It is near Canary Wharf and the O2 arena in an area called Silvertown. It is on a former Docklands site, in the London Borough of Newham in East London.
It handles 80 000 flights and three million passengers a year.London City Airport is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (short take-off and landing) planes, mainly serving the financial districts of London. London City Airport is located in the eastern part of London, and is mainly used for domestic and European flights. Justin Fletcher, a passenger onboard the aeroplane, described what happened in an interview with the BBC: "There was obviously quite a loud bang as the plane scratched in, the stewards and stewardesses were quick to evacuate everyone off, there was a few scrapes and cuts due to hitting the asphalt, all in all everyone seems to be doing quite well now." Our priority at the moment is to ensure all the passengers involved in the incident are well cared for by our ground staff." "We don't know the nature of the injury or how it was caused yet. There was one other minor injury," British Airways said in a statement.
"Unfortunately, one passenger sustained a minor injury and is currently on the way to hospital. The plane stopped on the runway, after which the 67 passengers and four crew members were evacuated by the use of emergency chutes.įollowing the incident, the airport's only runway was shut down and incoming flights diverted to other airports in the vicinity. One passenger was hospitalised after the incident.Īccording to witnesses, the aeroplane's front landing gear collapsed into the runway after the aircraft made a rough landing. An Avro RJ, similar to the one involved in the accidentĪ BA CityFlyer Avro 146-RJ100 passenger jet with 71 people onboard made a crash-landing at London City Airport on Friday evening, after part of its gear failed upon landing.
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