British Airways A388 at London on Nov 6th 2024, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: November 6, 2024 / 17:41:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 6, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-207

Aircraft Registration
G-XLEC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

A British Airways Airbus A380-800, registration G-XLEC performing flight BA-207 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Miami,FL (USA), was climbing out of Heathrow's runway 27L when the crew stopped the climb at FL130 due to an engine (Trent 970) oil leak and entered a hold over the English Channel south of Portsmouth,EN (UK). The crew shut the engine down, dumped fuel and landed safely back on Heathrow's runway 27R about 3:35 hours after departure.

The rotation BA-207/208 was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flights.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 1.5 hours after landing back.

The airline reported the aircraft returned due to a technical problem.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 6, 2024

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-207

Aircraft Registration
G-XLEC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

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