Passengers had to spend two hours on a low-flying plane after the plane took off with too much fuel.

According to foreign media, the Telegraph reports, the Vueling flight departed from Gatwick in London on Sunday evening and was due to leave for Rome.

Instead, it diverted back to the UK airport, according to data from flight tracking site Flightradar24.

The plane flew around the south coast of England for one hour and 51 minutes, according to Flightradar24.

While the plane was taxiing, its altitude varied from 1,798 meters to 2,438 meters, Flightradar24 data showed.

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After nearly two hours, the plane returned to Gatwick Airport at around 11.30pm, according to Flightradar24.

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Several visible passengers have tweeted about the incident.

"After 5 minutes of takeoff, the pilot discovered that there was too much fuel in the plane," Francesco Ricci wrote on Twitter.

"Now they are back at Gatwick and they are removing unnecessary fuel."

Another person tweeted at Vueling, asking the Spanish airline if passengers on the flight could access the toilet with the plane flying at a low altitude.

A Twitter account called Flight Emergency, which has more than 82,700 followers, tweeted about the Vueling flight, saying the plane was "burning fuel on the southern coast for over an hour" and returned to the airport "for because there was too much fuel on board".

/Telegraph/

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