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James Rodger & Flora Byatt

Virgin Atlantic plane forced to turn back after take off as pilot was 'still in training'

A USA-bound flight was forced to return to the UK just 40 minutes into the flight - reportedly because the pilot was a trainee.

The plane, a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 was headed to JFK Airport in New York from Heathrow in London.

Passengers found themselves touching down back in the UK after it was reported the first officer told the captain that he hadn't actually completed his last flying test, BirminghamLive reports.

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