A Toronto-bound Air Canada flight was forced to abort taking off at London's Heathrow Airport due to a technical problem.
Air Canada said the pilot on Flight AC859 "rejected" takeoff Friday after a warning light on the Boeing 767 came on while the plane was travelling about 140 km/h.
A passenger told CBC News the plane was going "full throttle" and appeared ready to take off when it abruptly "screeched to a halt."
She said fire trucks raced out to the plane and police officers came on board.
Passengers were asked to get off the plane and are being put up in hotels. The flight has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. local time Saturday.
An Air Canada spokesperson said rejecting a takeoff is "quite rare."
There were 210 people on board the aircraft when the problem occurred.
Source: http://www.cbc.ca
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