BA cancel ALL flights to Heathrow as plane is forced to make emergency landing

HEATHROW Airport was forced to close this morning after a British Airways plane had to make an emergency landing, a spokesman said.

The plane was forced to land closing both runways at Heathrow airport Pic Twitter TBoneGallagher The plane was forced to land closing both runways at Heathrow airport (Pic Twitter @TBoneGallagher)

The airport closed both runways following the incident with a British Airways plane.

The BA 762 flight, on route to Oslo, was forced to make an emergency landing as white smoke emerged from the right engine.

British Airways have now cancelled all flights to and from the airport until 4pm while they investigate.

Heathrow crews were joined by emergency crews from the London Fire Brigade at the scene and all passengers have been evacuated safely.

The incident is not thought to be terror-related.


 An image of the engine from passenger David Gallagher who was on the flight (Twitter)


"Your thoughts are with the people - if we could hear it that badly then what were the people going through on that plane?"


"In the old days when concordes used to come over it was always loud but this plane was coming over and suddenly the tone on the engine changed dramatically.

"I'm certain as it came through the clouds and the right engine was on fire not just smoking."

It is believed the engine could have caught fire after a possible 'bird strike.'

A spokesman from British Airways said: "The plane was the BA762. It returned back to the airport after a technical fault. It was carrying 75 customers.

"We will be carrying out a full investigation into the incident."

The south runway was later reopened around half and hour after the landing.

Passengers on resumed flights at Heathrow were being warned to expect delays of 30-60 minutes as well as 30 minutes of aircraft taxiing time.

A number of flights have been diverted to Stansted in order to deal with what is an extremely busy time for Britain's largest airport.