{"id":795834,"date":"2026-03-01T00:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/795834\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:34:17","slug":"british-airways-flight-ba247-already-delayed-nearly-24h-is-now-returning-to-london-after-flying-during-6h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/795834\/","title":{"rendered":"British Airways flight BA247 already delayed nearly 24h is now returning to London after flying during 6h"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LONDON<\/strong> \u2013 Passengers bound for Brazil have faced a grueling 48-hour ordeal after British Airways flight BA247 was forced to return to London Heathrow on Saturday following a mid-Atlantic turnaround.<\/p>\n<p>The incident marks the second consecutive day of disruptions for the service to S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Guarulhos International Airport involving the same aircraft, an Airbus A350-1000 (registration <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnavradar.com\/data\/registration\/G-XWBI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">G-XWBI<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>A Weekend of Setbacks<\/p>\n<p>The saga began on Friday, February 27, when the original flight was grounded at Heathrow. Reports indicate the departure was postponed to the following day due to a suspected technical fault with the long-haul jet.<\/p>\n<p>After nearly 24 hours of waiting, the rescheduled flight finally took to the skies today, Saturday, departing London at 15:40 GMT. However, the relief for passengers was short-lived.<\/p>\n<p>Mid-Atlantic Turnaround<\/p>\n<p>While cruising at 37,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean, approximately three hours into the journey, the flight crew made the decision to abort the mission. Flight tracking data shows the aircraft performing a 180-degree turn and heading back toward the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Flight Detail<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Status<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Flight Number<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>BA247<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Aircraft Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Airbus A350-1000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>G-XWBI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Departure Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>15:40 (Saturday)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Estimated Return<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>~21:40 (6 hours total flight time)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Possible Mechanical Issues<\/p>\n<p>While British Airways has not yet confirmed the exact nature of the problem, but we suggest a recurring mechanical issue is the likely culprit, given the aircraft\u2019s history over the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON \u2013 Passengers bound for Brazil have faced a grueling 48-hour ordeal after British Airways flight BA247 was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[93918,231098,748,393,231099,4884,231100,257,16,15],"class_list":["post-795834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-ba","tag-ba247","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-g-xwbi","tag-great-britain","tag-lhr","tag-london","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116151115097540892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}