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| 'Missing plane part' found at Kent church | 'Missing plane part' found at Kent church |
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| An item thought to be a missing part of an Egypt-bound aircraft that had to turn back to Gatwick Airport has been found in the grounds of a Kent church. | An item thought to be a missing part of an Egypt-bound aircraft that had to turn back to Gatwick Airport has been found in the grounds of a Kent church. |
| The object was spotted at All Saints Church in Langton Green near Tunbridge Wells on Saturday. | The object was spotted at All Saints Church in Langton Green near Tunbridge Wells on Saturday. |
| The Thomas Cook plane was over Belgium when the fault was reported and it turned back to West Sussex on Friday. | The Thomas Cook plane was over Belgium when the fault was reported and it turned back to West Sussex on Friday. |
| Kent Police said the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had been notified about the find. | Kent Police said the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) had been notified about the find. |
| A spokesman for the force said: "We had a call last night to Langton Green where someone thought they had found an item possibly from the plane." | A spokesman for the force said: "We had a call last night to Langton Green where someone thought they had found an item possibly from the plane." |
| He said officers now had the object and the AAIB would collect and examine it to confirm whether it had come from the aircraft. | He said officers now had the object and the AAIB would collect and examine it to confirm whether it had come from the aircraft. |
| The item was found in the church grounds and there was no suggestion it hit the building, he said. | The item was found in the church grounds and there was no suggestion it hit the building, he said. |
| Thomas Cook said investigations were ongoing and it could not comment on the item that was found. | |
| Wing unit | Wing unit |
| Passenger jet TCX1638 left Gatwick Airport on Friday morning bound for Hurghada with 237 passengers on board, but turned back when it emerged there was a fault with the plane. | Passenger jet TCX1638 left Gatwick Airport on Friday morning bound for Hurghada with 237 passengers on board, but turned back when it emerged there was a fault with the plane. |
| Part of the aircraft - an over wing slide unit - is believed to have fallen off near the Kent and East Sussex border. | Part of the aircraft - an over wing slide unit - is believed to have fallen off near the Kent and East Sussex border. |
| The AAIB launched an inquiry and Thomas Cook also said it had begun a full investigation. | The AAIB launched an inquiry and Thomas Cook also said it had begun a full investigation. |
| The airline said the plane landed safely back at Gatwick and passengers left later that day on a replacement aircraft. | The airline said the plane landed safely back at Gatwick and passengers left later that day on a replacement aircraft. |
| Both the Kent and Sussex police forces carried out searches for the missing part on Friday afternoon but found nothing. | Both the Kent and Sussex police forces carried out searches for the missing part on Friday afternoon but found nothing. |