PANIC ON THE RUNWAY
Dramatic moment Flybe plane from Edinburgh crashes off runway after landing gear COLLAPSES in high winds at Amsterdam airport
Shocking video shows right side of flight BE1284 smash into the tarmac and destroy wheels
THIS is the terrifying moment a Flybe plane from Edinburgh smashes into the runway as its wheel COLLAPSES during landing in high winds.
Flight BE1284 crashed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport sparking a "major incident" that led to emergency services rushing to the scene just before 5pm local time.
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Pictures and video posted to social media to show the plane's right wheels suddenly crumble.
And shocking Snapchat footage taken from inside the cabin shows one side of the aircraft plummet and crash into the ground.
The Bombardier Dash 8 plane, which can carry up to 74 passengers, took off from Edinburgh at 2:10pm with a flight time of around two hours.
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But a terrifying mayday call was made at 4:59pm local time.
The pilot can be heard saying: "Mayday mayday broken landing gear".
An air traffic controller replies: "Roger, copy. Copy your mayday".
Schiphol Airport tweeted: "The landing gear of a Flybe airplane collapsed during touch down.
"All passengers are brought to the terminal by bus at the moment."
Flybe later confirmed that no passengers or crew were injured.
In a statement the airline said: "We can confirm that there are no injuries and all passengers have been bussed to the airport terminal.
"Our primary concern is for the welfare of the passengers and crew."
Storm Doris caused some shaky landings at UK airports on Thursday as the country battled extreme gales.
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