British Airways B744 at Toronto and Montreal on Jun 22nd 2016, mass and balance problem
Last Update: June 26, 2016 / 16:52:09 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Jun 22, 2016                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            British Airways                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            BA-92                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Toronto, Canada                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        London Heathrow, United Kingdom                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            G-CIVJ                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Boeing                            747-400                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            B744                            
                        
                    
                    
                
A passenger reported cargo had been loaded into an invalid cargo bay. The aircraft diverted to have the cargo reloaded correctly.
According to information The Aviation Herald received a cargo container was erroneously loaded into bay C5 resulting in a mass and balance issue. The cargo was unloaded and correctly loaded.
The aircraft departed Montreal after about 2 hours on the ground and reached London with a delay of 3 hours.
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Jun 22, 2016                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            British Airways                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            BA-92                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Toronto, Canada                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        London Heathrow, United Kingdom                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            G-CIVJ                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Boeing                            747-400                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            B744                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                        
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