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Lots of speculation, lots of passengers with the normal 'I thought we were all doing to DIE!!' type statement.Both runways were closed at Heathrow Airport after a British Airways (BA) plane made an emergency landing, the airport has said.
All passengers and crew were "safely evacuated" from the plane following an engine fault at about 09:00 BST.
BA said the Heathrow to Oslo service turned back after a technical fault. Witnesses reported seeing flames coming from the engine.
The southern runway has reopened. The northern runway remains closed.
BA said the Airbus A319 was carrying 75 passengers - who were safely evacuated - and a "full investigation" would be conducted into the incident.
Pictures are starting to emerge. It looks like a bird strike to both engines with fire bottles discharged into the left engine but the right left running to allow them to limp back to the airport.
It seems that one passenger had a clue as he had this to say:
The passenger who tweeted the picture above, @TBoneGallagher has just been interviewed on the BBC.
Quick notes: 8-9 minutes into flight, there was a loud popping sound. Looked to left window, left side engine cover blown off. Apparently the same happened on the right at the same sort of time.
Captain came on intercom, said they were aware, both engines were functioning normally, they were running tests.
About five minutes after that, loud sound, right engine clearly on fire, flames, smoke visible from cabin.
Plane banked to right, no more severely than normal LHR stacking, flew back to LHR.
The flight was no less smooth than normal.
Cabin crew very professional.
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