This is the incredible moment a passenger plane aborts landing despite its wheels touching down on the runway.

The incident was filmed on a rainy day at Manchester Airport, and shows an Aer Lingus plane rocking from side to side on approach in the windy conditions.

Believed to have flown in from Dublin, Ireland, the ATR 72 aborts landing at the last second and flies back into the air.

It is believed the action was filmed on Saturday.

The video was shared on YouTube by an aviation enthusiast - AviationUpclose, who describes the decision to abort the landing as "sensible," and that the plane returned ten minutes later for a "bumpy but safe landing."

The manoeuvre is known as a "go around".

It is the second time the filmmaker has been on hand to spot an Aer Lingus plane abort at the last second, having captured footage of a similar incident back in October 2014.

Commenting on the footage, CogAviation writes: "Crikey! That would have been a little scary," while Rudi van Goch adds: "That was looking pretty dangerous but pilots kept their heads and went around."

MailOnline Travel has contacted Aer Lingus and Manchester Airport for comment, and is awaiting a response.

A go around is a procedure adopted when an arriving aircraft on final approach aborts landing by applying take off power and climbing away from the airport. It is a set procedure to befollowed by the flight crew in the event of an aircraft being unable to land.

The procedure is published so that Air Traffic Control (ATC) and the pilots can anticipate where the aircraft will fly following the decision to go around.

A go around is perfectly safe procedure. It is well practised and designed to prevent a dangerous situation arising. ATC procedures allow Air Traffic Controllers to confidently predict the path to be followed by an aircraft with the minimum of further instructions and they will take into account other traffic in the vicinity when considering the instructions to issue.

Go arounds are flown in the interests of safety and so any sanctions are inappropriate.