A British Airways 777 has made an emergency landing in northern Nigeria After flames seen coming fro one engine
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British Airways 777 emergency
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The crew of a British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-VIIH performing flight BA-82 from Abuja (Nigeria) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 155 passengers and 14 crew, declared emergency and diverted to the nearest airport Kano (Nigeria) when smoke became visible in the cockpit and smell of smoke was noticed in the first class cabin. The flight crew donned their oxygen masks, the passenger oxygen masks were not deployed. The landing in Kano was safe, the passengers disembarked normally.
The crew of the inbound flight BA-83 had already declared PAN while on arrival to Abuja. Engineers isolated one air conditioning system and thought they'd have fixed the problem. BA-82 departed with a delay of nearly 6 hours as a result.
The flight is currently expected to arrive in Heathrow with a delay of more than 24 hours.
source: The Aviation Herald
The crew of the inbound flight BA-83 had already declared PAN while on arrival to Abuja. Engineers isolated one air conditioning system and thought they'd have fixed the problem. BA-82 departed with a delay of nearly 6 hours as a result.
The flight is currently expected to arrive in Heathrow with a delay of more than 24 hours.
source: The Aviation Herald