There was an incident after landing of British Airways #BA246 from São Paulo at London Heathrow.

The Airbus A350-1000 (registration G-XWBA) is blocking the southern runway 27L after a nosewheel issue.

Heathrow is now on single runway operations on the northern runway 27R.

The Airport said it plans to resume normal operations as soon as possible.

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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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Only three days after a very similar incident, another United Boeing 767 has to return to London Heathrow today.

United flight #UA17 departed London Heathrow runway 27L today at 11:53 GMT.

The Boeing 767-300ER climbed to 34,000 ft altitude before the crew turned around over Ireland due to a fuel leak.

The 26-year-old aircraft (registration N664UA) descended to 33,000 ft before starting its approach back to London Heathrow.

The airline is once again confirming that the plane is now out of service to address a technical issue. The flight was cancelled.

This is the 4th incident of this nature in the past 2 years due to technical issues.

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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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United flight #UA17 departed London Heathrow today one hour late at 13:16 GMT to Newark.

The Boeing 767-300ER (registration N685UA) departed form runway 27L then climbed to 16,000 ft before the crew noticed a technical issue and stopped the climb.

Pilots contacted ATC and requested a return to London. The aircraft turned around and was vectored to runway 27R at LHR.

The plane vacated the runway then was stopped on taxiway and met by three firetrucks before it taxied to a remote area.

The plane is now out of service to address a technical issue.

This is the third incident of this nature. This same aircraft returned to London Heathrow in the past 2 years due to technical issues.

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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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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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A plane flew several times over both London Heathrow runway last night despite the curfew.

A small plane took off from London Gatwick to London Heathrow as a planned operation.

By midnight, the Diamond DA 62 (registration G-VNAV) performed a touch and go on the runway 09R then another approach on 09R before landing at the opposite side on runway 27L.

The calibration operation continued to runway 09L several times before few approaches and touch and go on runway 27R.

The airport warned on social media about an overnight flight calibration despite the curfew.

The operation ended at 03:20 when the plane returned to London Gatwick.

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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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The flight #VS129 departed LHR Airport at 15:09 BST and declared an emergency (squawk 77000) 45 minutes later while over West of UK.

The Airbus A330-300 (registration N815NW) descended from cruising altitude to 10,000 ft, then 7,000 ft due to a possible pressurization issue.

UPDATE 16:45 BST
Flight #VS129 landed on runway 09L at London Heathrow.

UPDATE 16:46 BST
The Airbus A330 was escorted by three fire trucks upon landing.

UPDATE 17:03 BST
Engines off, the aircraft needs to be towed to return to the gate.

UPDATE 17:10 BST
Returning to the gate, still escorted by two fire trucks.

The airline confirmed AIRLIVE a technical issue with the aircraft.

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The Royal Air Force scrambled RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon fighter aircraft on Thursday, with a “sonic boom” heard over Norfolk as the jets reached supersonic speeds.

A pilot on flight #AI129 from Mumbai reported a bomb threat as the plane approached Heathrow: “We have a suspected bomb on board, requesting priority landing.”

The flight was forced into a holding pattern prior to landing at the London airport as it was intercepted by the jets. The Typhoons were soon stood down and the flight was “released to continue to its original destination under the direction of civilian air traffic control”, the Royal Air Force confirmed.

A Royal Air Force spokesperson said: “We can confirm that RAF Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon fighter aircraft from RAF Coningsby were launched this afternoon, to investigate a civilian aircraft.

“Following an uneventful interception the aircraft was released to continue to its original destination under the direction of civilian air traffic control. This incident is now being handled under the control of civilian authorities.”

A loud sonic boom was reported across Norfolk at 12:40 BST as the fighter jets raced to intercept the airliner.

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The crew declared an emergency at 1:pm BST (squawk 7700).

The flight is operated by a Boeing 777-300ER (registration N2737U).

UPDATE 13:12 BST
On approach to runway 27L.

UPDATE 13:21 BST
Flight #UA926 has safely landed on runway 27L at London Heathrow.

UPDATE 13:23 BST
Going to terminal 2 gate B46.

UPDATE 14:56 BST
Flight #UA926 is resuming the flight to Frankfurt following the medical emergency.

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