It has emerged that a British Airways Airbus A380 from Washington to London diverted to Boston on July 8 with a problem onboard.
Information has been released pertinent to this incident, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Boston Diversion!: British Airways Flight BA292 – Washington to London…


British Airways flight BA292, which diverted to Boston, is a routine scheduled flight between Washington Dulles & London Heathrow.
Also, the aircraft involved in the incident was G-XLEC.
As per data from Planespotters.net, G-XLEC is a 11.3 year old Airbus A380 that was delivered to the airline in October 2013.
Furthermore, of the Airbus A380, British Airways has 12 of them in the fleet.
Within that 12, 11 of them are in active service and one is parked, with an average fleet age of 10.3 years.
Moreover, as well as the A380, the mainline BA fleet has the following aircraft in it’s fleet:
- 29 Airbus A319s.
- 89 Airbus A320 Family aircraft.
- 25 Airbus A321 Family aircraft.
- 18 Airbus A350-100s.
- 59 Boeing 777 Family aircraft.
- 38 Boeing 787 Family aircraft.
- Four Dornier Do-328 JETs.
- 20 Embraer E190s.
British Airways flight BA292, which diverted to Boston, departed Washington Dulles at 0015 local time on July 7 and initially tracked east to London Heathrow.
Furthermore, as the aircraft was about to enter the Atlantic crossing near Canada, the aircraft made a u-turn and declared a PAN PAN, as per The Aviation Herald.
From there, the decision was made for the aircraft to divert to Boston amid reports of fumes onboard the aircraft.
Furthermore, via the Canadian TSB, it is understood these fumes came from five pallets of fresh scented laundry beads in the cargo hold.
British Airways flight BA292 Washington-London landed safely into Boston at 0511 local time on July 8.
Aircraft Grounded For Over Two Days Following the Incident…

Data from RadarBox highlights that the British Airways Airbus A380 operating BA292 Washington-London, was grounded in Boston for around two days following the incident.
Furthermore, rather than operating a positioning flight back to Heathrow, the aircraft appeared to operate the BA212 flight from BOS.
Since the incident, the aircraft has been operating flights normally with no additional incidents reported.
In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that they will be investigating this incident:
“”British Airways Flight 29C landed safely at Boston Logan International Airport around 5:10 a.m. local time on Monday, July 8, after the crew reported smoke in the cabin.”
“The Airbus A380 departed from Washington Dulles International Airport and was headed to London Heathrow International Airport.”
“The FAA will investigate.”
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this incident, then we will update you accordingly.

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