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AMAZING Hero Pilot's Emergency Landing Filmed in Istanbul
Hero pilot's heart-stopping emergency landing is caught on camera as he flies completely 'blind' to bring 127 tourists safely to earth after golf ball sized hailstones shattered the windscreen of his 'severely damaged' jet
• Turkey was battered by heavy rain and huge hailstones in storm on Thursday
• Incredible video shows Capt Alexander Akopov bring battered plane to safety
• Passengers scream and pray as cabin lists wildly in face of strong winds
• Other flights at Istanbul's Ataturk airport were rerouted due to dangers

Incredible footage has emerged of a hero pilot's heart-stopping emergency landing as he flew completely 'blind' to bring 127 tourists safely to earth after golf ball sized hailstones shattered the windscreen of his 'severely damaged' jet.
Captain Alexander Akopov, who works for the Turkish company, AtlasGlobal, has been awarded the Ukrainian 'Order For Courage' after landing the hail-damaged passenger plane at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport during a fierce storm in Turkey on Thursday.
He saved the lives of 121 passengers and 6 crew members by landing the Airbus A320 after unforgiving winds, rain and hail pummelled the jet's nose and windscreen.


A video of the speedy landing shows the red and white jet bouncing down the runway as the pilot rushes to get his passengers safely on the ground.
Passengers can be heard crying and praying as the damaged plane veered towards the ground.


Someone behind the camera on the ground can be heard saying: 'He won't do it, he won't do it.'

Sixteen other jets were rerouted from their planned destination of Ataturk airport, Istanbul, the pro-government Anadolu news agency reported.
At least ten people were injured - two of them seriously - when a violent thunderstorm bombarded the city with massive hailstones and submerging much of the city in knee-deep water.
The storm, which lasted only 20 minutes, paralysed traffic and caused flash floods which submerged cars and buses.
Officials said more than 7,000 emergency workers were deployed to help in the aftermath of the storm which uprooted 230 trees, destroyed 90 roofs and sparked fires across Istanbul.
Capt Akopov said he and other crew were celebrating as if it was a 'second birthday' after his life-saving heroics in coping with damage caused by hailstones the size of hen's eggs, which left a gash in the plane and disabled his auto-pilot.


He said: 'I have been flying for 30 years. Well, did you see the plane landing? Was it okay? The passengers are alive. It is normal. This is our professional reliability.
'Our locator did not show this weather disaster, this is why it happened. It was hard, but the main thing is that people are alive.'
The catastrophe hit ten minutes after take-off on a Turkish airline AtlasGlobal flight to Erkan in northern Cyprus.
After the plane had climbed to 1,300 meters, the hailstones cracked the cockpit windows, preventing the pilot from seeing his approach to land.