Watch: Terrifying scenes as worlds largest passenger plane forced to land sideways in storm

Source: Jerry Taha. Footage has emerged of an A380 being violently rocked by Storm Angus as it comes into land. The gigantic Emirates aircraft – the world’s biggest passenger plane – was filmed approaching the runway sideways at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. It can be seen moving sideways into the wind as part of a special 'crab' landing technique.

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