BA12 SIN-LHR 22 Apr A380 G-XLED returns to SIN
Apr 22, 2024, 3:23 pm
#5
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My thoughts exactly, I only looked because I’m booked on the BA11/12 in July, I hope they get sorted out. My last trip to/from SIN was on a 787 and it was a disaster; no water on board outbound and a 24 hour delay on the return.
Apr 22, 2024, 4:50 pm
#7
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Apr 22, 2024, 5:22 pm
#8
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Hope they’re OK! 4 hours is a long time to circle, but then if it was a critical emergency they surely could dump fuel and/or land overweight much quicker (like BA56 from JNB about 9 month ago which was back on the ground after 50min).
Had the pleasure of flying on G-XLED just last weekend - here she is at LHR:
Had the pleasure of flying on G-XLED just last weekend - here she is at LHR:
Apr 22, 2024, 5:44 pm
#11
Formerly known as tireman77
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Last time I recall this was an AC 767 from Madrid. Tire blew on takeoff and damaged an engine. Circled for hours before an emergency landing.
There's a reason they are not dumping fuel, so I suspect another issue preventing them from dumping.
There's a reason they are not dumping fuel, so I suspect another issue preventing them from dumping.
Apr 22, 2024, 5:59 pm
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Purely selfish question, what is BA‘s spare A380 capacity? I am on BA206 from MIA next Sunday and I can see already both F and J are already so full with assigned seats that any downgrading of airframe will be chaos. There have been a couple of A380 incidents in the last days and this must surely have a knock-on effect.