TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT TURNS AROUND 300 MILES FROM U.S.

Last Thursday, a Virgin Atlantic flight across the Atlantic turned back to the UK despite being only 300 miles from America. The aircraft, which had already been in the air for 4 hours traveling from London’s Heathrow to New York’s JFK Airport, turned around and landed in Manchester, England due to what the airline described as a “technical issue.” The plane spent a total of eight hours in the air before finally touching down in Manchester.
* “Technical issue.” The pilot thought he left the oven on.
* “Extra airline miles! Yay!”
* “An extra airline meal! Boo!”
* The real story: the plane noticed a problem with its landing gear door hydraulics (* true!), and no way was America gonna let another plane crash in our country after the last six weeks. (* maybe true)