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ALERT Emergency slide of a British Airways Boeing 777 accidentally deployed at London Heathrow

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Last updated: January 13, 2023, 16:39 UTC
Published: Friday, January 13, 2023, at 12:03 UTC
Category: Emergency
Author: AIRLIVE contibutors
Data: British Airways Heathrow
Credit: M Zulqarnain B
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The emergency slide of a British Airways flight was accidentally been deployed at London Heathrow.

The British Airways Boeing 777-200ER was being pushed back from terminal 5 at London Heathrow then the incident occurred for a reason still unknown.

  • UPDATE Flight cancelled.

The flight was supposed to takeoff from London Heathrow at 10.10 to Lagos for a 6-hour flight.

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A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER (G-VIIK) was pushing back whilst the emergency slide had opened

More updates to follow#aviation

Photo Credit – Ham pic.twitter.com/ZSJpPHX8Rf

— M Zulqarnain B (@MZulqarnainBut1) January 13, 2023

It may take hours to bring back the aircraft (reg. G-VIIK) in line and operational.

Yesterday, another incident occurred at London Heathrow when a British Airways Boeing 777-300 suffered steering issue.

 

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