British Airways “morning of hell” as it cancels flights from Heathrow

British Airways Airbus A380-800 G-XLEC (Image: Max Thrust Digital)
British Airways Airbus A380-800 G-XLEC (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

British Airways (BA/BAW) has cancelled all of its short-haul flights in and out of London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this morning due to ‘technical issues’.

The move has left thousands of passengers delayed and without flights, with some passengers stuck on aircraft hour hours after arriving at Heathrow.

A hardware fault is understood to be the issue with British Airways quickly playing down rumours of a cyber attack.

A spokesperson for the airline said: “for now our focus is on getting as many customers and flights away as we can,”

One Heathrow employee described their shift in Terminal 5 as the “morning of hell” and the airline has warned of disruption continuing throughout the day.

Long haul flights and flights from Gatwick Airport were unaffected.

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Nick is the senior reporter and editor at UK Aviation News as well as working freelance elsewhere. He has his finger firmly on the pulse on Aviation, not only in the UK but worldwide. Nick has been asked to speak in a professional capacity on LBC, Heart and other broadcast networks.

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