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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

British Airways flight forced to make emergency landing after ‘terrible’ burning smell detected in cabin

The Independent

A passenger on a British Airways flight to Malaga, which turned back to London City airport after just seven minutes, has told of “a terrible smell of burning” in the cabin – and of the cabin crew being “clearly in distress”.

As the aircraft landed safely, emergency vehicles “chased the plane down the runway”.

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