A San Francisco-bound British Airways flight from London was forced to dump fuel and make a U-turn to return to the English capital after pilots reported technical issues with the Airbus A380’s communication system. The plane took off at 12:16 p.m. for the roughly 11-hour trip, according to FlightRadar24 data. However, four hours into the flight, the pilots dumped fuel near the east coast of Scotland and returned to Heathrow. While BA285 became the most tracked flight worldwide on FlightRadar24 as the 10-year-old plane made loops off the Scottish coast, it landed safely with no reported injuries. The airline later confirmed the technical issue. “The flight landed safely and customers disembarked normally following reports of a technical issue with the aircraft,” a British Airways spokesper
Transatlantic Flight Forced to Dump Fuel and Return to Airport
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