Earlier today, a British Airways flight bound for Palma de Mallorca made a u-turn and subsequent emergency landing into London Gatwick with an issue onboard.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
British Airways Flight BA2670 – London Gatwick to Palma de Mallorca…
British Airways flight BA2670, which made the emergency landing, is a routine scheduled flight between London Gatwick and Palma de Mallorca.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was G-EUXF.
As per data from Planespotters.net, G-EUXF is a 20.2 year old Airbus A321-231 that was delivered to the airline in November 2004.
In March 2023, the aircraft was transferred to the BA Euroflyer subsidiary.
This is the carrier’s low-cost wing out of Gatwick.
British Airways flight BA2670, which made the emergency landing, departed London Gatwick at 0741 local time.
The aircraft made it to cruising altitude, before making a u-turn over Le Mans and the subsequent return.
Moreover, during this return, the aircraft declared an emergency via the 7700 squawk code.
After just one hour and 14 minutes in the air, the aircraft landed safely back into it’s origin airport without further incident.
What Was The Reason for the Emergency Landing?
It is understood that British Airways flight BA2670 London Gatwick-Palma de Mallorca made the emergency landing due to smoke in the cabin.
Initially, this was marked as an unconfirmed report, before being later confirmed by authorities.
Furthermore, data from RadarBox highlights G-EUXF as grounded following the incident.
It is understood that the aircraft is expected to be back in service on January 5.
It will operate the following flights on the 5th:
- BA2660 – London Gatwick to Faro.
- BA2661 – Faro to Gatwick.
- BA2662 – Gatwick to Faro.
- BA2663 – Faro to Gatwick.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to the incident at hand, then we will update you accordingly.
Click the banner to subscribe to our weekly newsleter.
Click the photo to join our WhatsApp channel so then you can stay up to date with everything going on in the aviation industry!
