Earlier this week, a British Airways Airbus A380 had to reject it’s takeoff at London Heathrow due to a problem onboard the airplane.
Information has been revealed pertinent to the incident at hand, which we will detail in this article.
Below is what we know on this so far…
British Airways Flight BA269 – London to Los Angeles…
British Airways flight BA269, the Airbus A380 that suffered the rejected takeoff, is a routine scheduled flight between London Heathrow and Los Angeles.
Also, it is understood the aircraft involved in the incident was G-XLEC.
As per data from Planespotters.net, G-XLEC is a 11.4 year old airframe that was delivered to the airline in October 2013.
Furthermore, of the Airbus A380 variant, British Airways has 12 of them in their fleet.
Within that 12, all but one are in active service, with an average fleet age of 10.3 years.
Also, as well as the Airbus A380, the airline has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 29 Airbus A319s.
- 90 Airbus A320s.
- 26 Airbus A321s
- 18 Airbus A350s.
- 59 Boeing 777s.
- 39 Boeing 787s.
- 4 Dornier Do-328 JETs.
- 20 Embraer E190s.
On August 6, British Airways flight BA269 lined up to Runway 27R at London Heathrow to begin it’s takeoff towards Los Angeles.
As per The Aviation Herald, it is understood that the departure was rejected at around 77 knots due to a problem onboard the aircraft.
Following that rejected takeoff, the aircraft taxied back to the terminal, where passengers deplaned.
The flight was cancelled, with passenger accounts mentioning that it was an electrical problem with the aircraft.
The Airbus A380 Has Been Grounded For Three Days So Far…
Data from RadarBox.com highlights that G-XLEC, the Airbus A380 involved in the rejected takeoff on British Airways flight BA269 London Heathrow-Los Angeles is still grounded following the incident.
Furthermore, it is unclear how long it will take to repair the aircraft following the electrical problems mentioned by passengers.
The aircraft will remain with maintenance crews at BA.
Once they believe that the issues have been fixed, the aircraft can return to commercial service.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to the issue at hand, then we will update you accordingly.
Any updates will be seen at the bottom of this article as and when new information comes out in light of this.
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