British Airways and Iberia flights were experiencing delay due to IT issues in Terminal 5 at London Heathrow. According to reports, the main airline had lost communications with its flights within Europe.

The flag carrier was working to fix a “technical issue” on its website.

Our flights are currently operating, but are experiencing delays as our teams work to resolve a technical issue affecting some of our systems.

British Airways spokesperson

The arrivals were regulated at a reduced rate at London Heathrow for British Airways, British Airways Shuttle and Iberia flights.

The technical issue impacting British Airways has now been resolved. Our teams remain on hand to support British Airways to help passengers on their way as quickly as possible.

Heathrow Airport spokesperson

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The latest incident, on November 6, the A380 performing flight BA207, registered G-XLEC, took off from London-Heathrow for Miami at 11:24 a.m., instead of the initial scheduled time of 9:50 a.m.

About four minutes after the start of the flight, the superjumbo turned south, towards the Channel to probably dump fuel, before beginning its return to its point of departure.

The A380 G-XLEC in question, which was returned to service in June 2022, is not at its first fault. It had already had to be placed in maintenance on October 13 and 31, and on November 2, leading to the cancellation of flights scheduled with this aircraft.

In early October, another A380 returned from two and a half months of maintenance only to be taken out of service again the next day, after having only made two flights.

On October 26th, British Airways A380 G-XLEA was grounded after it dumped fuel and returned to Dallas-Fort Worth. The Flight BA192 experienced hydraulic issue.

According to FlightRadar24: “between July 1 and September 18, 2024, 3.94% of all British Airways A380 flights were cancelled or transferred to another aircraft .” That’s nearly one in 25 A380 flights.

The cause of these numerous incidents could be the prolonged storage of A380s during the Covid pandemic in Châteauroux in France, a place too humid compared to aircraft storage parks in Spain or the United States, according to Head for Points.

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Former One Direction star Liam Payne’s father, Geoff Payne, has begun repatriating his son’s body to Britain after his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony.

Payne’s remains were taken from Buenos Aires for London on a flight.

The British Airways A350-1000 (registration G-XWBG) departed Ezeiza Airport for a two hour flight to Rio de Janeiro.

Then the flight #BA248 departed GIG Airport and landed at London Heathrow this morning shortly before 8 am.

A video on social media showed his father at Ezeiza International Airport before boarding. Payne’s body was transferred from the British Cemetery in Buenos Aires.

Payne was found dead on October 16 after falling from the balcony of his third-floor room at the CasaSur Hotel in the Argentinian capital.

His death has sparked a global outpouring of grief and a debate about the music industry’s duty of care for the mental health of stars who find fame at a young age.

Payne had spoken publicly about struggles with substance abuse and coping with fame from an early age.

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British Airways flight #BA207 departed London Heathrow at 10:48 GMT, one hour late, then entered immediately a hold over the English Channel.

The Airbus A380 (registration G-XLEC) is holding 13,000 ft altitude in order to burn or dump fuel and reduce weight.

UPDATE 13:20 GMT
Already 2 hours that flight #BA207 is holding over the English Channel.

UPDATE 14:00 GMT
Almost 3 hours that the Airbus A380 is burning fuel over the English Channel.

UPDATE 14:30 GMT
BA207 is now returning to London Heathrow.

UPDATE 14:57 GMT
British Airways #BA207 landed on runway 27R more than 4 hours after departure.

UPDATE 15:01 GMT
The A380 has vacated the runway, met by fire trucks on taxiway.

UPDATE 15:30 GMT
British Airways is confirming AIRLIVE that there was a technical issue with the A380 (oil leak, one engine shut down).

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British Airways flight #BA2237 departed London Gatwick in the morning of Tuesday, October 29 2024 for a 11-hour flight to San Jose in Costa Rica.

The Boeing 777-200ER (registration G-YMMD) took off form runway 26L at Gatwick and climbed to the cruise altitude of 36,000 ft.

But almost 5 hours later, while in middle of the Atlantic, the crew decided to turn around after contacting the airline about a technical issue on board.

The 24-year-old aircraft was suffering a water leak which could not be solved midair. The water system stopped to work forcing the pilots to stop the mission.

The plane flew all the way back to UK and landed at London Gatwick Airport 9 hours and 28 minutes after depatrture.

The faulty aircraft is already back in service, currently flying as #BA2203 to Cancun.

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As passengers waited to board a British Airways flight bound for Austin, Texas, one woman demanded the hat was taken off, which bore the slogan of the Republican US Presidential candidate Donald Trump. 

The incident occurred on Monday as the women, aged 40 and 60, were preparing to board a flight bound for Austin, Texas.

Witnesses said that one woman took offence at her fellow passenger’s red Maga hat, worn by supporters of the former US president Donald Trump, and asked that it be removed.

Flight BA191 had been due to depart the airport at 12.10pm and eventually took off at 2.11pm without the two women onboard.

Punches were allegedly exchanged between the two women, both booked to fly in premium economy, before they ended up squaring up to one another in the cabin. When the captain called for assistance, police arrived at the scene to escort the passengers from the aircraft.

Shortly after 12.45pm on Monday, 28 October, police at Heathrow were made aware of an incident involving two women waiting to board a plane in Terminal 5.

Police

British Airways said in a statement: “We apologised to our customers for the delay and got them on the way as quickly as possible.”

The Airbus A350-1000 (registration G-XWBE) finally took off 2 hours late and landed at 7:42pm CDT.

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The crew flight #BA1313 declared an emergency (squawk 7700) after departure from Aberdeen, Scotland.

UPDATE 17:05 BST
The Airbus A320 (registration G-EUYD) is holding 10,000 ft.

UPDATE 17:10 BST
The flight #BA1313 is out of holding and climbing.

UPDATE 17:20 BST
The A320 climbed to 37,000 ft, now continuing to LHR.

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Saturday, October 26 2024, was supposed to be the last time flight #BA192 to be operated by an Airbus A380 from Dallas, however it didn’t go as planned.

The Airbus A380 departed DFW Airport at 8:08pm for a 8-hour flight to London Heathrow.

But right after takeoff, pilots noticed a hydraulic issue as the main landing gear was only partially retracted.

The aircraft (registration G-XLEA) climbed to 20,000 ft and started to dump fuel in order to reduce the weight.

The Airbus A380 returned 2 hours and 36 minutes later for a safe landing on runway 36L.

The flight was cancelled and the plane is grounded for maintenance check.

The Dallas-London route is now operated by Boeing 777W aircraft.

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Police and ambulance were seen rushing to London Heathrow this Saturday, October 26 2024 by 13:20 BST.

Several police and ambulance vehicles rushed to London Heathrow when emergency situation was triggered.

The emergency situation was apparently affecting a British airways flight form Madrid.

The British Airways flight #B459 landed on runway 27R at London Heathrow at 13:21 BST.

The Airbus A320-200 (registration G-EUUH) was escorted by two fire trucks.

More to come…

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A British Airways A380 gets stuck on a taxiway in Boston when it took a wrong turn onto a under construction taxiway.

British Airways flight #BA213 from Heathrow landed normally on runway 4R but instead of taking taxiway M the crew taxied straight onto taxiway still under construction.

The aircraft involved in the incident is Airbus A380-800 (registration G-XLED) powered by four RR engines.

The aircraft was towed backwards and continued to the gate without further incident.

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The flight #BA2065 departed London Gatwick on time at 21:00 BST. But about 1h30 into the flight, while cruising at 33,000 ft over Germany, the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700).

The flight turned around over Austria and is returning to London Gatwick.

The aircraft operating the flight is the Boeing 777-200ER (registration G-YMME). It was delivered to British Airways 24 years old ago, mid 2000.

UPDATE 23:12 BST
The flight is expected to land back at LGW in 30 minutes.

UPDATE 23:15 BST
British Airways is scheduling a new departure tomorrow at 00:55 BST.

UDPATE 23:35 BST
Fire trucks are on alert at London Gatwick prior to BA2065 landing.

UPDATE 23:42 BST
According to AIRLIVE source, the Boeing 777-200ER is experiencing a chemical leak from the hold.

UPDATE 23:44 BST
The flight #BA2065 has safely landed on runway 08R escorted by three fire trucks.

UPDATE 23:53 BST
The Boeing 777-200ER has been escorted to a remote parking for maintenance checks.

UPDATE 00:08 BST
British Airways confirmed AIRLIVE about a technical issue: The aircraft returned to London Gatwick as a precaution where it landed normally.

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British Airways has announced the cancellation of hundreds of long-haul flights due to a significant shortage of engine parts for its Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

The airline is facing supply-chain issues related to Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, which have resulted in the grounding of six aircraft—approximately 15% of its Dreamliner fleet according to Travel and Tour World.

We’re disappointed that we’ve had to make further changes to our schedule as we continue to experience delays in the delivery of engines and parts from Rolls-Royce- particularly concerning the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines fitted to our 787 aircraft.

Spokesperson for British Airways

The daily service from Gatwick to New York’s JFK airport will be suspended from December 12 until the end of March.

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