Published on May 24, 2013



A plane was "on fire" flying over central London an eyewitness has said.



One person told Sky News: "As you looked up you could just see the
flames being chucked out of the engine ... It was on full fire when we
saw it."



Both runways were shut at Heathrow Airport where the British Airways
aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing due to an "aircraft
fire."



The incident is not thought to be terror related and all passengers are safe.



A statement from British Airways said: "The BA762, Heathrow to Oslo
service, returned back to Heathrow shortly after take-off due to a
technical fault.



"The Airbus A319 aircraft was carrying 75 customers. The aircraft landed safely and emergency slides were deployed and we are

currently caring for our customers.