British Airways flight BA479 lands safely after circling Heathrow for over an hour with landing gear problem
A British Airways plane is circling Heathrow at 5,000ft sue to a landing gear problem.
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Flight BA479 was meant to land at 1.05pm but made loops around the capital before safely landing on runway 27R at around 2.30pm.
The flight travelling from Barcelona landed at a vacated runway.
British Airways did not comment on the situation.
BREAKING British Airways #BA479 holding at 5,000ft near LHR due to landing gear problem. Live: http://t.co/YHpO5O0IwB pic.twitter.com/EeDjBRtJ6T
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) July 2, 2015