British Airways flight buffeted by strong winds – VIDEO

British Airways flight was forced to divert from its planned course after encountering strong gusts off the coast of southern Europe yesterday.

Flight BA492 was scheduled to take off from London Heathrow airport at 8:25 a.m. and land in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar at 12:20 p.m.

But it eventually touched down at 12:41 p.m. in the southern Spanish city of Malaga after strong winds prevented it from landing in its intended destination.

British Airways say that passengers left the flight normally and the company arranged ground transport so that they can continue their journey to Gibraltar.

“Due to strong winds in the Gibraltar area, our pilots decided to land in Malaga as a precaution.”

Check out the video from inside the cabin as well as from the ground.