A British Airways flight bound for Portugal turned back to Gatwick after reports that one of the plane's passenger windows cracked. Flight BA2660 was headed for Faro in Portugal when the emergency unfolded on Tuesday morning.
Emergency declared and U-turn
The Airbus A321-231 was forced to abandon its journey and made a U-turn shortly after passing Brittany in France, according to flight-tracking data. AirNav Radar raised the alarm after the BA EuroFlyer service declared an emergency and prepared to divert.
A person claiming to be a passenger wrote on X: “A passenger window is cracked. Flight deck going through checks before deciding were to divert.”
Return to Gatwick
Flightradar24 later showed the aircraft heading towards London Gatwick. The details of the emergency have not been confirmed.
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