Air chiefs investigate BA plane emergency landing

A British Airways plane had to return to Heathrow airport today with smoke billowing from the aircraft.

Fri, 24 May, 2013 - 12:01

A British Airways plane had to return to Heathrow airport today with smoke billowing from the aircraft.

With eyewitnesses reporting seeing an engine on fire, the Airbus A319 plane made an emergency landing, with the 75 passengers and crew all safely evacuated via the emergency chutes.

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