BA inspects nine aircraft following incident at London City

Monday, 16 Feb, 2009 0

British Airways is inspecting nine aircraft following a ‘hard landing’ at London City Airport on Friday evening.

It is conducting an investigation into all of the BAE Systems-manufactured Avro RJ100 aircraft in its fleet following the incident, which saw one passengers suffer minor injuries.

The flight from Amsterdam, with 71 people on board, lost its front wheels when it skidded to a halt at London City.

Passengers were taken off using the emergency chutes and one person was taken to hospital.

London City was closed following the incident and suffered minor delays on Saturday, but is back to normal operations today.

A BA spokesman said: “We are co-operating with the Accident Investigation Board who are investigating the incident.

“We continue to offer support to the passengers and crew who were involved.”

By Bev Fearis



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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