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A Virgin Atlantic flight led to a major emergency response in Edinburgh today, causing other flights to be delayed.
Emergency services had to meet the VS226 flight from Orlando, Florida, at Edinburgh Airport because the plane had low tire pressure.
A number of ambulance and fire crews surrounded the Airbus A350-1000 aircraft as it landed on the runway at 11.20am.
The flight crew was said to be concerned that the wheel would break through the metal The mirror.
Other flights suffered delays when they had to be suspended, but the airport says they have since resumed.
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A Virgin Atlantic flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Edinburgh today, causing chaos and delays to other flights (a stock photo of a Virgin Atlantic plane)
The airline said emergency services at Edinburgh Airport had requested the aircraft to be evacuated as a precaution.
A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said: ‘As a precaution, we have asked engineers to collect our flight, VS226, traveling from Orlando to Edinburgh, on landing due to low nose wheel tire pressure.
“The safety of our customers and crew is always our top priority and the aircraft landed as normal.”
A spokesperson for Edinburgh Airport said: ‘Our teams were made aware of an issue with the inbound Virgin Atlantic flight and have put in place response procedures as a precaution, as is normal practice.
‘The flight landed and was met by emergency vehicles. It has since left the runway and resumed operations.”