The airport was the place where Winston Churchill took early flying lessons, even crashing once and nearly dying.

Local playwright Andy Kempe’s A Sign of the Times, recorded in a new venture for Kennet Radio by Greenham Tower Theatre Co to be broadcast on Friday.

The Airbus A350-900 aircraft landed safely and the plane proceeded to an arrival gate, Delta said in a statement to CNN. The 162 passengers on board are being reaccommodated on a different flight.