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| F-18 fighter jet escorts Air Canada Boeing after LOST landing gear forces emergency landing (VIDEOS) | |
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| An Air Canada Boeing 767 is being escorted by an F-18 fighter jet from the Spanish Air Force as it circles Madrid ahead of an emergency landing after part of its landing gear fell off and entered its engines. | |
| Video footage recorded by a passenger on board shows the military jet flying alongside the stricken passenger plane, which is reportedly carrying 128 passengers. | |
| According to Spain’s main pilot union, SEPLA, the aircraft lost pieces of its landing gear on takeoff from Madrid's Barajas airport. The aircraft is now forced to circle the airport for some time to burn fuel in order to reach the maximum allowed weight to make a safe landing. | According to Spain’s main pilot union, SEPLA, the aircraft lost pieces of its landing gear on takeoff from Madrid's Barajas airport. The aircraft is now forced to circle the airport for some time to burn fuel in order to reach the maximum allowed weight to make a safe landing. |
| The plane's pilot told passengers there was a "small problem with one of the wheels of the plane during takeoff" and that they were burning fuel before returning to Madrid, Spain’s national broadcaster TVE is reporting. | |
| Eyewitness video purporting to show the plane, which is reportedly carrying some 130 passengers, flying unusually low over the Madrid suburbs has been uploaded online. | Eyewitness video purporting to show the plane, which is reportedly carrying some 130 passengers, flying unusually low over the Madrid suburbs has been uploaded online. |
| The incident is unfolding just hours after a drone sighting shut down the airport for over an hour, causing delays and forcing authorities to divert 26 flights. The airport operator said that it is prepared to receive the flight and is fully operational despite its earlier closure. | |
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