British Airways B788 at London on Jun 15th 2025, flaps problems

Last Update: June 16, 2025 / 18:38:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 15, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-35

Destination
Chennai, India

Aircraft Registration
G-ZBJG

ICAO Type Designator
B788

A British Airways Boeing 787-8, registration G-ZBJG performing flight BA-35 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Chennai (India) with 214 people on board, was climbing out of Heathrow's runway 27R when the crew stopped the climb at FL150 due to the flaps not fully retracting, maintaining low speed, and entered a hold to troubleshoot and dump fuel. The aircraft returned to Heathrow for a safe landing on runway 27L about 100 minutes after departure.

The rotation was cancelled.

The aircraft is still on the ground in London about 28 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 15, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-35

Destination
Chennai, India

Aircraft Registration
G-ZBJG

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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