Watch video: Jet2 Boeing 737 swerves onto grass and dramatically returns to runway while landing at Birmingham Airport

A passenger plane dangerously swerved off the runway and came back onto the track while landing at Birmingham Airport on Sunday, October 25. Caught on camera, the dramatic footage of the airplane landing has been circulating massively on social media.

BBC reported that the Boeing 737-800 operated by Jet2 flight LS1310 was coming from Venice Marco Polo Airport and moved off the runway that afternoon because of exceptional weather conditions caused by the storm Boelo.

In the footage, it was seen that the massive twin jet aircraft was heading left, and one of the wheels made it to the grass but immediately returned to the runway. As per the reporting of the British outlet, it eventually disembarked all the passengers safely.


Jet2 said in a statement to BBC that, “Flight LS1310 from Venice to Birmingham temporarily moved off the runway after landing at Birmingham Airport earlier this afternoon, due to exceptional weather conditions caused by Storm Boelo.”

“The aircraft immediately returned to the runway and has now taxied to the stand. We can confirm that everyone has disembarked as normal,” it adds. As per airlive, the wind at that moment was gusting around 29 kts during the storm.

The storm had brought unsettled weather to UK over this weekend. Met Office says that the strongest winds were expected across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England, with gusts of 60-70 mph (97–113 km/h) and potentially 80 mph (129 km/h) in exposed locations.

Met Office Deputy Chief Forecaster Chris Bulmer, said in a statement: “Storm Boelo will bring strong winds and heavy rain to Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of northern England over the weekend, impacting the opposite end of the country to Storm Austen.” And the winds will bring heavy rain, as per the agency.