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Flight Safety Information (10JUN05-211)

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> *London city airport open to traffic after plane accident > ****************************************

> London city airport open to traffic after plane accident

> LONDON, June 9 (Xinhuanet) -- London City Airport is now open to traffic

> after a Swiss passenger plane flying from Swiss capital Berne made an

> emergency landing there Thursday afternoon.

> Passengers leaving for Geneva on a flight scheduled around 12:00 has just

> got announcement to board their plane after the delay.

> The Darwin Airlines flight heading to London via Swiss city Lugano had its

> left engine caught on fire around 1:15 pm when it was landing on the

> airport runway.

> No specific figure of passengers has been given, but ground service staff

> estimated it as below 10 people.

> Firemen rushed to the spot as passengers in their panic jumped from the

> cabin which is about one meter over the ground. Some fellwhile trying to

> get off. All passengers were safely evacuated.

 

 

Wolfgang