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Darragh Berry

Hilarious video showing difference in landing with Aer Lingus over Ryanair goes insanely viral

A video created by an RTE presenter showing the difference between an Aer Lingus landing and a Ryanair landing has gone insanely viral on Twitter.

A weekend presenter and regular on the airwaves for the National Broadcaster, Carl is known for producing his quirky sketches in his spare time and he's hit the jackpot with this one which so many people can relate to.

Self-proclaimed creator and "messer", Carl Mullan posted the hilarious video on his Twitter on Tuesday night which racked up over 650,000 views, and counting, in less than 24 hours, Dublin Live reports.

It's short but extremely funny as the 14-second clip goes through the motions of hitting the tarmac at Dublin Airport with both airlines.

The first part of the clip shows Carl pretending to land with Aer Lingus. The video demonstrates it as being a nice, cushioned landing where you can barely hear a bump.

Carl is pretending to be asleep upon arrival and the landing is so soft he jokes "are we here? Jeez I didn't even know we landed".

Part two then sees Carl having a slight dig at Michael O'Leary's pride and joy.

His pretend Ryanair landing is much more loud and the plane smacks off the tarmac in a dramatic style to which Carl roars "aw me f***ing back".

The viral video then led to a bit of a cat fight between the social media accounts of both Ryanair and Aer Lingus.

Aer Lingus retweeted the clip with the simple but snide caption "true story".

But Ryanair weren't going to take that sort of potshot lying down and instead of taking aim at the video, went straight for Aer Lingus.

They posted two pictures - one showing the number of flights in operation currently by Aer Lingus and the other, all of Ryanair's services that are still ongoing during the pandemic.

Replying to Aer Lingus with it, they said: "Lads, what would you know about landings?"

Ouch.

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