Storm Eunice: Planes fight gusty winds to land at London Heathrow. Livestream is viral

A screengrab of the live stream underway from the Heathrow Airport.

As Storm Hunice hit London on Friday afternoon, a livestream from Heathrow Airport showing planes navigating through strong winds has gone viral.

Plain spotters have camped up at Heathrow Airport to livestream as a small number of planes take off amid Storm Eunice, reported Newshopper.

At the time of writing, the stream, shared by Big Jet TV, has 1.5 lakh people watching along much to the surprise of the streamers who explained that their biggest stream before Friday was 30,000, the report added.

Watch the livestream here.

Viewers have been in awe of pilots taking off and landing in extreme winds as Storm Eunice wreaks havoc with transport networks.

86,000 people are currently watching a live stream of a guy shouting GO ON THEN at pilots trying to land planes at Heathrow in #StormEunice pic.twitter.com/Oxa80Vtgeo

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At Heathrow Airport on Friday, at least 65 flights – both departures and arrivals – were cancelled and a further 114 were delayed by more than 15 minutes, according to aviation data provider FlightStats by Cirium.