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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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 #BA269 to Los Angeles rejected takeoff on runway 27R at London Heathrow today Tuesday, August 6 2024.

The Airbus A380 (registration G-XLEC) left terminal 5 at 14:30 BST to line up on runway 27R. While accelerating, the aircraft reached 50 kts before pilots rejected the takeoff due to a technical issue.

During the procedure, due to heavy weight, one of the tires exploded, a classic consequence of the rejected takeoffs.

The aircraft then vacated the runway and stayed for almost 30 minutes while the pilots tried to manage the issue.

Then it finally resumed taxi to return to the terminal 5. British Airways is confirming the flight is delayed.

New departure scheduled for 19:15 BST.

UPDATE
The flight is now cancelled.

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