BA flight to London forced into emergency landing as passengers 'inhale smoke'

A British Airways flight has had to make an emergency landing with four passengers suffering from "smoke inhalation".

The Airbus A320 was on its way from Istanbul to London when it had to make the diversion this afternoon. The BA603 flight, carrying 142 passengers, requested the landing at Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport at 5.50pm local time. It touched down soon after at 6.14pm and medical crews quickly boarded the plane to attend to the four that had fallen ill.

Romania’s Ministry of Health later said in a statement that immediately after the plane landed, “the presence of smoke was confirmed,” and everyone on board was evacuated.

“Four people are in poor health, possibly being smoke-intoxicated, and are receiving medical assistance on site,” the ministry said, but la