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All flights have been briefly suspended at Gatwick Airport this afternoon after a British Airways flight was compelled to an emergency cease on the runway.
The Boeing 777 jet was seen blocking all different flights from taking off on the runway, sparking journey chaos for 1000’s of British holidaymakers.
Video footage taken from passengers onboard the flight confirmed fireplace engines making its manner over to the stationary car, with travellers being instructed take-off had been ‘aborted’.
Flight G-VIIT BA2279 was because of depart to Vancouver this afternoon earlier than it was compelled to do a ‘high-speed emergency cease’.
An announcement from the airport stated the aircraft had been deserted ‘as a result of departing plane having sizzling breaks’.
All flights have been briefly suspended at Gatwick Airport this afternoon after a British Airways flight was compelled to an emergency cease on the runway
In line with journey skilled Simon Calder a minimum of 12 flights have been diverted together with an Emirates A380 flight from Dubai that was as an alternative compelled to land in Brussels
File picture of BA flight on runway
In line with journey skilled Simon Calder a minimum of 12 flights have been diverted together with an Emirates A380 flight from Dubai that was as an alternative compelled to land in Brussels.
It’s presently unknown what number of flights have been affected by the incident.
The airport’s runway was compelled to shut following a ‘rejected take-off’, in accordance with flight monitoring web site Flightradar24. The web site reported the closure at 12.53pm reopening at 1.14pm.
‘Security is our high precedence and the devoted airport fireplace service swiftly attended to assist the plane,’ a spokesperson added. ‘Quite a lot of flights have been diverted. The runway is now open and working as regular.’
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