British Airways Flight Declares Mid-Air Emergency on Its Way to Heathrow

By Staff, Agencies

According to Airlive, citing the Radarbox24 flight tracker, the BA102 flight, which was heading from Calgary to London, declared an emergency situation. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was scheduled to land at Heathrow at 1:35 PM GMT.

The emergency was declared after one of the passengers fell ill an hour away from London, the Daily Mail reported. According to the newspaper, a British Airways spokesperson later confirmed that it was a minor incident.