A British Airways Boeing 777 operating BA2237 from London to San Jose has declared an emergency.
G-YMMA is the aircraft involved in the incident currently.
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Updates: British Airways BA2237 London-San Jose Declares Emergency…
UPDATE #1 @ 1916 UK time – The aircraft turned back over the Ponta Delgada area and is going back to Gatwick.
The reason for the emergency is not yet clear.
UPDATE #2 @ 1920 UK time – G-YMMA is the aircraft involved in the incident.
As per Planespotters, G-YMMA is a 26.4 year old Boeing 777-200 that was delivered to the airline back in January 2000.
Of the Boeing 777-200ER variant, British Airways has 43 of them in their fleet, of which 42 are in active service and one is parked.
As well as the 777-200ER, the airline has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 23 Airbus A319s
- 93 Airbus A320s
- 31 Airbus A321s
- 18 Airbus A350s
- 12 Airbus A380s
- 16 Boeing 777-300ERs
- 42 Boeing 787 Dreamliners
- 20 Embraer E190s
In total, the airline has 298 aircraft in their fleet, of which 277 are in active service, 21 are parked, and the average fleet age is 14.2 years.
UPDATE #3 @ 1922 UK time – The aircraft has stopped squawking the 7700 emergency code.
BA2237 has commenced it’s descent also back into London Gatwick.
UPDATE #4 @ 1943 UK time – TOUCHDOWN!
British Airways flight BA2237, originally bound for San Jose, has touched down safely back into London Gatwick following an emergency declaration.
The cause of the emergency in the skies looks to be fumes/air quality in the aircraft.
As soon as we have more information, then we will update you accordingly.
For now, this remains a developing story.
More to follow in due course.
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