BAW A35K enroute on Feb 19th 2026, temporary engine failure

Last Update: March 2, 2026 / 19:14:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
British Airways

Flight number
BA-274

Departure
Las Vegas, United States

Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Aircraft Registration
G-XWBR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-1000

ICAO Type Designator
A35K

A BAW British Airways Airbus A350-1000, registration G-XWBR performing flight BA-274 (dep Feb 18th) from Las Vegas,NV (USA) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL390 about 110nm southwest of Halifax,NS (Canada) when the right hand engine (Trent XWB) lost power, the crew declared PAN PAN and initiated a drift down to FL200. The crew observed the engine 2 master remained ON, no fault indication was shown on the ECAM, however, a restart attempt was unsuccessful. While troubleshooting the crew received an ECAM message ENG 2 HP FUEL VLV NOT OPEN and observed the engine fire switch was protuding. The crew consulted with company maintenance, reseated the switch and the engine was successfully restarted. The crew cancelled PAN PAN, climbed back to FL390 and continued to London for a safe landing about 5:15 hours later.

The aircraft remained on the ground in London until Feb 26th 2026 before returning to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 19, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
British Airways

Flight number
BA-274

Departure
Las Vegas, United States

Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Aircraft Registration
G-XWBR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-1000

ICAO Type Designator
A35K

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