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ALERT The runway 27L is currently closed due to an incident at London Heathrow

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Last updated: July 18, 2023, 16:54 UTC
Published: Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 16:36 UTC
Category: Emergency
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An incident forced Heathrow airport to close runway 27L.

A British Airways plane is stuck on runway 27L at London Heathrow.

The aircraft was met by emergency vehicles after landing from Zagreb as flight #BA849.

At Heathrow Airport waiting to depart for Germany (not the warm part of Europe) but delayed because a British Airways flight is currently surrounded by emergency vehicles with sirens on one of the runways. pic.twitter.com/smFVmYKw0i

— Jamie Jenkins (@statsjamie) July 18, 2023

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Alternation has been delayed due to the incident.

Heathrow switched to single runway operations on 27R for both takeoffs and landings.

You can watch London Heathrow approaches and listent to ATC (for members) here: cam.airlive.net/lhr

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  • UPDATE Flights operations have resumed on runway 27L at 15:50 BST.
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