A plane was "on fire" flying over central London an eyewitness has said.

One person told Sky News: "As you looked up you could just see the flames being chucked out of the engine ... It was on full fire when we saw it."

Both runways were shut at Heathrow Airport where the British Airways aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing due to an "aircraft fire."

The incident is not thought to be terror related and all passengers are safe.

A statement from British Airways said: "The BA762, Heathrow to Oslo service, returned back to Heathrow shortly after take-off due to a technical fault.

"The Airbus A319 aircraft was carrying 75 customers. The aircraft landed safely and emergency slides were deployed and we are currently caring for our customers.

"Emergency services attended the aircraft. We will be carrying out a full investigation into the incident."

One picture shared on Twitter appears to show the engine that was not on fire exposed as it is overworked.

London Fire Brigade crew have said they believe that the fire is now out.

There is speculation that the plane had run into a flock of birds.

The plane landed on the northern runway which remains shut but the southern runway has now been reopened.

http://news.sky.com/story/1095039/plane-on-fire-flying-over-central-london
http://www.naijapundit.com/news/breaking-news-aeroplane-on-fire-flying-over-central-london

WELL DAYUMM

Glad they landed safely!

The landed safely... Good job to them.

Had it been in Nigeria, the story would have changed (DANA comes to mind). They would have been roasting by now.

Eww! Relieved that they v landed safely.

thank God for saving my future wife and my building contractor.

who knows!

#phew

good job by the pilots !

I reckon the folks offshore are conscious of what been happening lately,dey should be extra cautious and ongaurd ...d funny aspect is some Nigerians dnt plan coming home again,smh in disappointment.

Technical fault can occur @ any time irrespective of techical ability of the country, thank God it was not in nigeria, so much would av bin said about our leaders at first commentator, u gotta be kiddin @ ur post

adaobi123: good job by the pilots !

Madam, why don't u quit your pharmacy and go to flight school?

Ok I will consult my prayer warrior..we will pray over it

manny4life:

Madam, why don't u quit your pharmacy and go to flight school?

Too expensive

Abeg who put d fire? Hope no be niger boys again

Well thank God no casualties were recorded. This clearly shows that engines do develop issues irrespective of country. If this were to be Nigerian, some key board happy Dudes would have latched out at the Country in general and GEJ in particular.
While I don't hold brief for GEJ nor support ineptitude in anyway, we should also admit that as a country we are making progress albeit slowly.

By the way LONDON...again....*lipsealed*

It was being driven by Chuck Norris....he was probably smoking cigarettes

Mad Cow: I hope they will not find a way to make this one NIGERIAN as well.

U sure say no be boko boys

Pronaldo: 4th to coment........I no I will get there some day.hustle pays.....I need to be first to comment....God pls answer me

keep dreaming

Another story dat ends well....

Made front page.

adaobi123:

Too expensive

It pays wella in the long run

Think bout it

rushman003: Technical fault can occur @ any time irrespective of techical ability of the country, thank God it was not in nigeria, so much would av bin said about our leaders at first commentator, u gotta be kiddin @ ur post

Get out of my head.
Seriously, if I had seen your post, I wouldn't have posted mine. Good thing we think alike

were it to be in Nigeria, ....

manny4life:

It pays wella in the long run

Think bout it

I know it does.

We shall see....

thank God there were no casualties, if this happened in Naija it would have been a different story

manny4life: The landed safely... Good job to them.

Had it been in Nigeria, the story would have changed (DANA comes to mind). They would have been roasting by now.

Typical nigerian mentality.

chai. London don see enough this week.

Hmm thank God! But come to think of it, aint we blacks cursed? If its on African space now there must be casualties. God forgive us, our sins are numerous!