A Virgin Atlantic plane appears to have landed safely after a "non standard landing" at Gatwick Airport. The Boeing 747 jumbo had a "technical issue with one of the landing gears", said a Virgin statement. The plane was in a holding pattern near Newhaven but is now back at the airport. Experts have told Sky News the flight may have been dumping fuel and photos appeared to show one of the sets of wheels not fully down.
"The lighter the aircraft is the slower it can land," said air traffic control expert
Philip Butterworth-Hayes.
Flight VS43 took off at 11.44am from Gatwick and was heading to Las Vegas. Twitter users reported seeing emergency vehicles heading for the West Sussex airport.
A tweet by the airport said:
"In line with standard procedure, emergency services are on standby at the airport purely as a precaution."
Flight data appears to show the aircraft made it to the South West before turning back.
SOURCE: SKY NEWS
Wow, God protect us
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