Strong small 'of cannabis' forces Gatwick flight to return home

A 'strong smell of cannabis' forced a British Airways flight to make an emergency landing at Gatiwck Airport on Thursday morning. The plane was bound for Heraklion on the Greek island of Crete and had left Gatwick at 8.15am. But it had to turn back because of the strange odour. The pilot turned the aircraft around just north of Troyes, in France, at about 9.34am and proceeded to declare an emergency landing back at Gatwick. The plane landed shortly before 10.30am. Passenger Stuart Barnes...

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