British Airways flight makes chaotic emergency landing as passengers ‘inhale smoke’ | World | News
On Thursday, a British Airways plane had to make an emergency landing after passengers ‘inhaled the smoke’. The Airbus A320 was on its way from Istanbul to Istanbul. London when you have to make a diversion.
Passenger plane BA603, carrying 142 passengers, landed at Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport at 17.50 local time. The plane touched down a short time later at 18:14 and medical teams quickly boarded the plane to attend to the four people who fell ill.
The Romanian Ministry of Health later said in a statement that “the presence of smoke was confirmed” immediately after the plane landed and everyone on board was evacuated.
“The four people are in poor health, possibly smoke intoxicated, and are receiving medical attention at the scene,” the ministry said. But he later added that these people “did not need medical care.”
mirror reportsA British Airways spokesperson said: “The aircraft landed safely and customers disembarked normally. We apologize to our customers for the disruption to their journey and our teams are working to get them back on the road as soon as possible… The safety of our customers and colleagues is always our top priority and our crew made the decision to divert as a precaution due to a suspected technical issue.
“We have not received any reports of smoke on board or anyone being taken to hospital.”
On the airline’s flight status page, it was seen that flight BA603 was diverted and the following message appeared: “We are very sorry, this flight planned from Istanbul to London was diverted to Bucharest.”
A route tracker on the website FlightAware It showed the twin-engine aircraft departing for Bucharest earlier today.
Meanwhile, a United Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing after the cabin was filled with smoke during the flight. Emergency services rushed to Heathrow Airport after flight UA949 abandoned its flight to San Francisco and returned to London Heathrow Airport on 30 July. Police cars and an ambulance were seen on the track.
The United Airlines flight took off from London airport at 12:23 p.m. and was headed for San Francisco when flight tracking data showed it returning near Milton Keynes.
The Boeing 777-200 appears to have stopped climbing to 15,000 ft before returning. United Airlines told Air Live that its maintenance team had to assess a technical issue on the plane before a new takeoff. The plane was escorted to the gate by three fire trucks.
