A Gatwick-Houston bound 777 declared a full emergency and landed at Glasgow today after the entire cabin became ill after a strange fume like smell was noticed by stewarding staff. Several of the passengers reported sore throats and general feelings of illness to cabin staff who also were affected.
There has been a suggestion by Strathclyde Fire Brigade that the plane was carrying toxic materials but this remains unconfirmed.
By: wires2 - 30th July 2003 at 19:37
BA 2025/2024
Should have arrived at LGW today at 07.10.
Above flight now due back at LGW tomorrow 31/7/03 16.00.
I have travelled many times on BA and always found them very safe. Took a flight from LHR-EDI last year on a brand new A319 and were delayed for 2 hours while the engineer examined a small dent and scratch by the rear door. Certainly made me feel safe that it was spotted and checked out.
By: wysiwyg - 30th July 2003 at 15:19
I think that incident was an access panel that wasn’t closed and properly secured by engineering before departure. Should also have been picked up by flightcrew during the pre flight walkround.
By: A330Crazy - 30th July 2003 at 12:14
Yeah I read that too Rob… it was quite a large piece of metal that fell off too.
By: robc - 30th July 2003 at 09:19
Well it was only a month or two ago that i read in my local paper about a peice of a BA777 fusalage fell after takeoff near Dorking…it seems BA’s 777’s seem dodgy all together…:eek:
By: steve rowell - 30th July 2003 at 00:11
Maybe the Purser F**ted
By: mongu - 29th July 2003 at 23:54
I think BA 777’s are famous for dodgy air conditioning.
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