{"id":72109,"date":"2026-07-15T06:49:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=72109"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:49:53","slug":"nine-flights-declare-emergencies-over-gatwick-while-simultaneously-circling-over-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=72109","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nine flights declare emergencies over Gatwick while simultaneously circling over airport<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72110\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-15-at-6.47.51-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-15-at-6.47.51-AM.png 603w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-15-at-6.47.51-AM-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;London Gatwick Airport recently experienced major flight disruption due to a British Airways aircraft that suffered a technical issue and blocked the main runway. The closure forced arriving planes to circle in the air, <strong>resulting in nine simultaneous fuel emergencies<\/strong>, diversions to other airports, and lasting knock-on delays.&#8221;\u00a0<em> &#8212; HT<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/07\/15\/flights-diverted-from-gatwick-after-runway-is-closed\/\">https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/07\/15\/flights-diverted-from-gatwick-after-runway-is-closed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72111,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72109\/revisions\/72111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}