Fumes were seen in the cockpit of a British Airways aircraft from London to Prague, forcing the pilot to turn back and perform an emergency landing. The aircraft took off on Sunday at 7.25 a.m. from Heathrow Airport and was scheduled to arrive in Prague just after 10 a.m., according to Metro.
However, according to flight path data from FlightRadar24, it circled back to the UK after thirty minutes over the Strait of Dover. At 8.41 am, the aircraft returned to Heathrow and landed.
Several fire engines raced towards the jet as soon as it touched down.
A representative for British Airways attributed the swift reversal to a “technical issue,” but they did not elaborate on the reason for the pilots’ decision to go back to Heathrow.
”We apologize for the delay in our customers’ travel after the aircraft returned to Heathrow as a precaution,” a British Airways statement said. While they waited to board a different flight to continue their trip, our workers took care of them.
The event occurs after the airline had to cancel over thirty flights from Heathrow on Sunday due to Storm Isha. Due to high winds at Heathrow yesterday, a British Airways aircraft was unable to land. Before it could land, the pilot was forced to take off once again and circle numerous times.
FlightRadar24 data showed that on Sunday, a number of planes had to alter their route.
According to British Airways, “Like other airlines, we have had to make schedule adjustments due to the unfavorable weather conditions caused by Storm Isha across the UK and Europe.” Our staff are working hard to get our clients back on their way as soon as possible, and we have apologized to them for the inconvenience to their travel arrangements.
A few days ago, the New York Post reported, there were reports of a fire onboard a JetBlue Airbus A321, which was scheduled to take off on the John F. Kennedy Airport runway for California. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the crew reported the problem to the control tower at around 8:30 p.m. when the aircraft was in the process of taking off.