Flights were cancelled or delayed at London Heathrow Airport on Friday after a British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing, Europe's biggest airport said. The airport's two runways were reopened after a short closure. Television footage showed smoke trailing from the aircraft while it was airborne, and British Airways later blamed a technical fault. The London Fire Brigade said it had assisted Heathrow fire crews with an airplane fire. The Airbus A319 returned to Heathrow shortly after it had taken off on a flight to Oslo and all 75 passengers on board were safely evacuated, it said. Evacuation chutes were deployed from the plane. An investigation has been launched into the incident.
