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BA jet in emergency landing
A British Airways jet with 140 passengers on board was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport. An airline spokeswoman said it developed a hydraulic problem believed to affect the steering.
Flight 1483 was flying in to the London airport from Glasgow when the pilot became aware of the problem in the hydraulics system. He radioed ahead and fire engines were scrambled to the runway as a precaution, the spokeswoman said. The plane landed safely and on schedule around 12.55pm but remained on the runway for around 20 minutes until it was towed off.
The BA spokeswoman said: "Pilots are trained for this eventuality and carried out an emergency landing. "The fire engines were called as a precaution and no-one was injured." The runway was closed for around 20 minutes causing minimal delays to other flights, a spokeswoman for Heathrow said.
Story filed: 15:34 Monday 9th September 2002