Flight BA269 made a U-turn off the West coast of Scotland due to a technical issue.
The Airbus A380 (reg. G-XLEE) departed from London at 16.00 and was supposed to have arrived around ten hours later in Los Angeles.
The crew declared an emergency due to a technical issue and returned to London Heathrow Airport almost 5 hours later.
The Airbus A380 circled four hours to burn fuel and reduce weight for a same landing runway 09L.
According to our informations, flight #BA269 suffered a to possible engine 4 fault.
A BA spokesman told Airlive: ” We’re sorry for the delay to our customers’ travel plans. The flight is returning to Heathrow due to a minor technical issue. Safety is always our very highest priority and our highly trained flight crew will always err on the side of caution.”