dnrestcom - The simplest way to learn!

An airliner crash landed at London City Airport last night when its landing gear failed.

The British Airways plane's 67 passengers and five crew were evacuated safely down emergency chutes but two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Ambulances and fire crews rushed to the scene when the four-engined Avro RJ146 from Amsterdam came down and skidded to a halt. Its nose wheel appeared to have collapsed.

A fire onboard a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Chicago sparked an emergency investigation into electric wiring in 36 planes in the airline's fleet, it was revealed today.

Four more aircraft were found to have faulty or defective wiring systems, which controlled "mood lighting" in the first class bar areas, during the inspections last month.

Ireland's Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) ordered the international probe, involving their counterparts in the UK and France, after a jet carrying more than 150 people was forced to land at Shannon Airport when a fire broke out on January 11.

More than 40 passengers ran riot on a Thomas Cook flight from London Gatwick to Cuba, with one trying to open the emergency exit in mid-flight.

On the return flight on December 30, the same group were again drunk and 17 were stopped from reboarding for the second leg of their trip at Cuba's Varadero airport.

Police met their flight at Gatwick and Thomas Cook is investigating events with a view to a possible complaint to police.