British Airways B788 near London on Jan 8th 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: January 8, 2015 / 17:43:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 8, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-103

Destination
Calgary, Canada

Aircraft Registration
G-ZBJE

ICAO Type Designator
B788

A British Airways Boeing 787-800, registration G-ZBJE performing flight BA-103 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Calgary,AB (Canada), was climbing through FL350 about 95nm north of London when the crew needed to shut an engine (Trent 1000) down and started to transmit the general emergency squawk via their transponder. The aircraft drifted down to FL200, dumped fuel and returned to London Heathrow for a safe landing on Heathrow's runway 27R about 55 minutes after departure.

British Airways confirmed the aircraft is returning to London but denied it was an emergency.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 8, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-103

Destination
Calgary, Canada

Aircraft Registration
G-ZBJE

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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