The fire, which originated from the mobile stairs occurred near the L2 door of the Airbus A320, with registration G-EUYO. Thankfully, there were no injuries reported.

Passengers had not yet boarded passengers for their intended flight. According to the report, passengers were queuing nearby when the incident occurred.

Footage shared on social media showed flames engulfing the vehicle and thick black smoke billowing into the air. 

Heathrow’s fire service responded swiftly and extinguished the blaze. Both British Airways and Heathrow Airport confirmed there were no injuries and that the fire did not impact passengers or cause damage to the aircraft.

“Emergency services quickly extinguished a small fire of a third-party ground vehicle. No customers were impacted and there were no injuries.”

British Airways

The cause of the fire on the ground stair vehicle is still under investigation.

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The iconic British Airways A319 G-EUPJ is back in UK. The aircraft left storage in Madrid yesterday Wednesday, June 12 2024.

The aircraft left Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to London Heathrow where it landed at 14:15 BST.

Later in the day, the plane performed flight #BA1498 to Glasgow, first commercial flight since “retirement”.

G-EUPJ is scheduled to perform flights to Lisbon, Cologne and Nice in the 2 coming days.

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British Airways flight #BA195 to Houston turned around over East coast of Canada to return back to London.

The flight departed London Heathrow Airport this Monday, June 10 2024 at 10:00 BST for a 10-hour flight to Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

The flight was operated by a Boeing 787- aircraft (registration G-ZBKN) of 7 years old.

The aircraft climbed to 38,000 ft and crossed North of Atlantic before the crew decided to turn around over Labrador, East coast of Canada.

As the aircraft would need maintenance, the pilots decided with the airline to turn back to London Heathrow due to an issue with one of the RR Trent 1000 engines.

The flight landed back on runway 27R at London Heathrow 9 hours and 4 minutes after the departure.

The flight returned to London Heathrow as a precaution due to a minor technical issue. It landed safely and customers disembarked as normal. We’ve apologised to our customers for the disruption to their journey.

British Airways

British Airways confirmed AIRLIVE the flight is cancelled for today. Customers are rebooked onto the next available flights.

The aircraft is now parked in a remote area near Terminal 5 of Heathrow.

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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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The flight, operated by a Boeing 777-200ER (registration G-VIIN), was taxiing to the runway 12 when the crew was informed of a bomb threat.

Shortly before 9.30pm on Sunday, May 5, 2024, police were notified by staff at the LF Wade International Airport of a bomb threat that was received via e-mail.

The pilots squawked 7700 (general emergency) on the ground and vacated the runway before requesting an immediate evacuation.

Police were sent to the Causeway and Kindley Field Road, which were closed to traffic “while the airport building and its environs were searched by airport security”, a spokesman said.

He added: “Once the all-clear was given and the airport was declared safe, regular traffic flow was restored.

The Flight was scheduled to takeoff at 20:50 ADT. The flight was delayed overnight, now due to re-depart from Bermuda to London this evening.

All customers were provided with assistance and information on how to claim for additional expenses such as overnight accommodation, meals and transportation.

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British Airways BA520 departed London Heathrow at 10:00 BST to Funchal, the capital city of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago.

An Airbus A320 (registration G-TTNB) is operating the 3-hour flight to Madeira.

Pilots squawked 7700 (general emergency) after only 10 minutes after takeoff at 17,000 ft altitude.

UPDATE 10:15 BST
The aircraft is turning around, returning to London Heathrow.

UPDATE 10:25 BST
Flight BA520 is expected to land at 10:37 BST at London Heathrow (livestream) on runway 27L.

UPDATE 10:38 BST
The A320 safely landed on runway 27L.

UPDATE 10:52 BST
According to Flight emergency, BA520 returned to LHR due to fumes in the cockpit.

UPDATE 10:55 BST
British Airways plans to resume the flight at 1:pm.

UPDATE 13:00 BST
New departure scheduled for 14:30.

UPDATE 15:25 BST
Flight BA520 departed at 3:25 pm, will arrive 6 hours late.

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British Airways flight BA1455 was landing on runway 27R at London Heathrow when the aircraft suffered steering control problem according to The Aviation Herald.

The Airbus A320 (registration G-EUUD) experienced a loss of steering control whilst turning off runway 27R at London Heathrow.

Smoke could be seen from the left main gear, then from the right one as well.

Landings were halted for a while on runway 27R. Emergency services reached the aircraft.

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The flight #BA12 departed one hour late at 03:10 SGT from Singapore Changi Airport to London Heathrow.

The typical flight duration is 10 hours, with a landing scheduled at 6:30 BST at LHR.

The Airbus A380 (registration G-XLED) took off from runway 20C and climbed to 27,000 ft. The crew contacted ATC and requested a return following a technical issue.

The A380 aircraft descended to 10,000 ft and started to circle over the sea to dump/burn fuel for 5 hours in order to reduce the weight before returning to SIN.

Long haul aircraft such as the Airbus A380 and Boeing B777 are equipped to jettison fuel in emergency situations only. According to CAA guidelines fuel should be dumped over the sea or if this is not possible it should be above 10,000 feet to allow the fuel to evaporate before reaching the ground.

The 10 year-old plane finally landed on the runway 2C more than 5 hours after departure at Singapore Changi Airport.

We’re sorry that this flight has been delayed to the following day.

British Airways

British Airways confirmed the incident and cancelled the flight. New departure is scheduled at 17:00 from terminal 1.

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Saturday 6 April 2024, while being towed from the stand at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 3, a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 left wingtip hit the horizontal stabilizer of a British Airways A350-1000.

The Virgin Atlantic aircraft (registration G-VDIA) arrived from Washington few hours earlier while the British Airways plane (registration G-XWBC) was parked after flight from Accra.

We are working alongside emergency services and our airline partners in response to an incident involving two aircraft on the ground earlier today.

London Heathrow spokesperson

The Virgin Atlantic Dreamliner was being towed by a separate private company to a different location on the airfield. No passengers were onboard when the collision occurred.

The right horizontal stabilizer, but also the elevator of the British Airways Airbus 350-1041 have been affected in the incident.

The Left wingtip area of the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 has also received structural damage that will ground it for days at least. It was been moved to a remote area of the airport to receive maintenance.

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The British Airways Boeing 777-200ER – reg. G-YMMD – took off from London Gatwick on time at 13.28 local time.

After passing over Ireland, after almost 2 hours into the flight, the crew decided to turn around and circled West of Ireland to choose the best option.

As cabin crew was dealing with a medical emergency on board, pilots and ATC decided to return to London.

The #BA2263 777 circling over South Wales at 10,000ft. We’re used to military aircraft flying even lower around here, but to see a commercial airliner this low was spooky. Anyone know what actually happened? My guess is depressurisation. pic.twitter.com/7Ez5Nj56US

— Chloe Williams (@ChloeJade010) January 14, 2023

The 22-year Boeing 777 circled at 10,000ft over Cardiff to dump/burn fuel, reducing the aircraft’s weight for a safe landing almost 5 hours after takeoff.

Two British Airways flights suffered technical incidents during the past 48 hours.

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The British Airways Boeing 777-200ER was being pushed back from terminal 5 at London Heathrow then the incident occurred for a reason still unknown.

• UPDATE Flight cancelled.

The flight was supposed to takeoff from London Heathrow at 10.10 to Lagos for a 6-hour flight.

JUST IN

A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER (G-VIIK) was pushing back whilst the emergency slide had opened

More updates to follow#aviation

Photo Credit – Ham pic.twitter.com/ZSJpPHX8Rf

— M Zulqarnain B (@MZulqarnainBut1) January 13, 2023

It may take hours to bring back the aircraft (reg. G-VIIK) in line and operational.

Yesterday, another incident occurred at London Heathrow when a British Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered steering issue.

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