British Airways passengers’ anger after 9-hour ‘flight to nowhere’ | British news

A British respiratory system flight from Gatwick made a sudden U-turn back to the airport – about five hours into a holiday paradise.

Passengers were left disappointed after their BA flight from Britain’s second busiest airport to Costa Rica was forced to return to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Boeing 777 plane took off London Gatwick on Tuesday morning for the journey to San José, which normally takes around 11 hours and 40 minutes non-stop.

After being about half an hour late, the plane took off and the holidaymakers could prepare for the transatlantic journey.

But about five hours into the long-haul flight, the plane suddenly returned over the ocean – meaning the passengers had endured the flight to nowhere for hours.

The Flightradar24 tracker shows the plane was almost in the middle of the ocean before the incident, forcing pilots to return to Britain – a round trip of about 6,000 kilometers.

One disgruntled passenger said on social media that the plane was halfway through its journey before turning back.

She claimed there was ‘no word of compensation or another flight’ and described the situation as a ‘mess’.

A British Airways spokesman said the plane had “a minor technical problem.”

“We are sorry for the delay to our customers’ travel plans after their aircraft experienced a minor technical issue,” they said Subway.

“Our teams took care of our customers during the delay and worked hard to get them on their way as quickly as possible.”

According to Flightradar24, the aircraft involved in the incident was expected to fly again the next day.

It comes just days after British Airways canceled all flights from Gatwick to New York until next year.

The airline said it was canceling flights in the coming months at least until next year because it could not find parts for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines used by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

A British Airways flight recently made headlines after a fight broke out reportedly above a Donald Trump MAGA hat a passenger was wearing.

The incident delayed the flight from Heathrow by two hours.

Delays and detours are costly for airlines, as they pay for fuel, possible additional airport charges and customer compensation.

According to Aviation Intelligence, a Boeing 777 typically costs around $40,000,000 (£30,900,000) per year to operate and an estimated $60,300 per flight cycle.

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