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Update PhOtOs-EMERGENCY for Virgin 747 > Plane Landed Safely

BREAKING NEWS: Emergency Services on Standby at Gatwick as Virgin Boeing 747 Circles Airport 'After Developing Landing Gear Fault' on Flight to Las Vegas

  • Plane turned round 30 minutes after takeoff and is circling London
  • It has flown over Gatwick at a low level so engineers can see problem
Daily Mail UK, 29 December 2014

A transatlantic flight to Las Vegas is being forced to return to Gatwick this afternoon after part of its landing gear failed.


The Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 with up to 400 people on board turned back towards London over the Devon coast less than 30 minutes after taking off at just before midday today.

The plane has made at least one low-level pass over the London Gatwick so engineers can observe the problem and emergency services are on standby.

Witnesses said that they saw the jet flying with only three quarters of its landing gear down after a set of wheels on the wing refused to drop.
Others who saw the jet circling around the airport said the pilot was 'tipping the wings' to try to use gravity to drop down the final part of the landing gear.





Circling: Witnesses said the pilot was tipping the jet's wings to try to force the final part of the landing gear down





Trouble:
This Virgin Atlantic flight from Gatwick to Las Vegas has had to return to London after developing a fault and is said to only have part of its landing gear down






Route: The jet was heading across the Atlantic when it turned back over Devon, left, and it has circled Gatwick several times



The plane may be circling to burn off fuel before attempting an emergency landing at Gatwick, which is possible with the current amount of landing gear down.

A Virgin Atlantic passenger plane 'is preparing to implement a non-standard landing procedure at Gatwick airport' because of 'a technical issue with one of the landing gears', the airline said.

A Gatwick Airport spokesman said:

'We can confirm that Virgin Atlantic flight VS043 which departed Gatwick Airport at around 11.45am is returning to Gatwick after the aircraft developed a technical fault.
'In line with standard procedure, emergency services are on standby at the airport purely as a precaution.'








Long wait: The plane may be circling for several hours as it burns off the fuel before an emergency landing


UPDATE will follow with the result .......
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