A passenger on board Virgin Atlantic Flight VS43 recorded video footage inside the plane moments before its emergency landing at London Gatwick Airport Monday.
“When you hear the command ‘brace, brace’, you must adopt the brace position,” a voice on the loudspeaker says while crew members instruct passengers, who are mostly calm, on procedure.
The Las Vegas-bound Boeing 747 was forced to turn around after detecting a problem with its landing gear midair.
This video shows the plane landing safely at the airport, although the airline reported some passengers sustained minor injuries:
Richard Branson congratulated the team on a skilled landing:
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