Times Online;
A Virgin Atlantic 747 with 350 passengers on board made a full emergency landing at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex this morning.
The plane took off earlier from the airport headed for Barbados but had to turn back after technical problems were encountered.
A spokeswoman at Gatwick said staff were put on full alert at 10.47am after the pilot reported problems.
The plane landed at 11.08am and was directed to a remote part of the airport. The full level emergency was downgraded at 11.28am and the emergency services stood down at 11.35am. Passengers began disembarking shortly afterwards.