Jet crash lands at Heathrow

A hero British Airway pilot saved the lives of his 136 passengers with a miraculous emergency landing at Heathrow Airport this afternoon.

His Boeing 777 is feared to have been in difficulties as it approached the airport and the pilot had radioed ahead warning that he was in trouble.

It is thought to have had undercarriage problems so it could not touch down normally on the runway without risk of sparking a major disaster.

The plane, flight BA038 from Beijing, landed on grass more than 100 yards short of the tarmac.

• Read the full story in the Last edition of today's Shropshire Star

• See tomorrow's paper for more news and full reactions on the hero pilot