British Airways A388 over Atlantic on Jan 21st 2019, LiOn battery suffers thermal runaway
Last Update: January 22, 2019 / 21:43:12 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-208
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-XLEK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
The aircraft remained on the ground in London for about 4:50 hours, then departed for flight BA-209 to San Francisco.
Two passengers reported independently about the occurrence, each observed different details of the summarizing narrative above.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-208
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-XLEK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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