British Airways A388 over Atlantic on Apr 24th 2018, loss of lavatory pressure
Last Update: April 25, 2018 / 21:06:45 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 24, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-269
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-XLEG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
Passengers reported the aircraft had been delayed for about two hours while maintenance was working on the lavatory systems. In flight all lavatories failed due to lack of water prompting the return to London. They were taken to hotels over night.
A replacement Airbus A380-800 registration G-XLEB departed with a delay of about 23.5 hours as flight BA-9608 and is currently enroute to Los Angeles.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 25 hours, then returned to service.
According to information The Aviation Herald received the water supply system lost pressure.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 24, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-269
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-XLEG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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