In the last hour or so, British Airways flight BA189, originally bound for Newark, made a u-turn and emergency return to London Heathrow.
Information is limited surrounding this incident, but below is what we know on this so far.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
British Airways BA189 – London to Newark…
British Airways flight BA189, which made the emergency return, is a routine scheduled flight between London Heathrow and Newark.
Furthermore, it is understood the aircraft involved in the incident was G-ZBLF.
As per data from Planespotters.net, G-ZBLF is a 3.3 year old Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner that was delivered to the airline back in September 2022.
Of the 787-10 Dreamliner, British Airways has nine of them in their fleet.
Moreover, of that nine, all of them were in active service before this incident, with an average fleet age of 3.0 years.
As well as the 787-10 Dreamliner, the airline has the following other aircraft in their fleet:
- 29 Airbus A319s.
- 91 Airbus A320s.
- 26 Airbus A321s.
- 18 Airbus A350s.
- 12 Airbus A380s.
- 12 Boeing 787-8s.
- 18 Boeing 787-9s.
- 4 Dornier Do-328 JETs.
- 20 Embraer E190s.
British Airways flight BA189, which made the emergency return, departed London Heathrow at 1736 local time today and initially climbed west towards Newark.
However, just off the coast of Western Ireland, the aircraft proceeded to make a u-turn.
The flight continued all of the way back to Heathrow, where the aircraft landed safely without further incident after just over two hours in flight.
The Cause? Fumes From The Galley…
It is understood the cause of the emergency return on British Airways flight BA189 London-Newark was due to fumes in the rear galley which may have come from the air conditioning unit, as per @Shauns_Aviation on X.
At this time, it is unclear whether the aircraft has been fully grounded for repairs following this incident.
Furthermore, at this time, no further information has been released on this incident.
As soon as we receive anymore updates on this particular event, then we will update you accordingly.
For now, this remains a developing story.
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