British Airways Pilot Hailed a Hero for Landing Plane Safely after Landing Gear Fails

A British Airways pilot has been hailed a hero for landing his plane safely after the landing gear failed.

The flight was two hours into its journey from London to Chicago when it was diverted for "technical reasons".
British Airways BA295 flight returned to Heathrow when landing gear failed during journey. Passengers described the experience as 'quite scary' and praised the pilot.

Passengers have praised the BA pilot who grounded the plane after its landing gear failed in mid-air

One of the Passenger Aboard said:

'It was a pretty smooth landing but you could feel the tension in the aircraft and you could see the emergency vehicles. We were then stuck on the runway and were told we could not leave the aircraft for the fear of tilting the plane over. The north runway was then closed as we were towed off the runway.'

Sophie Garratt, foreign news editor at Sky News, was on the flight

The aircraft landed on three sets of wheels instead of five. Passengers had to wait on plane for an hour as the runway was closed off and then exited rear-first as there were fears the aircraft could tip over. On the Runaway the plane was immediately met by engine fire as well. 

This picture shows the landing gear that failed after the flight took off for Chicago - it had to return to Heathrow

Passengers described the experience as 'stressful and scary' and praised the pilot who managed to smoothly land the aircraft.



This picture (file) shows what was missing when the BA flight returned to London Heathrow during the flight

A new aircraft set off at 9pm tonight - nine hours after the original flight departure time - but some passengers were too distressed to board. 

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