Ruth Karauri, a Kenya Airways (KQ) pilot, has spoken out about how she flawlessly landed the KQ100 plane in the United Kingdom during Storm Eunice.
The captain said that the plane faced high gusty winds at the popular Heathrow Airport in a video recording released by the national career on the morning of Sunday, February 20.
“We had the pleasure of encountering storm Eunice at London Heathrow yesterday (Friday, February 18). We were landing on the Westerly Runway into Heathrow.”
He broadcast the landing on his Big Jet TV live streaming channel, which garnered over 200,000 live viewers.
The weather was so terrible that several planes had to reroute, while others had to circle Heathrow before touching down.
“The flight conditions were strong gusting winds and it was quite a bumpy ride. However, thanks to the training we have had at Kenya Airways, particularly in the simulator, it prepared us for such a scenario. We used all our training expertise and skills that we have managed to learn over the years at Kenya Airways and we handled the learning expertly. It was a pleasure flying all our amazing passengers into London Heathrow yesterday,” Ruh Karauri added.
Ruth Karauri, the pilot of the Boeing 737, is the wife of Sportpesa CEO Ronald Karauri. Before launching the gaming company, Karauri worked as a pilot for KQ.
Storm Eunice is a recent cluster of winter wind storms in the United Kingdom, which the meteorological department of the United Kingdom attributes to a strong polar vortex causing low pressure in the Arctic.
Storm Eunice is causing record-breaking 122mph winds across the country, and has so far killed 16 people.
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