Originally Posted by
LTNman
The only case I can remember where an aircraft had to divert to its nearest airport that happened to be Luton was when a British Midland aircraft possibly a 737 had double engine problems after take off from East Midlands Airport. I think some seals were missing after maintenance work spilling oil everywhere but that was year later.
Ah I don't have enough 'Points' to post URLs but Google "Oil loss forces down BMA 737" and you'll find a summary and the accident report on the incident above.
I wonder what happened to the engineers concerned?