Tag: British airways
NEWS Aug 16, 2026 Baggage Cart Bursts Into Flames at Milan's Malpensa Airport A luggage container caught fire at Milan Airport just before it was loaded onto a packed British Airways flight bound for London Heathrow. Read More →
NEWS Aug 13, 2026 British Airways Sued Over Head Injury, But the Real Story Is More Complicated A passenger is suing British Airways over a head injury she says a flight attendant caused, but the airline's crew member wasn't at fault. Read More →
NEWS Aug 12, 2026 British Airways' A380 Turns Back to Johannesburg After Radar Failure on 7-Hour Flight to Nowhere A British Airways Airbus A380 bound for London Heathrow turned around after nearly seven hours in the air following a weather radar failure. Read More →
NEWS Jul 31, 2026 British Airways Captain Takes Stress Leave After Serious Heathrow Approach Incident A British Airways captain is on stress leave after recovering a nearly-stalled Airbus A320 packed with passengers over central London. Read More →
NEWS Jul 26, 2026 British Airways Relocates Crew From Hyderabad Hotel After Three Pilots Fall Violently Ill With Food Poisoning British Airways is moving crew out of a Hyderabad hotel after three pilots suffered severe food poisoning on a flight back to London Heathrow. Read More →
NEWS Jul 15, 2026 Nine Aircraft Declare Fuel Emergencies After British Airways A320 Nose Wheel Failure Disables Gatwick Runway A disabled British Airways A320 shut down London Gatwick's runway, forcing nine inbound flights to declare fuel emergencies during diversions. Read More →
NEWS Jul 08, 2026 Excessive Drinking During Luxury Layover: British Airways Cancels Another Flight After Cabin Crew Were Drunk British Airways cancels a long-haul flight after cabin crew members were suspended for heavy drinking during a layover at a luxury resort. Read More →
NEWS Jun 29, 2026 No Bunks, No Problem: British Airways Lets Crew Rest in First Class British Airways has revised its policy to allow cabin crew to rest in empty First Class seats during long-haul flights, replacing older protocols. Read More →
NEWS May 19, 2026 Three of Europe's Biggest Airlines Have Extended Their Middle East Suspensions, and the Restart Dates Are Further Away Than Many Passengers Hoped Three of Europe's largest airline groups have simultaneously extended their Middle East flight suspensions, with British Airways pushing its restart further into summer, the Lufthansa Group holding off a return to Dubai until mid-September, and Air France emerging as the most optimistic of the three with planned resumptions beginning as early as late May. Read More →
NEWS May 05, 2026 A British Airways 787 Worth $355 Million Was Stabbed by Its Own Engineering Steps at Heathrow While Passengers Watched From Buses A British Airways Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner has been grounded at London Heathrow Airport following a ground handling incident that is as costly as it is avoidable, an engineering mishap driven by one of the most fundamental properties of a fully loaded commercial aircraft. Read More →