All passengers and 16 crew on board the BA flight BA escaped down emergency chutes. Six people were being treated for minor injuries. Six ambulances and all of the airport's fire engines were sent to the scene.
The plane landed not far from the airport's perimeter road. Police said it was not a terror-related incident. Passenger Fernando Prada told the BBC there "was no panic at all" and all the people were off the plane within three minutes. He said surviving was like winning the lottery. Crash eyewitness Steve Bell told the BBC that fire crews arrived "within minutes and evacuated all the passengers". From the rear, the damage to the undercarriage is clearly visible. Prime Minister Gordon Brown was on a plane at the airport when the incident happened.
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The day after the crash-landing, Burkill was applauded as he entered a press conference. He told journalists that his senior first officer, John Coward, had actually been at the controls of the Boeing and had done a "most remarkable job".
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