A British Airways flight bound for Edinburgh has turned back round over Bletchley and has returned to London Heathrow following the declaration of an emergency.
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British Airways flight BA1452 departed London Heathrow at 1750 UK time, and not long into its climb, made a strong u-turn and headed back in the direction of the 27s.
G-TTNT is the Airbus A320-251N operating the flight to Edinburgh, with the jet being 0.8 years old at the time of writing, according to data from Planespotters.net.
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British Airways flight BA1452 landed back at London Heathrow safely at 1813 UK time, following its very short return.
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What Was The Cause of the Emergency For The Edinburgh-Bound Flight?
At this stage, it is unclear what the reason for the emergency is. AviationSource has reached out to British Airways for a comment on the emergency as well as the choice not to continue onwards to Edinburgh.
BA1452 transmitted a 7700 squawk code, which is a General Emergency code. This can range anything from technical failures to medical emergencies onboard.
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What we can see from the ADS-B data provided by RadarBox is that the flight climbed to an altitude of 12,000 feet before commencing with the u-turn back to London Heathrow.
It could very well be the point that an issue was raised halfway through its cruise altitude to Edinburgh, prompting a very quick return.
At this stage, it is unclear when this aircraft will head to Edinburgh again, as it depends on the severity of the emergency onboard.
This is a developing story. More to follow in due course.
Diverting back to Heathrow due to the smell of fumes in the cockpit https://t.co/zhoaC4UpQe
— Flight Emergency (@FlightEmergency) July 10, 2023
UPDATE #1 @ 1818 UK time – @FlightEmergency confirming that the cause of the emergency is due to the smell of fumes in the cockpit.
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