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Skilled pilots land Boeing Dreamliner at Heathrow during Storm Eunice

This landing of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner happened last Friday at Heathrow during Storm Eunice. According to the Daily Mail, Storm Eunice was throwing crosswinds of over 80 mph, making a landing very tricky.

Even though many pilots were forced to abort their landings, Captain Ruth Karauri and Copilot Clive Nyachieo of Kenyan Airways, was successful with their landing. ‘The flight conditions were strong gusting winds and it was quite a bumpy ride,’ she said.

Read the whole Daily Mail article here.

These are the kinds of pilots I’d like to have on all my flights!

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