A massive Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules was spotted landing at the tiny London City Airport this afternoon in an extremely rare sight.

Footage captured this afternoon (October 2) at the East London airport shows the behemoth touching down with the iconic City skyline in the background.

The C-130 – which has seen extensive action for the RAF across the globe – stayed for just two hours before using its four rotor engines to take off.

The extremely rare sight of an RAF C130 Hercules transport plane arriving at London City Airport and then after a 2 hour stay it departs again - the big 4-engined transport plane is seen taxiing down the runway and then taking off from the runway in the middle of London's Royal Docks with the City of London skyline in the background