Passengers were in panic after planes were forced to abort landings at a holiday hotspot popular with Brits due to strong winds.
Expat Chris Todd, 57, said spotted several planes suddenly taking to the air at the last moment for a go-around.
Chris, who originally comes from Aldershot, Hampshire and has lived in Tenerife for 37 years.
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He filmed two planes coming in to land at the South Airport.
But they aborted their landing at the final moment and ascended into the clear blue sky again.
He said one of them was an Enter Air flight arriving from Poland with holidaymakers hoping to soak up some spring sun.
Chris said: “I just recorded this.
“Tenerife South Airport planes unable to land due to crosswinds.”
A Ryanair pilot – called Uwe – who resides in Tenerife, pointed out that the aborted landings were not due to crosswinds, but instead windshear.
Windshear, also known as wind gradient, is a phenomenon where the wind suddenly changes in speed or direction over a short distance.
It can be particularly hazardous for aviation.
Uwe said Tenerife South is notoriously “tricky” for pilots to land on windy days.
He explained: “It’s not crosswind, it‘s windshear on a short final approach, that means the direction of the wind changes suddenly to the opposite direction and then you are coming too long.
“For that reason, it’s safer to do a go-around.”
The Ryanair pilot added: “Tenerife South is always tricky and can be a beast sometimes.”
One worried holidaymaker said: “I’m just about to take off from Luton.”
Another added: “Hope it’s better tomorrow for my flight coming back home.”
Chris told Need To Know that “three or four planes” successfully landed after doing a go-around.
He joked that the tourists were probably fuming that they lost 15 minutes around the pool.
Chris is also a season-ticket holder at CD Tenerife, the island’s second-division football team.
The ‘Blanquiazules’ are staring relegation in the face with two games left of the season.
They will probably be playing semi-professional football in Spain’s Segunda División B next year.
But hundreds of British expats have booked up two charter flights to support their beloved team in Almeria on the final day of the season.
Chris said: “Obviously, being relegated is bad, but it’s been an awesome last few months and the players have been giving 100%.
“So much so that we have filled two charter flights for the last match in Almeria on 1 June even though we will be down.
“We’ll come back stronger.
“Look at Mallorca. They went down two leagues, came straight back up twice, and then qualified for Europe.”
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