Pilot battles to land plane at Manchester Airport in 45mph crosswind | Mail Online
This is a link to more pictures of the event and it states the 12th which was wednesday the day I was flying.
The winds were strong at 1430 but increased later and I know ATC were asking us what conditions were like at altitude stating that there had been no landings at Liverpool but that was at 1830 and Liverpool has a westerly runway while Don 02/20 winds 21-22
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