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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Helen Coffey

Virgin Atlantic flight makes emergency landing at Manchester Airport as ‘cockpit fills with smoke’

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A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for Barbados was forced to land at Manchester Airport after the cockpit reportedly filled with smoke.

The plane touched down at 1.50pm on Sunday (7 January) after the pilots reported the smell of “dense, acrid smoke”, according to aviation website AirLive.

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