British Airways

:For the 1930s airline of similar name see British Airways Ltd.

Incidents and Accidents

• On the 24 June 1982, flight 009, a 747-200, G-BDXH, City of Edinburgh flew through a cloud of volcanic ash and dust from the eruption of Mount Galunggung, causing all four engines to fail. The aircraft managed to glide out of the dust cloud and restart three engines, allowing it to make an emergency landing at Jakarta.
• On 10 June 1990, British Airways Flight 5390, a BAC 1-11 flight between Birmingham and Malaga, suffered a windshield blowout. The pilot was partially sucked out of the cockpit but was held back by the crew. The co-pilot landed the plane safely at Southampton with no fatalities.
• On 19 February 2005, the No 2 engine of a Boeing 747-400 (G-BNLG) surged and suffered internal damage just after take off from Los Angeles on a flight to London Heathrow with 16 crew and 351 passengers on board. The crew shut the engine down. They continued the climb and, having checked the performance figures, decided that continuing to London was possible. Because it was cleared for a lower transatlantic flight level than requested, the aircraft suffered a fuel shortage and had to divert to Manchester. The United States Federal Aviation Administration has been critical of the crew's decision, but there was no breach of regulations and BA has supported the crew decision (ref:Flight International, July 2005).
• On 25 February 2005, a crew flying the same aircraft (G-BNLG) also had to shut an engine down, this time in the cruise from Singapore to London, and the crew again elected to continue. This time they landed without any further incident at their destination (ref: Flight International, July 2005).
• On 15 August 2005, an Embraer ERJ 145 arriving from Birmingham overshot the runway at Hanover International Airport in Germany. None of the 45 passengers and four crew were injured. An inquiry blamed foul weather and aquaplaning on the runway to be the cause of the accident.