Thousands of airline passengers on flights to and from Gatwick airport are suffering disruption after the runway was closed following a problem with a departing British Airways plane.
Airport fire service vehicles escorted the aircraft as it was moved off the runway, flight tracking website Flightradar24 said.
The incident involved British Airways flight BA2279 to Vancouver, Canada.
Flightradar24 reported the closure of the runway at 12.53pm and stated at 1.14pm it had reopened.
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