Chaos hits Gatwick flights after airliner suffers tyre blowout

Airline passengers are facing cancellations, delays and disruption after a plane tyre burst as it left the runway on a transatlantic flight.

Chaos hits Gatwick flights after airliner suffers tyre blowout

Airline passengers are facing cancellations, delays and disruption after a plane tyre burst as it left the runway on a transatlantic flight.

Flights are using Gatwick's back-up runway after the airport's main strip was closed following an incident involving an Air Canada Rouge flight to Toronto.

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