9 Jets Declared Fuel Emergencies After A British Airways A320 Blocked Gatwick’s Runway

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.