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London City Airport Opens After BA Plane Evacuation
London’s City Airport reopened today following the evacuation of a British Airways Plc plane last night after its nosewheel collapsed during landing.
A small number of minor injuries were treated onsite, said Cathy West, a British Airways spokeswoman. The plane, a BAE Systems Plc four-engine RJ100 on a flight from Amsterdam, was later removed from the runway.
The 67 passengers and five crew members escaped down emergency slides after the aircraft’s landing gear failed, West confirmed. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is conducting an investigation, she said.
“Everyone had to vacate from the rear of the plane,” Agence France-Presse cited passenger Ray Hamblin as saying. “People were not moving fast enough and they got pretty fractious.”
The aircraft touched down at about 7:50 p.m. local time. The airport, located in the eastern part of the city near the Canary Wharf financial district, reopened after being closed to all flights following the incident. There are some delays to flights today, West said.
Flights into and out of the privately owned airport will be “unaffected” tomorrow during normal operating hours, according to the Website.
There was no fire, according to a spokeswoman for the London Fire Brigade who declined to be identified. The site was under control when firefighters arrived on the scene soon after the touchdown, she said.
Last week, a different British Airways RJ100 plane became stuck on City Airport’s runway because of a steering problem with its front wheel. The Feb. 5 incident closed the airport for two hours.
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London’s City Airport reopened today following the evacuation of a British Airways Plc plane last night after its nosewheel collapsed during landing.
A small number of minor injuries were treated onsite, said Cathy West, a British Airways spokeswoman. The plane, a BAE Systems Plc four-engine RJ100 on a flight from Amsterdam, was later removed from the runway.
The 67 passengers and five crew members escaped down emergency slides after the aircraft’s landing gear failed, West confirmed. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is conducting an investigation, she said.
“Everyone had to vacate from the rear of the plane,” Agence France-Presse cited passenger Ray Hamblin as saying. “People were not moving fast enough and they got pretty fractious.”
The aircraft touched down at about 7:50 p.m. local time. The airport, located in the eastern part of the city near the Canary Wharf financial district, reopened after being closed to all flights following the incident. There are some delays to flights today, West said.
Flights into and out of the privately owned airport will be “unaffected” tomorrow during normal operating hours, according to the Website.
There was no fire, according to a spokeswoman for the London Fire Brigade who declined to be identified. The site was under control when firefighters arrived on the scene soon after the touchdown, she said.
Last week, a different British Airways RJ100 plane became stuck on City Airport’s runway because of a steering problem with its front wheel. The Feb. 5 incident closed the airport for two hours.
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