London – The Prime Minister’s flight to China is currently stuck on the runway after a flight from Beijing to London landed short of the runway. Passengers had to leave the Boeing 777 by emergency chutes and the emergency services were standing by.
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The flight involved is BA 38. BA has not given details, but has confirmed that one of its flights had been involved in "an incident".
The Fire Brigade has also confirmed it is attending an "incident" at Heathrow Airport.
"Nothing is moving at all" at the airport. Sky’s Political Editor Adam Boulton, who is on the PM’s flight, said Mr Brown is remaining calm.
“The PM joked: ‘Well you have got your story already then’.” [SkyNews]