Storm Ciara

On Sunday, the pilot of a Stobart Air flight was forced to abort landing at the Birmingham Airport.

A motorist miraculously escaped after driving his car into a sinkhole in Brentwood, UK.

Hundreds of flights and train services were cancelled across northwest Europe on Monday as Storm Ciara swept in packing powerful winds after lashing Britain and Ireland, where tens of thousands of homes were left without power.

As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilised the strong tail winds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record time -- four hours and 56 minutes -- at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour.

On Sunday, the pilot of a Stobart Air flight was forced to abort landing at the Birmingham Airport.

A motorist miraculously escaped after driving his car into a sinkhole in Brentwood, UK.

Hundreds of flights and train services were cancelled across northwest Europe on Monday as Storm Ciara swept in packing powerful winds after lashing Britain and Ireland, where tens of thousands of homes were left without power.

As the worst storm in seven years set its eyes on the UK and Europe, a British Airways (BA) flight utilised the strong tail winds and reached Heathrow airport from New York in a record time -- four hours and 56 minutes -- at a subsonic speed of over 1,290 km per hour.