It's understood that BA2279 rejected takeoff and fire services were deployed to monitor the aircraft's hot brakes.
The take-off of a British Airways flight had to be aborted There has been major disruption at Gatwick Airport as planes were unable to take off or land. Plane tracking data showed several aircraft being held both in the airspace near to Gatwick and above the English Channel. The take-off of a British Airways flight to Vancouver, Canada, had to be aborted, according to flight tracking data.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next They told ITV News: ‘Just as we were about to roll onto the runway for take-off, the pilot announced another aircraft was stuck on and blocking the runway and that they didn’t know how long it would take to clear. ‘We must be knocking on for an hour now. The plane has now been towed from the runway and our engines are back up and running.
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