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| Airliner crash lands at Heathrow | Airliner crash lands at Heathrow |
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| An international passenger plane has crash landed short of the runway at Heathrow Airport. | An international passenger plane has crash landed short of the runway at Heathrow Airport. |
| Passengers escaped down the emergency chutes after British Airways flight BA038 from Beijing came down. | |
| All 136 passengers on board the Boeing 777 were evacuated, with reports of four people suffering minor injuries. | |
| The incident happened as Prime Minister Gordon Brown was due to leave Heathrow for China and India. His flight was delayed because of the incident. | The incident happened as Prime Minister Gordon Brown was due to leave Heathrow for China and India. His flight was delayed because of the incident. |
| The south runway is closed while investigators examine the scene - the north runway remains open. | The south runway is closed while investigators examine the scene - the north runway remains open. |
| On its approach it took the runway too low, just missing the roof of my cab John Rowland, eyewitness | On its approach it took the runway too low, just missing the roof of my cab John Rowland, eyewitness |
| Eyewitness John Rowland said: "The plane's wheels collapsed, doors were flown open. | Eyewitness John Rowland said: "The plane's wheels collapsed, doors were flown open. |
| "On its approach it took the runway too low, just missing the roof of my cab. | "On its approach it took the runway too low, just missing the roof of my cab. |
| "It crashed into the runway, debris was flying everywhere, there was an enormous bang and it skidded sideways." | "It crashed into the runway, debris was flying everywhere, there was an enormous bang and it skidded sideways." |
| BA said the cabin crew had done an "excellent job" evacuating passengers, and that it would release more information as soon as it was available. | |
| A telephone helpline has been set up for anyone concerned about friends or relatives on 0800 3894193. | |
| Huge amount of smoke | Huge amount of smoke |
| Another eyewitness, Nick Gray, told BBC News: "We were taxiing along ready to take off and certainly out of the window I could see a plane coming in to land. | Another eyewitness, Nick Gray, told BBC News: "We were taxiing along ready to take off and certainly out of the window I could see a plane coming in to land. |
| "I'm not quite sure if the undercarriage was missing or not, but certainly what we saw was the plane coming down. | |
| "There were some sparks as the undercarriage or the bottom of the plane actually touched the runway - certainly a huge amount of smoke coming up from that. | "There were some sparks as the undercarriage or the bottom of the plane actually touched the runway - certainly a huge amount of smoke coming up from that. |
| "And then the plane did come to a halt reasonably quickly. | "And then the plane did come to a halt reasonably quickly. |
| "It was incredibly efficient the speed that people got off the aircraft. | "It was incredibly efficient the speed that people got off the aircraft. |
| "I could see that the chutes were deployed very quickly and people were coming down on that. | "I could see that the chutes were deployed very quickly and people were coming down on that. |
| "Then people were sent off to the nearby buildings which are probably only about 200 yards away from the plane. | "Then people were sent off to the nearby buildings which are probably only about 200 yards away from the plane. |
| "There about six fire engines there now. | "There about six fire engines there now. |
| "There seems to have been regular dousing of foam on the port engine which obviously probably was the hottest one where the plane landed. | "There seems to have been regular dousing of foam on the port engine which obviously probably was the hottest one where the plane landed. |
| "Certainly there is a lot of activity and lots of vehicles with flashing lights all around the plane." | "Certainly there is a lot of activity and lots of vehicles with flashing lights all around the plane." |
| Some flights bound for Heathrow are being diverted to Stansted and Luton Airports. | |
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