Prince William and Kate Middleton's plane was forced to abort landing due to a 'terrifying electrical storm' in Pakistan

• The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's plane was forced to abort landing after a "terrifying electrical storm" hit.
• The royal press pack who were traveling with the couple said the pilot tried to land the plane in Islamabad twice before flying back to Lahore. 
• Royal commentator Simon Perry reported that "lightning seemed to be crashing around the right wing" of the aircraft.
• However, Prince William didn't seem too worried, as he joked with reporters that he was the one flying the plane.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton's plane was forced to abort landing due to a "terrifying electrical storm," according to the royal press pack who were on the same flight.

"A terrifying electrical storm hit as we tried to land at Islamabad," royal commentator Simon Perry wrote on Twitter.

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"Lightning seemed to be crashing around the right wing. Despite the best efforts of the pilot of William and Kate's RAF Voyager plane we couldn't couldn't land there," Perry said.

 

The pilot made two landing attempts in Islamabad before flying back to Lahore, where their journey started.

However, according to the Daily Mail's royal commentator Rebecca English, the royals weren't too concerned by the change of plans — they even found it amusing.

"Fortunately William has taken it in his stride — he just came back down the plane to see if we were ok and joked that he was flying!" she wrote.

 

While the royal press on board confirmed that they landed safely, there's no word on whether William and Middleton have plans to try and fly out to Islamabad again tonight.

Friday is the couple's last day on their tour of Pakistan. Although an official tour itinerary hasn't been released, Islamabad was likely their final destination before heading back to the UK.

Kensington Palace has yet to confirm whether this will impact the remainder of the tour.

The palace previously said this would be the couple's "most complex tour" to date due to "logistical and security considerations."

However, according to former royal bodyguard Simon Morgan, the royal security team plan ahead and conduct "a lot of risk assessments" for scenarios like this. 

"There will be a lot of planning, a lot of risk assessment of the venues they are going to," Morgan previously said of the tour.

"For instance, how they are arriving and how they are leaving a specific engagement. Whether there's any sensitivity around that venue," he added.

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