Pilot saves jet from landing disaster

An airliner caught by winds of more than 150 mph as it tried to land during a storm grazed its wingtip on the runway before the pilot wrestled it back off the ground.

Pilot saves jet from landing disaster

An airliner caught by winds of more than 150 mph as it tried to land during a storm grazed its wingtip on the runway before the pilot wrestled it back off the ground.

The incident happened on Saturday as the Lufthansa Airbus A320, with 131 passengers on board, approached Hamburg airport on a flight from Munich.

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