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33 reports
Occurred After 1 January 2015
  • Collision on the ground, London Heathrow Airport, 28 September 2022.

  • In-flight fumes event, descending towards Heathrow Airport, 13 November 2017.

  • Cabin altitude increased to 15,900 ft, London Heathrow Airport, 13 August 2017.

  • …Fumes on the flight deck, on approach to London Heathrow Airport, 23 September 2019.

  • Fumes on the flight deck, on departure from London Heathrow Airport, 3 July 2019.

  • Tailstrike during go-around, London Heathrow Airport, 2 January 2022.

  • Load sheet error, on takeoff from London Heathrow Airport, 20 May 2019.

  • Takeoff from the wrong intersection, London Heathrow Airport, 2 October 2019.

  • Fumes in flight deck during approach, London Heathrow Airport, 14 June 2022.

  • Collided with a vehicle as the aircraft approached its stand, London Heathrow Airport, 20 December 2019.

  • Tail strike before lift-off, London Heathrow Airport, 9 February 2020.

  • Pitot tubes blocked by insect activity, London Heathrow Airport, between 9 June 2021 and 19 July 2021.

  • Smoke and haze in the cabin due to a cabin lighting wiring harness fault, London Heathrow Airport, 29 April 2019.

  • Inadvertent Nose Landing Gear retraction while parked on stand, London Heathrow Airport Stand 583, 18 June 2021.

  • Emergency descent due to loss of cabin pressure, en route from London Heathrow to Delhi, 29 April 2017.

  • Runway incursion by maintenance vehicle, London Heathrow Airport, 26 February 2019.

  • Aircraft collided with airbridge, Stand 325 at London Heathrow Airport, 5 February 2015.

  • Mobile phone crushed in seat mechanism, London Heathrow Airport, 1 October 2020.

  • Cargo Fire Warning during pre-flight preparation, London Heathrow Airport, 2 July 2021.

  • In-flight fumes event, 90 nm south-east of London Heathrow Airport, 27 July 2015.

  • Fumes in the cockpit, en route from Dublin Airport to London Heathrow Airport, 12 August 2019.

  • Fuel leak from over-wing fuel filler cap, en route Heathrow to Chicago, 12 July 2016.

  • Aileron cable failure, in-flight from Newquay Airport to London Heathrow Airport, 14 November 2019.

  • Air turnback due to flight crew feeling unwell, north of Glasgow on 6 March 2015.

  • Landing gear lever jammed in the ‘UP’ detent after takeoff due to a maintenance error, 30 January 2016.

  • Inadvertent nose landing gear retraction during pre-flight maintenance, London Heathrow Airport, 18 June 2021.

  • Unreliable airspeed indications, in flight from London Heathrow Airport to Phoenix International Airport, USA, 9 June 2019.

  • Boeing 787-9 (G-VDIA) and Airbus A350-1041 (G-XWBC), ground collision during aircraft pushback at London Heathrow Airport, 6 April 2024

  • Emergency evacuation at parking stand after APU failure filled cabin with smoke, London Heathrow Airport, 26 June 2016.

  • Severe turbulence causing serious injury to a passenger, en route from New Delhi Airport, India to London Heathrow Airport, 21 August 2019.

  • Multiple inertial reference systems drift, during climb from Edinburgh Airport, 6 August 2021.

  • Smoke in cabin due to faulty oven fan unit, En route from London Heathrow Airport to JFK Airport, New York, 24 August 2019.

  • Warning of excess cabin altitude during the cruise, En route from London Heathrow Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, USA, 23 February 2017.