Phil McCavity: There's enough tosh-like melodrama to sink a ship (or down a stricken airliner in a fateful ball of fiery flame-like fire).
For “brave airline pilot battled flames” Read: “airline pilot (who might possibly be brave) dealt with the fire”.
For “drama in the skies” Read: “Incident on an airline flight”.
For “full-scale emergency” Read “usual precautionary emergency procedure”.
For “ambulance crews braced for the worst” Read “emergency personnel were ready”.
For “believed to have originated at London Luton” Read: “We can’t they be bothered to check where the plane was flying from because it doesn’t add to the drama”.
For “a Royal Mail van burst into flames while on the tarmac” Read: “other minor incidents have also occurred in the history of this airport”.