American Airlines plane evacuated at Heathrow Airport

Passengers escaped from an American Airlines plane at Heathrow Airport on Sunday morning, following a "technical issue".

Footage of the aircraft showed passengers disembarking on an emergency slide at the rear of the aircraft at Terminal 3.

Airport fire crews were dispatched to the aircraft, but no-one appeared to be injured during the evacuation.

Ross Hiscock was on a flight which had arrived at Heathrow from Helsinki when he saw smoke coming from the tail end of the aircraft next to his.

A Heathrow Airport spokeswoman said the aircraft suffered a "technical issue", and the problem was resolved.