--- title: Video: Virgin Atlantic Flight VS43 Moments Before Emergency Landing description: The plane was forced to make an emergency landing due to technical problems with landing gear canonical: https://time.com/3649367/video-vs43s-emergency-landing/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-30T13:48:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:34.583Z og:title: This Video Shows Passengers and Crew Moments Before Virgin Flight VS43's Emergency Landing og:description: The plane was forced to make an emergency landing due to technical problems with landing gear og:url: https://time.com/3649367/video-vs43s-emergency-landing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Video Shows Passengers and Crew Moments Before Virgin Flight VS43's Emergency Landing twitter:description: The plane was forced to make an emergency landing due to technical problems with landing gear twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is What It Is Like When Your Airliner Makes an Emergency Landing by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 30, 2014 1:48 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 30, 2014 1:48 PM UTC A passenger on board [Virgin Atlantic Flight VS43](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2014/dec/29/virgin-atlantic-vs43-to-make-non-standard-landing-at-gatwick-after-landing-gear-failure-live-updates) 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](http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/virgin-atlantic-vs43-watch-moment-4889625): Richard Branson congratulated the team on a skilled landing: > [](https://twitter.com/richardbranson/status/549617557129687040) Video: Virgin Atlantic Flight VS43 Moments Before Emergency Landing ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3649367/video-vs43s-emergency-landing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3649367/video-vs43s-emergency-landing/"},"headline":"This Is What It Is Like When Your Airliner Makes an Emergency Landing","datePublished":"2014-12-30T13:48:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:34.583Z","description":"The plane was forced to make an emergency landing due to technical problems with landing gear","url":"https://time.com/3649367/video-vs43s-emergency-landing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Transportation","viral","england","Travel","london","Flying","Planes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3649367/video-vs43s-emergency-landing/","name":"This Is What It Is Like When Your Airliner Makes an Emergency Landing"}}]}] ```