Storm Floris leads to Edinburgh flight aborting two landings and turning around
Edinburgh Airport was sadly unable to escape the disruption with a flight taking off from Gatwick having two bites of the cherry when attempting to land only to be forced to return London.
easyJet flight U2857 departed at 1.20pm as the storm was at its most ferocious.
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It was due to touch down in Edinburgh at 3pm but after struggling with the strong winds, it turned around and landed back in the English capital at 3.49pm on Monday August 4.
Several bridges were closed to high vehicles across Edinburgh and the Lothians with trains also experiencing chaos due to objects flying onto overhead lines in the west.
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Trains from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh and Stirling had to be halted after a polythene sheet being lodge on the lines.
LNER made an early decision to stop their services from travelling north of Newcastle throughout Monday 4.
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Scotrail cautioned services would continue to see disruption into Tuesday August 5 where Storm Floris is expected to die down and make way for calmer conditions.
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