A British Airways holiday flight has made an emergency landing at Heathrow after an incident.
A British Airways Airbus plane declared an emergency after departing Heathrow The flight BA866 was on its way from London to Hungarian capital Budapest when it suddenly turned around. It had left Heathrow shortly after 7am and was cruising at about 18,684ft above Kent when something happened. Just before reaching the English Channel, the Airbus A319 jet sent an emergency alert to air traffic control known as squawk code 7700.
The BA travel status shows the plane was scheduled to leave at 7.25am, but it has now been delayed to depart at 10.50am. What is a squawk code? Planes and air traffic control use different codes to communicate with each other. They might sound like mysterious jargon to anyone who is not a pilot, but every code sends an important message as air traffic control juggles hundreds of planes. Squawk codes range from identifying each plane to specific codes about emergencies.
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