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[Insel affe]

No way a sea landing ?

Or dump fuel over the sea ?

 

[Hove Seagull]

Over Brighton now

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Shit, just seen it fly over Preston Park clear as day and quite low. Gotta be dumping fuel.

 

[Golden Oldie]

just gone over Hurstpierpoint heading South East

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

The right landing gear is the issue

 

[golddene]

just seen over brighton all wheels seem out

 

[drew]

Just gone over to the west of Burgess Hill and looked like under carriage is down but whether it is locked is another matter. Seems to be out over the channel now so that is one big circle.

 

[looney170]

just gone over me, one set of gear seems to be half open

 

[swindonseagull]

That's done a low tower flyby this could def be a gear issue, same procedure back in 97 at Heathrow, the suits will be in the tower with bino's

Engineers with Binos not suits...

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

GOne out to sea.

 

[The Wizard]

Just flown over BN2, SE direction - so low that I could see the aircrafts livery.

Now turning back towards land, got a little bit on video

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Turning back inland now

 

[swindonseagull]

Guessing the problem has been resolved and its gone out to sea to dump fuel to get to max landing weight,,,would be very silly to dump it all first time...

 

[Mattywerewolf]

turning now...wide circle

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

My source's update.

"also an issue with engine 4. Dumping fuel and burning rest before attempted land".

Apologies if this is completely false. Either way hope all on board land safely.

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

still not landed!, maybe did a fly over to get a visual on the landing gear

Thats right. It will be flying low so engineers can see what position it is in.
It has taken off for Vegas and all but the front wheels have retracted, it will need to land obviously but the crew probably dont know if it is down and locked if there is hydraulic problems.
This happened to me many years ago when landing at Gatwick they did not know if the wheels were locked down and said they may need to do a belly landing, we were all in the safety posistions and the passengers were silent, i absolutely **** myself but it was all ok but we were met by all the rescue vehicles etc.

 

[crabface]

The mirror are now doing live updates http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/virgin-atlantic-vs43-emergency-live-4889011

 

[BrightonMAD]

Plane has just flown over directly above me in Bevendean, looks as though wheels are out

 

[swindonseagull]

turning now...wide circle

Low and slow burning fuel away from other traffic.

 

[RandyWanger]

Loop over Brighton and back out to sea