Virgin Atlantic plane forced to make emergency landing at UK airport

A Virgin Atlantic passenger plane carried out a "non-standard landing" at London's Gatwick airport on Monday after a landing gear fault forced the U.S.-bound plane to turn around, the airline said in a statement.

"Flight VS43 ... (has) returned to London Gatwick due to a technical issue with one of the landing gears," Virgin Atlantic said in a statement as pilots attempted the unscheduled grounding of the passenger jet.

Emergency services were put on standby at the airport. But television pictures later showed the plane intact and on the runway

Wire services