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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The airport announced tonight there is emergency traffic operating in the area.

Since 18:35 local time, the airport dealternated the runways in use.

Landings are now on the northern runway (27R) and departures are on the southern runway (27L).

UPDATE 17:55 London time
A MET Police helicopter is currently circling over Hounslow Heath less than 150 ft. It is a local nature reserve in the London Borough of Hounslow and at a point borders Richmond upon Thames.

UPDATE 19:10 London time
The police helicopter is leaving the area.

UPDATE 19:20 London time
London Heathrow will resume normal alternation at 19:40L, landing on the southern runway (27L) and departing on the northern runway (27R).

This immediate effect will last for the duration of the incident.

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The flight #AA91 departed London Heathrow LHR at 14:17 BST runway 27L for a 8-hour flight to Chicago ORD.

The flight was operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (registration N829AN).

But 2 hours into the flight, while cruising at 38,000 ft the crew squawked 7700 (general emergency).

The pilots contacted the ATC about a medical emergency on board and requested a diversion to the nearest main airport.

The flight was vectored to Keflavik Airport, near Reykjavik where it landed 2 hours later.

The airline is planning a new departure from Keflavik Airport at 6:55pm local time.

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Qantas is forced to cancel its direct flights between Perth and London Heathrow Airport as rerouting more West would increase flying time and then a real payload/fuel challenge.

Flights #QF9 from Melbourne to London via Perth are cancelled at least for the next three days as well as return flights #QF10.

The flights are operated by Boeing 787-9 aircraft during almost 18 hours between Perth and London.

Depending on the flight paths, it sometimes flies North of Iranian’s airspace or over Iraq.

We’re temporarily adjusting the flight paths for our flights between Perth and London due to the situation in parts of the Middle East.

Qantas

The Qantas alternative is to reach London with a 4 hour stopover in Singapore to refuel with new flight #QF209 in place.

Qantas’ other flights to and from London (QF1/2) are unaffected as they operate through different flight paths.

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Yesterday, Tuesday, March 26 2024, an unusual visitor landed in London Heathrow following a diversion.

The Lufthansa flight LH463 from Miami departed Monday, March 25 2024 at 18:15 EDT for a 8 hour-flight to Frankfurt.

The flight was operated by a Boeing 747-8 (registration D-ABYG) which was delivered to the airline in 2013.

But while cruising at 29,000ft, the crew requested a diversion to Dublin Airport, then finally switched to London Heathrow due to a medical emergency.

The aircraft landed on runway 09L shortly before 6am local time and left Heathrow 2 hours later from runway 09R.

This short visit marks the increasingly rare opportunity to watch a passenger Boeing 747 at London Heathrow after the last super jumbo left British Airways fleet in April 2020.

According to Cirium, this is one of the 53 passenger Boeing 747s still in service.

The last visit of a commercial Boeing 747 at London Heathrow was another Lufthansa’s aircraft (registration D-ABVZ) back on Saturday, July 8 2023 as noticed by M Zulqarnain B.

The opportunity was already a diversion on flight LH471 from Toronto.

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Emirates launched flights from Dubai (DXB) to London Stansted Airport (STN) on 8 June 2018.

This video captures the first arrival of flight EK033 complete with water-canon salute on arrival. The daily flight was operated by A6-EQK.

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This planespotting video from London Stansted Airport features a lot of up close action of many airlines and aircraft at London Stansted Airport including Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2.com, Pegasus, Air Moldova, TUI, BA Cityflyer and Aurigny.

Check out the waving pilots on each of the aircraft included in this video. The up-close scenes were made possible by Essex Police (Stansted) and the Planewatch scheme with London Stansted Airport Aerozone, meaning that views were obtained from the opposite side of the airport compared to where I usually film.

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Filmed at London Stansted Airport during Storm Georgina, this video captures a few rare visitors and diversions.

A couple of Transavia charter flights included PH-HSI Boeing 737-800 in the Peter Pan Livery, plus a nice Swiss Bombardier CS100 which had diverted from London City Airport due to high winds.

This aircraft departed empty and made a very steep angle departure.

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On 25 April 2018 WOW Air launched a new flight from London Stansted Airport to Reykjavik Iceland (KEF) with a brand new Airbus A321 TF-DOG. The aircraft was only delivered the day before flights began. The flights operate from Stansted to Reykjavik with onward transatlantic connections.

This video features the first arrival and departure from Stansted Airport for the new service with the new airbus A321.

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Primera Airlines began operating flights to London Stansted in April 2018 starting with flights to European destinations such as Alicante and Malaga using their based Boeing 737-800 OY-PSA. On 19th April 2018 the carrier launched it’s first low-cost scheduled flight to New York (EWR) and this video captures the first departure. Eventually this service is expected to use new Airbus A321neo aircraft, however due delivery delays the airline is using a National Airlines Boeing 757-200 N176CA.

This video includes landing and takeoff of Boeing 737-800 OY-PSA including up close taxi and the first departure of PF041 Stansted to New York operated by National Airlines Boeing 757 N176CA.

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