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| British Airways plane in emergency landing at Gatwick | British Airways plane in emergency landing at Gatwick |
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| Flights had to be diverted at Gatwick Airport after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing. | Flights had to be diverted at Gatwick Airport after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing. |
| The British Airways flight from Naples landed at the airport at about 12.30am on Friday after an emergency was declared. | The British Airways flight from Naples landed at the airport at about 12.30am on Friday after an emergency was declared. |
| Disabled passengers 'treated unacceptably' at four UK airports | |
| Gatwick airport said unspecified technical problems were being investigated, and that the plane had been inspected while on the runway. | Gatwick airport said unspecified technical problems were being investigated, and that the plane had been inspected while on the runway. |
| An easyJet service from Paphos and a TUI flight from Lanarca were diverted to other airports before Gatwick’s stand-by runway was opened. | An easyJet service from Paphos and a TUI flight from Lanarca were diverted to other airports before Gatwick’s stand-by runway was opened. |
| No-one was injured in the incident and all passengers disembarked the plane a short time later. | No-one was injured in the incident and all passengers disembarked the plane a short time later. |
| A spokeswoman for Gatwick Airport said: “A British Airways flight that was inbound from Naples to London Gatwick landed with a technical fault, which resulted in the aircraft stopping on the runway whilst an inspection of the aircraft took place. | A spokeswoman for Gatwick Airport said: “A British Airways flight that was inbound from Naples to London Gatwick landed with a technical fault, which resulted in the aircraft stopping on the runway whilst an inspection of the aircraft took place. |
| “During this time, our runway remained temporarily unavailable while we switched over to our stand-by runway. | “During this time, our runway remained temporarily unavailable while we switched over to our stand-by runway. |
| “As a result of the runway being unavailable, a number of aircraft diverted away from Gatwick.” | “As a result of the runway being unavailable, a number of aircraft diverted away from Gatwick.” |
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