Tri-Star doing "loops" over Edinburgh.
Jeez, would love to have seen that. "Loops" over anywhere in a TriStar!! Did nobody notice the BBC report. All the conjecture regarding dumping of fuel is a bit of a nonsense. The report says that the problem became apparent at 12:30 and that it landed safely at 13:00, 30 minutes after encountering the problem. Probably spent time "orbiting", as distinct from "looping", with the gear down whilst endeavouring to extend the flaps. No where did I read that the aircraft actually made a flapless landing.