Nail-biting moment a stunt plane hits the water and nearly crashes after flying UNDER a suspension bridge 

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This is the dramatic moment a stunt plane narrowly avoided a deadly crash during a Guinness World Record attempt.

The plane was one of three performing an acrobatic routine over the river Danube in Budapest on Saturday.

The trio can be seen soaring through the cloudy skies, condensation trails streaming behind them.

Flying in: This is the dramatic moment a stunt plane narrowly avoided a deadly crash during a Guinness World Record attempt. It was one of three performing an acrobatic routine over the river Danube in Budapest

In trouble: In a spectacular display of talent the planes zoom under the suspension bridge 

Remaining in a line throughout, the planes approach the capital's iconic Széchenyi Chain Bridge.

Are they going around it? Over it? No, No, they're going under it.

In a spectacular display of talent the planes zoom under the suspension bridge.

However the plane on the far right seems to be bopping up and down more than the others as they dip.

Then, in a nail-biting moment, it hits the surface of the water.

Fortunately it merely bounces off the river before recovering itself and flying up once more with the other, although not without some minor wobbles.

But then it is as though nothing happened and the three planes reform, the middle plane in the lead as they continue their stunt.  

The Széchenyi Chain Bridge was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary, and was opened in 1849. It separates Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of the city.

In 2001, Hungarian stunt pilot Péter Besenyei flew upside down under the bridge, a manouevre that is standard in Red Bull air races today.

Crash! The plane on the far right seems to be bopping up and down more than the others as they dip. Then, in a nail-biting moment, it hits the surface of the water

Back on its wings: Fortunately it merely bounces off the river before recovering itself and flying up once more with the other, although not without some minor wobbles

As before: But then it is as though nothing happened and the three planes reform, the middle plane in the lead as they continue their stunt

Back to being impressive: The Széchenyi Chain Bridge was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary, and was opened in 1849. It separates Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of the city