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A Virgin New York-London flight went back to Heathrow

London, Great Britain - There was a burnt smell on board

On January 30th, a Virgin Atlantic flight, departed from London and directed to New York, had to go back to Heathrow because there was a burnt smell on board. On the plane there were 181 passengers but there were no consequences for them. A company's note says that the aircraft returned just for precautional reasons.

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Rome, Italy, 02/02/2004 14:41
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