Thomson Airways flight makes emergency landing at Gatwick

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A Thomson Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing at London Gatwick - after a cabin pressure warning light came on.

The plane had only just taken off from Cardiff International Airport on its way to the popular winter getaway resort of Sharm el Sheik in Egpyt when the light was activated.

The TOM532 flight dropped 10,000ft and circled Dover while it waited to land at Gatwick.

A spokesman for Thomson Airways told the Mirror the light had been faulty, and that there was no loss of cabin pressure and oxygen masks had not been required.

He added: "Flight TOM532 was diverted to Gatwick Airport as a precautionary measure after a faulty cabin pressure light came on during the flight.

"The plane landed safely at 10.20am at Gatwick and all passengers were placed on another plane to continue their journey to Egypt."

Thomson Airways was in the headlines back in November 2011 when a passenger jet carrying 192 holidaymakers narrowly avoided disaster after landing at the wrong part of an airport in Cyprus.

The plane, which was flying from Doncaster to Paphos, landed on a taxiway after mistaking it for a runway.

Fortunately there were no other planes taxiing at the time, which meant the Boeing 737 luckily avoided a potentially deadly crash situation.

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