Storm Eunice. PA -
Debris is seen in a bedroom at the home of Dominic Good, a day after a 400-year-old oak tree in the garden was uprooted by Storm Eunice, in Stondon Massey, near Brentwood, Essex, England. AP -
Workers carry out repairs on an overhead line and a railway in Maarssen, the Netherlands, after Storm Eunice hit northern Europe. AFP -
Members of the public brace against the wind and wet weather in Westminster, central London. AP -
A fallen tree blocks a road in Tenby. Reuters -
A coastguard search and rescue team in New Brighton, Merseyside. PA -
A fallen tree brought down by strong winds during Storm Eunice in London. EPA -
Waves crash against the harbour wall as Storm Eunice hits Porthcawl, south Wales. It was one of the worst storms in UK in decades. Getty Images -
A car crushed by a falling branch in Lyme Regis. PA -
A sign at London's Paddington Station shows cancelled trains after Storm Eunice hit the south coast of England. Millions of people were advised to stay at home by the authorities. PA -
A local butcher carries his shop sign across a snowy pavement in Tow Law, County Durham, north-east England, after wintry weather had hit much of the country. PA -
Waves hits Porthleven in Cornwall, south-west England. Winds of 148 kilometres an hour were recorded further east along the coast. PA -
A man clears snow in Tow Law, County Durham. PA -
Waves crash over the sea wall at the harbour in Lyme Regis in Dorset, south-west England. PA -
Frosty conditions in Scotland's capital Edinburgh. PA -
A fallen tree blocks Egloshayle Road in Wadebridge, Cornwall. PA -
A snow plough receives assistance after coming off the road in Balfron, central Scotland. -
Motorists drive through sleet and snow on the M8 motorway near Bathgate, in West Lothian, Scotland. PA
