{"id":1090567,"date":"2026-07-15T10:53:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1090567\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:53:15","slug":"gatwick-airport-chaos-as-flights-declare-emergency-and-diverted-after-sudden-runway-closure-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1090567\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatwick Airport chaos as flights declare emergency and diverted after sudden runway closure &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxQYmRBM1FEajJ2ZDByNnRBMDRDZ0NVNXExMk43UjI0MmJGNlVySmRTSm1NOEl4bm9GdnlRVUd2TzJYdG4zZExjOXZpUlBmcVk4UjBNa2Jrb1Nqc1V1NVlHcEEwdloyc044THhpM3R5VlFKSFpOcjFxMk1vNlJCUVpiSENOeU9LTEJRM095Qi00Q05lRThHcWV2YUpCbFhnUThfZk5pQ0FnNDFDNzZzZkVF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gatwick Airport chaos as flights declare emergency and diverted after sudden runway closure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE1fbzBWbkFTVHJlWXNLQW9xTUZJRGdzWEJRVVk3NkZGbV9jOEttTXE4cFZySUtzSlBqRGU0Mk1oWDR1Qi1ULTlHTWRxZGF1RHRMaUJRUDUwTmdzS0Ez?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Several flights diverted after plane blocks Gatwick runway<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPcVo5X1dEQ1dyY2lKcGR1c1YtVUdRNXpMck9PRkZmaVp5WHJfSm9JTm5CYkdKNW9fN1RFQ2trTmFMdmlReUNyaGk2QXlSNTNiY3IteXl4ZjRqTXZXTkw0amRKR2N5UjNzZEpiY2VYZU5sdlpvVnlYUU5iQllfclZISnV2dDJ1LW1OZGZFcnRjZkU2NldzSDZpRTlSaW5Sdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nine flights declare emergencies over Gatwick<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxPMF9kN0xKX2F2YUZNV0pyMURRV1EwdXhNX3RpUkJrazVVZ2RVd01MejhKOEtyaTN1TmlQcE1CTU85RjgyNEVuUUF0OW1mQnkyYS1nSnVvdEJ2cFAwdGJXVzhON0tCVmR6S2NDQ1NleUJ5NVpoQzNrYWNQV1ZIWUhQNzYzY3JWdkNpbUtqdFMzWkQ2ZGxsWUFjVjJQRUVPaFBHck5vZ1BJOXlRZGhMUmVoZ25ic09IOF82M3VteVNEQzFEcW16SHpfNllVOFFvTzlXVVIxYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Due to an aircraft blocking the runway, 9 flights to Gatwick declared an emergency due to low fuel<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;airlive<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxOMm9BOXEtVFFTcndfR3B1SFBHUXY0ekFhUDgxQUVVVFlKMDItNUQ1RFlTUUYyZzVydC1lUjNWZ1dNbjJOMDNLZ0ROdFBNQUV5TWFUdEN3c2RDOHlEQnQybEVWaEJMVXRBMkFMZHVpN0lSRFEtVlBCQjllNzNqN05KdkxDRXZQSy1UY0ZJQU00VE16VGhWYk9MTXJiMWFXQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Travel chaos at airport as nine flights issue emergency calls after runway blocked<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Argus<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gatwick Airport chaos as flights declare emergency and diverted after sudden runway closure&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard Several flights diverted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1090568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[52400,4328,3674,3087,51,12493,2592,1558,64716,35317,16,15],"class_list":["post-1090567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-airport","tag-airports","tag-breaking","tag-british-airways","tag-business","tag-emergency","tag-flights","tag-gatwick-airport","tag-heathrow","tag-passengers","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1090567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1090567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1090568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1090567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1090567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1090567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}