British Airways London-Chicago flight declares ‘emergency’ mid air; makes U-turn after take-off
British Airways Boeing abruptly lost altitude over Ireland due to ‘technical issue’ and returned to Heathrow A flight from London to Chicago declared an emergency after a sudden and steep descent of 28,000 feet over Ireland and was forced to turn back to Britain. British Airways flight BA295 was…
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