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Flights had to be diverted to Gatwick Airport after a forced landing of an aircraft
British Airways flight from Naples landed at the airport around 12:30 pm Friday after an emergency situation has been declared.
An easyJet service from Paphos and a TUI flight from Lanarca were diverted to other airports prior to the opening of the Gatwick reserve runway.
No one was injured in the incident and all pbadengers disembarked from the plane shortly thereafter.
A spokesman for Gatwick Airport said: "A British Airways flight from Naples to London Gatwick landed with a technical foul., Which resulted in the shutdown of the aircraft. 39; aircraft on the runway during the inspection of the aircraft
"Meanwhile, our runway remained temporarily unavailable while we pbaded to reserve runway
" unavailability of the runway, a number of aircraft have turned away from Gatwick. "
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