A British Airways flight to nowhere circled in the air for 4 hours after its weather monitoring system collapsed

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:46

A British Airways Airbus A380 flies across a blue sky with the trail of a smaller plane visible in the far distance — A British Airways Airbus A380.
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A British Airways plane went on a "flight to nowhere" after experiencing a problem.
After flying in circles for four hours to burn fuel, the plane landed back in Singapore.
The delay had a knock-on impact on British Airways, leading to a flight from London to LA being canceled.

An already delayed British Airways plane that took off from Singapore landed back at the same airport five hours later after a technical fault forced it to turn back.