This is the heart-stopping moment a Japanese airplane suddenly nosedives over a runway in Japan after the pilot attempted to land during a typhoon.
Video footage shows the passenger jet coming in for landing at Tokyo’s Narita Airport when the nose suddenly dips forward.
The incident took place as Typhoon Cimaron barrelled across the Japanese islands over the weekend, bringing winds of nearly 134 mph.
Terror: Video footage shows the passenger jet, reportedly a Boeing Dreamliner, coming in for landing at Tokyo’s Narita airport
The strong winds made it difficult to fly any form of aircraft, and commercial airlines cancelled around 300 flights on Thursday and Friday.
It is easy to see why when watching the video of the plane, reportedly a Boeing Dreamliner, coming in for a very wobbly landing at Narita Airport.
Fortunately, the pilot was able to steer the plane back up again, and the passenger plane landed safely.
Other footage shot in Japanthis weekend showed torrential rain, flooded streets and some structural damage with roof tiles blown off.
Moment of fear: The video shows the passenger jet’s nose suddenly dipping forward in the strong storm
Worship hall of Taishogun-jinja Shrine tumbles down after Typhoon Cimarron hit the area in Kyoto, western Japan
Typhoon Cimaron left nearly 100,000 households without power, and both flights and train services in the region were temporarily cancelled.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 30 people had been injured while non-compulsory evacuation orders and advisories were at one point issued to more than one million people in western Japan.
‘But the number of people advised to evacuate has declined dramatically and is likely to fall further now,’ an agency official told AFP on Friday adding that at least 77 houses and buildings had sustained damage.
A windmill tumbles down at Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park after Typhoon Cimarron hit Awaji, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan
Cimaron followed Typhoon Soulik, which passed through southern Japan earlier last week, bringing heavy rain to parts of the main southern island of Kyushu.
The typhoon is the latest weather front to batter Japan, which has also been sweating through a record and deadly heatwave.
This followed devastating heavy rain in central and western parts of the country in July that killed more than 200 people.