British Airways flight #BA269 to Los Angeles rejected takeoff on runway 27R at London Heathrow today Tuesday, August 6 2024.

The Airbus A380 (registration G-XLEC) left terminal 5 at 14:30 BST to line up on runway 27R. While accelerating, the aircraft reached 50 kts before pilots rejected the takeoff due to a technical issue.

During the procedure, due to heavy weight, one of the tires exploded, a classic consequence of the rejected takeoffs.

The aircraft then vacated the runway and stayed for almost 30 minutes while the pilots tried to manage the issue.

Then it finally resumed taxi to return to the terminal 5. British Airways is confirming the flight is delayed.

New departure scheduled for 19:15 BST.

UPDATE
The flight is now cancelled.

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British Airways A380 registration G-XLEJ was scheduled to depart London Heathrow at 14:05 BST to Los Angeles LAX.

The aircraft left the terminal 5 and lined up to runway 09R then exited the runway to return to the gate.

About one hour later, the same A380 left the gate and lined up to runway 27L as Heathrow switched active runways due to wind direction change at 15:00 BST.

But the exact same scenario occurred: the aircraft aborted the takeoff and left the runway.

Few minutes later, the A380 returned to the runway threshold and took off at 17:00 BST.

We’re very sorry, this flight has been delayed.

British Airways

The airline is confirming a late departure due to an issue on board without giving more details at this time.

UPDATE
British Airways informed us about a technical issue on the aircraft.

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