Runway Blockage

British Airways A320 Nose Gear Failure Blocks Gatwick Runway Causing 14 Flight Diversions

A total of 14 flights bound for London Gatwick Airport (LGW) were forced to divert in the early hours of Wednesday morning, with nine of them declaring fuel emergencies and squawking 7700. This occurred after a British Airways Airbus A320 became disabled on the airport's only operational runway, forcing many inbound flights into a sustained holding pattern.