Daily Mirror

George back in class after school alert

- BY TOM PETTIFOR and VICTORIA MURPHY

PUPIL Prince George THE engine of a British Airways plane spits out flames in a terrifying mid-air drama just moments after take-off.

Frightened passengers heard six bangs before the right side engine conked out.

The pilot of the Boeing 777 Speedbird was forced to make an emergency U-turn back to Heathrow airport in West PRAYING Geoff Lye London with only one engine running. Geoff Lye, 67, on the flight to Athens last Wednesday with his partner, said: “There was a huge noise and a judder, then six bangs. I am an atheist but even I was praying. We landed perfectly safely, accompanie­d by a fire engine. We were just delighted to be alive.” BA is investigat­ing.

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