Passenger jet's close encounter with motorists

The low landing flight was caught on camera by motorists. Photo / YouTube / Johnny Vega

A packed passenger jet came alarmingly close to motorists as it came into land so low it grazed an airport perimeter fence.

The Airbus 340 travelling from Madrid to San Jose, Costa Rica, came in at such a low altitude witnesses reported seeing the screws on the plane's underbelly and nearby houses shook from the force.

Authorities say it was a controlled landing. Photo / YouTube, Johnny Vega

The Daily Mail reports the flight was forced to change its landing pattern due to winds.

Witnesses on the ground recorded the incident and posted the footage online.

Airport authorities insist it was a controlled landing and there was nothing unusual about it.

The flight was forced to change landing pattern due to wind. Photo / YouTube, Johnny Vega

Juan Santamaria International Airport is known as a challenging place to land. In September 2007, a Jet Lease Corp flight ran off the runway into the grass.

- nzherald.co.nz