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Evening Standard
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Tamara Davison

Gatwick flight in mid-air emergency as fire breaks out on board

A London Gatwick flight was forced to make an emergency landing moments after takeoff earlier this week after a fire broke out on board.

The TAP Air Portugal flight, which had departed Gatwick for Porto on Sunday morning, made a rapid U-turn minutes after takeoff on February 8 and landed safely about 10 minutes later.

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