YouTube: 200,000 people watch live planes land in the middle of storm Eunice

“Oh, look at that one, it’s huge”. As storm Eunice sweeps across the UK, where wind gusts of over 145 km/h are recorded on the coasts, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have made an appointment on YouTube. And for good reason, a video stream from Big Jet TV, called “LIVE: Storm Eunice at London Heathrow Airport”, live from London’s main airport, offers to observe planes trying to land there in extremely difficult conditions. difficult.

If the “small” planes seem to maneuver quite easily, this is not the case for the largest carriers. During our viewing, a Qatar Airways A380 got caught up in it 3 times before finally managing to land on the airport tarmac. The wind, which is blowing from the side, forces the planes to make their approach at an angle. Some lurch widely under commentator Jerry Dyer’s fearful expressions, while others arrive so smoothly that the owner of Big Jet TV can’t withhold his hearty congratulations.

On the chat, the messages are so numerous that they are almost impossible to follow. The euphoria is total there, each successful or failed landing being accompanied by encouragement or mockery, while others connected to Flight Radar announce the arrival of the jumbo jets. As an aviation enthusiast, the owner of the channel goes through all the emotions: he sings, howls, laughs, while following the rhythm of the planes with his Panasonic HC-VX1 equipped with a 24x zoom, and while commanding on the precision maneuvers performed by the pilots. It also provides details on companies and aircraft models.

At times, the video stream is over 200,000 viewers. An impressive score. For their part, the authorities wanted to reassure on these landings more impressive than dangerous. “We are working closely with our airline and air traffic control partners to get people back safely as quickly as possible.”said representatives of Heathrow airport in particular.