British Airways B773 at London on Jul 7th 2016, 12 hours flight covers 0nm
Last Update: July 9, 2016 / 16:08:07 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 7, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-7
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Tokyo Haneda, Japan
Aircraft Registration
G-STBH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
A passenger reported the crew announced a wrong flight plan had been filed.
The airline reported a minor technical fault prompted the return.
The passengers were taken to hotels and rebooked onto the next day's flight BA-7, which did reach Tokyo on schedule.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 12 hours then departed to San Francisco for its next flight.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 7, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-7
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Tokyo Haneda, Japan
Aircraft Registration
G-STBH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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