Flights have been grounded at Gatwick Airport after a passenger plane suffered a technical issue.
The takeoff runway at the UK’s busiest airport has been closed after a plane malfunctioned.
Aviation tracking websites appear to show a plane surrounded by emergency services on the tarmac, believed to be a Norse Atlantic Airways flight to New York.
A London Gatwick spokesperson told Metro:
‘Our teams are working to move the aircraft and resume operations as quickly as possible. As always, safety and security is our number one priority.’
Several afternoon departures have been listed as slightly delayed on Flightradar24.
It comes a week after the water taps ran dry at Gatwick last weekend, leaving toilets and restaurants without supply in the North Terminal.
Gatwick currently has one runway, but it has been seeking to reposition its northern runway into full-time use for years.
Early last month, the airport bosses were given a green light to bring the emergency strip into routine use following an appeal by criticis opposing the move.
The opening of the second runway is expected to add extra 100,000 yearly flights.
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