Queen in Mid-air Scare as Thunderstorm Forces Her Plane to Abort Landing in London

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The Queen was caught in mid-air drama yesterday as a thunderstorm forced her private jet to abort its landing in London and circle over the capital for 15 minutes.

According to MailOnline, her 13-seater jet attempted to land at RAF Northolt, northwest London, before the pilot pulled the plane back into the air and began circling the area.

It took off from Aberdeen after 1 pm during a downpour and arrived in London to an electrical storm, rain, and hail.

As the weather cleared, the pilot then made a second, successful landing.

Buckingham Palace confirmed that Her Majesty’s flight had an aborted landing due to lightning, but said that there were no safety concerns for the monarch.

“In circumstances like this you take no risks and it was right to abort landing during lightning strikes,” an insider told The Sun. 

The Queen had been returning from Balmoral, where she stayed for five nights before the week of her Platinum Jubilee.

She was driven from the Scottish estate’s Craigowan Lodge to the airport, where she boarded the 86ft jet, sat in a hangar for privacy.

It had been due to land an hour and a half later in RAF Northolt, but instead circled above the city for 15 minutes, after being told to “go around” as the storm progressed, the news site reported.

After a safe landing, the monarch was spotted arriving back at Windsor from Balmoral, as she prepares to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee anniversary.  

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