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| Plane slips at Heathrow taxiway | Plane slips at Heathrow taxiway |
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| A plane has slipped off a taxiway at Heathrow Airport, lodging its front wheel in a grassy area. | A plane has slipped off a taxiway at Heathrow Airport, lodging its front wheel in a grassy area. |
| Snow and ice are being blamed for the incident which happened when the Cyprus Airways flight 332 landed at 0820 GMT and was moving to Terminal 1. | |
| Heathrow's operator, BAA, said passengers were unharmed and have now been evacuated from the aircraft. | |
| A BAA spokesperson said the front wheel of the plane had landed in the grass area and was being removed. | A BAA spokesperson said the front wheel of the plane had landed in the grass area and was being removed. |
| The aeroplane was the last flight to land before both the runways at the airport were closed due to snow earlier on Monday, however the southern runway has since reopened. | The aeroplane was the last flight to land before both the runways at the airport were closed due to snow earlier on Monday, however the southern runway has since reopened. |
| British Airways cancelled all its flights until 1700 GMT. | British Airways cancelled all its flights until 1700 GMT. |
| 'Safe landing' | |
| A BAA spokesman said the flight from Larnaca had made a "safe landing". | |
| "All passengers on board the plane are being transferred by bus to the airport terminal," he said. | |
| "There were no injuries to any passengers." | |
| The snow fall has been the heaviest in decades and has meant that our operation is even finding it difficult to find empty space to put the snow BAA spokesman | |
| He also warned people to check before they travel as "adverse weather conditions" are leading to "significant delays and cancellations". | |
| "Heathrow's full snow operation (consisting of 58 snow cutters, ploughs and de-icers) has been working around the clock since 3pm yesterday on double shifts to clear the snow and ice. | |
| "The snow fall has been the heaviest in decades and has meant that our operation is even finding it difficult to find empty space to put the snow." | |
| London City Airport has also been closed and a spokeswoman said the runways have not been operational since Sunday evening. | |
| Record snowfall | |
| Attempts the clear the runway, where snow was up to 20cm deep in places, had been hampered by continuous snowfall. | |
| The spokeswoman said: "The snow has stopped at the moment and they are attempting to clear the runway and as soon as that is achieved we will be able to reopen. | |
| "But the snow keeps falling every time that we try and clear it." | |
| London has seen the heaviest snowfall in 18 years with up to 6cm (just over 2ins) of snow reported at Heathrow Airport, weather experts said. | |
| The conditions led the Met Office to issue an extreme weather warning for the south east of England. | The conditions led the Met Office to issue an extreme weather warning for the south east of England. |
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| The plane slipped in the heaviest snow the south-east has seen in 18 years |