Today, the father-of-three, who has more than 20 years' flying experience, remained modest about his heroics - but admitted the incident had been 'out of the ordinary'. Mr Williams, who lives near Horsham, said today that he was 'really proud' of his colleagues who worked 'really hard in a difficult situation'
Virgin president Sir Richard Branson tweeted: 'Thoughts with passengers & crew, thanks for support & patience'.Jet, packed with 447 passengers and 15 crew, originally bound for Las Vegas circled London for several hours.Today, modest pilot said: 'I was just doing my job and any one of our pilots would have taken the same actions'.They then burst into a spontaneous round of applause as Mr Williams landed the jumbo jet without a hitch.Footage showed him ordering terrified passengers to adopt brace position as he landed on broken landing gear.It is understood his 12-year-old daughter was on board the flight at time of the frightening five-hour ordeal.Father-of-three David Williams, 47, hailed a 'hero' after carrying out a 'textbook' landing of the faulty aircraft.Pictured: Senior Virgin Atlantic pilot hailed a hero for landing undercarriage failure jumbo jet as he says: 'I was just doing my job'
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