{"id":119274,"date":"2021-03-31T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=119274"},"modified":"2021-03-31T17:30:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T17:30:26","slug":"ba-flight-from-la-to-london-declares-mid-air-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/ba-flight-from-la-to-london-declares-mid-air-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"BA flight from LA to London declares mid-air emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BA flight from LA to London declares mid-air emergency due to sick passenger while over Northern Ireland and gets &#8216;priority&#8217; landing at Heathrow<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flight number BA268 was flying from Los Angeles having left LAX last night<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But over Northern Ireland, the pilot alerted air traffic control to the passenger<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>British Airways said the pilot request priority landing into Heathrow today<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The plane &#8216;landed normally&#8217; at the London airport at 15:27, thirty minutes early<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A British Airways flight from Los Angeles to London has declared a mid-air emergency over Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency was due to a sick passenger, and the plane was given &#8216;priority&#8217; to land at Heathrow, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently unclear exactly what the passenger&#8217;s medical emergency was, and how the events unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>Flight number BA268 was flying from Los Angeles having left Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) at 21:46 local time on March 30.<\/p>\n<p>It was flying over Northern Ireland when the emergency was declared, and it landed at Heathrow at 15:27 local time &#8211; around half an hour before its scheduled arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot alerted controllers that there was an emergency underway by &#8216;squawking 7700&#8217;, the transponder code for a &#8216;general emergency&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>A British Airways spokesperson told MyLondon: &#8216;The plane has landed normally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The pilot requested a priority landing into Heathrow as a precaution due to a customer requiring medical assistance.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The MailOnline has contacted British Airways for further comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/03\/31\/17\/41185424-9423785-image-a-1_1617208789205.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: The flight path of BA268, which landed at Heathrow following a medical emergency<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/03\/30\/22\/41145024-0-image-m-15_1617139190860.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/03\/31\/09\/41166850-0-image-m-17_1617180810963.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Share this article<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9423785\/BA-flight-LA-London-declares-mid-air-emergency-sick-passenger.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA flight from LA to London declares<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":119273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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