My original post did carry the caveat that it came from the Daily Mail. I'm afraid it was even worse, the Wail was quoting the Daily Hirror:
British TV producer Anne Henry told
The Mirror how her Virgin Atlantic flight from Los Angeles was diverted to Gatwick due to a lack of fuel.
She told Mirror Online: 'It was quite alarming when the captain announced after circling Heathrow for a while, "Ladies and gentlemen we have about five to ten minutes" fuel left so we may need to divert to Gatwick'.
Suggest we all take it with a pinch of salt ... while we wonder what on earth required a light twin to bumble around delaying traffic for one of the world's busiest airports.