Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in flight scare
Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess Of Cambridge were embroiled in a terrifying mid-air emergency last year (11) when their plane was forced to abort a landing to avoid a runway collision.
The royal couple was travelling back to Britain from an official visit to Denmark in November (11) when the pilot of a plane they were travelling in was forced to take emergency action to avoid crashing into another aircraft at London's Heathrow Airport.
A source tells Britain's The People, "This really was a serious
incident and would have been terrifying for those on board. The
aircraft ahead of them hadn't cleared the runway in time for the
plane carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to land... The
pilot took the decision to ascend suddenly Âduring the approach
and thankfully he was able to land safely."
A spokesman for British Airways confirmed the incident, but
insisted safety procedures were correctly followed.
The representative says, "Our crew were told by air traffic control
to perform a go-around - a perfectly Âstandard Âoperation with
no safety Âimplications - because an aircraft from another
Âairline hadn't fully cleared the runway.
"Safety is always our Âpriority and all our pilots are fully
trained to deal with procedures of this kind. Our aircraft landed
safely and Âcustomers left the plane as normal."