Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- One of the doors of a Thai Airways plane was left open in-flight, forcing the pilot to dump thousands of gallons of fuel in the English Channel before making an emergency landing at London Heathrow.
Thai Airways flight TG917 left London at 9:35 pm on Wednesday, February 13 and was bound for Bangkok when the incident occurred.
Shortly after leaving Heathrow, a warning light appeared, alerting the pilot that the cargo hold door was not shut securely.
Flight radars show how the concerned captain circled above the English Channel multiple times while burning and dumping fuel before bringing the Boeing 777-300ER back to Heathrow to land.
According to the Boeing website, the aircraft can carry up to 47,890 gallons in its fue...