Virgin Atlantic airplane returns safely after landing gear problem

By Euronews with REUTERS

Published on 29/12/2014 - 16:26 GMT+1

A Virgin Atlantic passenger plane has touched down safely at London’s Gatwick airport on Monday after a landing gear fault forced the US-bound plane to turn around.

“Flight VS43 has returned to London Gatwick due to a technical issue with one of the landing gears,” Virgin Atlantic said in a statement.

Virgin Atlantic can confirm that flight VS43 has landed safely back at Gatwick. Our priority now is to look after our passengers and crew.
— Virgin Atlantic (@VirginAtlantic) December 29, 2014

A spokesperson says the passengers will be taken off the airplane and the craft will be checked as a matter of routine.

Virgin #VS43 landed safely at Gatwick with a landing gear problem 4 hours after departure http://t.co/YsgFN6frqT pic.twitter.com/XyJXY16B8c
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 29, 2014