British Airways BA520 from London Heathrow to Funchal is declaring an emergency.
British Airways BA520 departed London Heathrow at 10:00 BST to Funchal, the capital city of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago.
An Airbus A320 (registration G-TTNB) is operating the 3-hour flight to Madeira.
Pilots squawked 7700 (general emergency) after only 10 minutes after takeoff at 17,000 ft altitude.
UPDATE 10:15 BST
The aircraft is turning around, returning to London Heathrow.
UPDATE 10:25 BST
Flight BA520 is expected to land at 10:37 BST at London Heathrow (livestream) on runway 27L.
UPDATE 10:38 BST
The A320 safely landed on runway 27L.
UPDATE 10:52 BST
According to Flight emergency, BA520 returned to LHR due to fumes in the cockpit.
UPDATE 10:55 BST
British Airways plans to resume the flight at 1:pm.
UPDATE 13:00 BST
New departure scheduled for 14:30.
UPDATE 15:25 BST
Flight BA520 departed at 3:25 pm, will arrive 6 hours late.
