British Airways A320 near Bordeaux on Feb 27th 2016, technical issue

Last Update: February 28, 2016 / 19:25:24 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 27, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-469

Departure
Bilbao, Spain

Aircraft Registration
G-EUUD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A British Airways Airbus A320-200, registration G-EUUD performing flight BA-469 from Bilbao,SP (Spain) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL380 about 80nm northwest of Bordeaux (France) when the crew decided to divert to Bordeaux performing a normal descent (descending through FL120 about 12 minutes later). The aircraft landed safely on Bordeaux's runway 05 about 30 minutes after leaving FL380.

The airline reported a technical issue prompting the diversion.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Bordeaux about 21 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 27, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-469

Departure
Bilbao, Spain

Aircraft Registration
G-EUUD

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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