Story also on Sky News as below:
EMERGENCY LANDING ALERT
A Thomas Cook passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick after losing one of its wheels.
The jet, carrying 177 passengers, lost its front wheel soon after taking off from London Gatwick Airport at 2.35pm bound for Sofia in Bulgaria.
The pilot turned back to Gatwick where the aircraft made an emergency landing with fire engines and ambulances standing by as a precaution.
A spokeswoman for Gatwick Airport said the plane had now landed safely, but it was not immediately clear whether there had been any casualties.
The plane's other two wheels are not thought to have been damaged.
The spokeswoman added: "The next step is to get all the passengers off and check they are okay."
It's a bit worrying that Thomas Cook are operating their 757s with only three wheels. My understanding was that a well maintained 757 should have ten wheels attached to the bottom of the aircraft. Losing one would leave nine.
I do, of course, bow to the superior mathematical intellect of the news staff at Sky.