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Flybe Emergency Landing at Gatwick


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Contact Photographer Fred Seggie

What: FlyBe de Havilland Dash 8-400 Paris’ Charles De Gaulle Airport to Cardiff
Where: Gatwick
When: Jul 24th 2009
Who: 46 passengers and 4 crew
Why: Twenty minutes after a haze filled the cabin of the Flybe jet, the plane made an emergency landing in London. No injuries were reported and the smoke has been attributed (so far) to a generic mechanical problem. The flight caused a dozen diversions and a dozen delays while the plane obstructed the runway.

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