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Dramatic footage of UA28 losing fuel before emergency landing

Dramatic footage of UA28 losing fuel before emergency landing Dramatic footage of UA28 losing fuel before emergency landing Dramatic footage of UA28 losing fuel before emergency landing Footage shows massive fuel dump of United Airlines flight carrying 240 people to New York as it circled the English Channel for four hours due to a maintenance problem Plane developed technical fault shortly after take-off from Heathrow It turned back and circled over the Channel for four hours before landing Footage recorded by a passenger shows fuel being dumped from wing Those on board say they had to put up with hours of turbulence and worry Passengers stayed in London overnight and were put on flights today By RICHARD SPILLETT FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 09:27 GMT, 18 December 2014 | UPDATED: 10:50 GMT, 18 December 2014 2 View comments Passengers on a flight from London to the US watched as the aircraft dumped fuel over the English Channel as they spent four hours circling above the Isle of Wight. More than 200 passengers and 13 crew were on board United Airlines flight UA28, which took off from Heathrow at 11am yesterday on its way to Newark airport New York. But the Boeing 767-400 developed a 'maintenance issue' soon after take-off and the pilot started circling over southern England before landing back at Heathrow shortly before 4pm. Scroll down for video Photos taken by passengers on UA28 show fuel being dumped from the wing as the aircraft circled +5 Photos taken by passengers on UA28 show fuel being dumped from the wing as the aircraft circled Manchester's Marcus Mollinga, 20, was on board the plane with his girlfriend Abby Stokes and told how passengers endured hours of flying in a circle in bad turbulence. He told MailOnline: 'It took off okay but about an hour and a half in we were told we were flying back to Heathrow. 'The pilot said he had to dump about 20,000 lbs of fuel and the cabin pressure was low so we had to fly at low altitude. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Chaos caught on camera: Terrifying video footage emerges of... File photo dated 17/12/13 of a plane preparing to take off at Gatwick Airport as the next steps in the work to decide on future UK runway capacity are due to be outlined by the head of the Whitehall-appointed Airports Commission. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Thursday January 16, 2014. Chaired by former Financial Services Authority chief Sir Howard Davies, the commission has already shortlisted Heathrow and Gatwick Airports as possible sites for a new runway by 2030. At a major aviation conference in London, Sir Howard will speak about the commission's work towards a definite runway recommendation - to be made in a final report in summer 2015. Also speaking at the conference, is London Mayor Boris Johnson's aviation adviser Daniel Moylan. Mr Johnson is bitterly opposed to a new, third runway at Heathrow and favours, instead, a brand-new airport in the Thames Estuary - a scheme dubbed "Boris Island". See PA story TRANSPORT Airports. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wi Teenage girl, 15, who was flying to join Islamist fighters... SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share 'It was a bit scary, as we were just circling for hours and because of the low altitude we were flying through cloud most of the time, so there was a lot of turbulence. 'United Airlines didn't handle it very well, they kept telling us it would be one more hour, then one more and it just went on. 'Some Americans were kicking off about it and some one claimed the plane would "blow up" if we tried to fly to the US.' The plane flew over the Channel for more than four hours before landing, where it was examined by engineers +5 The plane flew over the Channel for more than four hours before landing, where it was examined by engineers Marcus Mollinga and his girlfriend Abby Stokes were among the passengers hoping to fly to New York +5 Marcus Mollinga and his girlfriend Abby Stokes were among the passengers hoping to fly to New York Mr Mollinga and Miss Stokes, along with other passengers, had to stay overnight near Heathrow and were put on flights this morning. Video and photos taken by passengers shows the fuel being dumped from a pipe on the wing of the Boeing 767-400. Heathrow airport said the problem was not dealt with as an emergency and the plane returned due to the technical fault.