British Airways flight BA117 departed London Heathrow today at 08:23 GMT for a 8h 5m flight to New York JFK Airport.

The 27 year-old Boeing 777-200ER with registration G-VIIJ took off from runway 27L and climbed to 34,000ft but turned around between UK and Ireland.

The aircraft descended to 20,000ft then 15,000ft on its way back to London Heathrow Airport. It landed on runway 27R about 2 hours after departure and is now parked at a remote stand of the Airport.

The airline is confirming the flight is delayed but doesn’t give details for now.

The same flight yesterday was cancelled. The Boeing 777-200ER G-VIIC returned to stand.

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A British Airways flight to the UK was forced to make an emergency landing after toxic fumes left passengers and crew ill.

The Boeing 787-9 (registration G-ZBKJ) departed Dubai Friday, January 31 2025 and climbed to 38,000 ft but turned around only 30 minutes later.

Twelve passengers and five BA staff members became sick prompting the captain to turn back for an emergency landing in Dubai.

Upon touchdown, passengers of Flight 0108 were met by emergency responders, including paramedics and firefighters.

A BA spokesperson added: “The aircraft returned to Dubai International Airport due to a minor technical issue.

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British Airways flight #BA246 was delayed after suffering multiple lightning strikes at Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport.

The Airbus A350K (registration G-XWBE) was on stand, preparing for the return flight to London Heathrow Airport when the tail was stuck multiple times in only few seconds.

The aircraft is 5 years old and arrived in São Paulo, Brazil on flight #BA247 the day before.

After the incident, engineers at look at the entry point at the tail and also looking for any exit point which could have damaged the fuselage.

After making sure all systems were operational, the aircraft was allowed to takeoff at 22:57 BRT, one hour late.

The flight is currently over Atlantic, expected to land at 12:27 GMT in London.

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The flight BA2670 departed London Gatwick today at 07:41 GMT for a 2-hour flight to Palma De Mallorca.

The flight operated by an Airbus A321 (registration G-EUXF) turned around over France 45 minutes into the flight.

The crew squawked 7700 (general emergency) and decided to return to London. Reports of smoke in the cabin.

UPDATE 09:14 GMT
Flight BA2670 has landed on runway 26L, met by fire trucks.

UPDATE 09:15 GMT
The A321 vacated the runway, stopped on the taxiway, surrounded by five fire trucks.

UPDATE 09:20 GMT
Flight operations resuming after they were briefly stopped at London Gatwick. The A321 is taxiing to a remote stand.

UPDATE 09:38 GMT
The last fire truck left, passengers are disembarking.

UPDATE 10:25 GMT
British Airways is planning a new departure at 10:30.

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The flight BA177 departed London Heathrow runway 27L and climbed to 35,000 ft before turned around over Atlantic after 2 hours into the flight.

The Boeing 777-300ER (registration G-STBB) descended to 29,000 ft and headed to the West coast of Ireland due to a medical emergency on board.

The flight landed in Shannon 3 hours and 30 minutes after departure.

The airline is planning to refuel and to resume the flight to New York at 18:00.

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British Airways flight BA284 has declared an emergency (squawk 7700) on approach to UK airspace.

The flight is operated by the Airbus A380-800 (registration G-XLEF) which suffered an engine issue 4 weeks ago.

UPDATE 1
Pilots lifted the squawk code 7700 over the Irish Sea.

UPDATE 2
The flight is starting normal approach to London Heathrow.

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The flight BA2814 from London Gatwick to Sharm el-Sheikh is diverting to Venice, Italy.

The crew of the Airbus A230-200 (registration G-GATL) declared an emergency (squawk7700) over the Sea and turned around.

The pilots contacted ATC to make an emergency landing, possibly due to a medical situation on board.

UPDATE #1
The airline is confirming the flight BA2814 is diverting to Venice.

UPDATE #2
The flight landed safely at 12:38 CET runway 04R at VCE Airport.

UPDATE #3
The A320 is parked on a remote stand.

UPDATE #4
British Airways is planning to resume the flight at 13:55 to Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Flights between London Heathrow and Abu Dhabi will be grounded from March 31 until October 25 next year.

Passengers already booked onto them will need to either do a layover in Doha or Dubai, or travel from Gatwick instead.

An other solution would be to rebook onto a flight with Etihad or Qatar Airways, which are partnered with BA, from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi without a layover the same day.

A spokesperson for BA has said that they are ‘disappointed’ to have to ‘make further changes to our schedule as we continue to experience delays to the delivery of engines and parts.’

This is the latest in an ongoing series of cancellations from the company, which is in need of new engines for their Boeing 787 aircrafts.

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British Airways BA247 departed London Heathrow at 22:25 GMT but stopped the climb at 20,000 ft over South coast.

The crew had to deal with cargo fans issue as the A350-1000 (registration G-XWBF) is carrying a live cargo.

Pilots decided to carry on the flight to Sao Paulo. The aircraft climbed to cruise altitude of 36,000 ft but after crossing The Atlantic, the flight was planning to divert to Fortaleza.

However the Airbus plane is now heading to final destination. The flight is scheduled to land in Sao Paulo at 06:00 BRT after more than 12 hours of flight.

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British Airways flight #BA143 departed London Heathrow late at 12:01 GMT to New Delhi.

Less than one hour into the flight, pilots decided to turn around over Western Germany to return to London Heathrow.

The Boeing 777-200ER (registration G-YMMI) was put on hold at 24,000 ft for a while to burn/dump fuel in order to reduce the weight before landing.

In July 1st, 2024, that same aircraft experienced a mechanical issue and returned to London Heathrow on flight BA31 to Hong Kong. The aircraft is 24 years hold.

UPDATE 14:05 GMT
The aircraft is dumping fuel over the English Channel.

UPDATE 14:15 GMT
The flight BA143 is now starting approach to London.

UPDATE 14:45 GMT
Flight has landed on runway 09R.

British Airways is planning a new departure at 18:10 from LHR Airport.

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British Airways is struggling with its A380’s fleet, and it looks this is another exemple, with a technical issue (engine 3 shut down).

The Airbus A380 departed late at 16:04 GMT for a scheduled departure of 14:30 GMT.

More than 3 hours later, while reaching the Greenland coast at 37,000 ft, the aircraft (registration G-XLEF) turned around.

British Airways is planning a new takeoff at 23:30 GMT.

As the reason of this return is still unknown, the airline s’ fleet of 12 Airbus A380s has been experiencing a series of technical incidents in recent weeks.

UPDATE 22:07 GMT
BA209 is expected to land RWY27L in 25 minutes.

UPDATE 22:38 GMT
Flight BA209 landed on Runway 27L more than 6 hours after departure.

UPDATE 22:44 GMT
The A380 returned to stand at Terminal 5.

UPDATE 22:45 GMT
The flight is cancelled.

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EDIT: a previous version of this article has been removed due to wrong ADS-B data.

A Boeing 787-8 to Montréal returned to London Heathrow after 1 hour and 10 minutes later.

The aircraft (registration G-ZBJB) departed from runway 09R at London Heathrow Airport at 17:12 GMT for a scheduled time of 16:30 GMT.

The Dreamliner stopped the climb at 26,000 ft and turned around towards London where it landed on runway 09L.

The flight resumed later with the same aircraft. It departed LHR Airport at 19:43 GMT and arrived in Montréal at 21:30, 2 hours and 25 minutes late.

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