Mysteriously, the Met Police will not answer a question on why its officers were called to Heathrow and has referred us to BA. Vlogger MenTourPilot says that “sources claim” it was a pin mistakenly inserted in a wrong hole during a solenoid change but he has not been able to confirm this.Īccording to SurreyLive, the Metropolitan Police were also on the scene. Heathrow’s fire service was the first to respond and a video being passed around on WhatsApp and Twitter with no attribution shows emergency services staring balefully at the aircraft.Īmong calls for speed tape and promises that “it’ll buff right out,” serious guesses as to the cause range from a broken pin to loss of hydraulic pressure to misloading of the aircraft. The aircraft was parked on stand 583, which JACDEC cites as between Terminal 5C and 3:Īccording to local airport sources, the incident took place on stand 583, btwn Terminal 5C and 3. Some flight crew were reported to be on board for pre-flight preparations. The collapse happened while the aircraft was being loaded for a flight to Frankfurt, Germany.

The aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner registered G-ZBJB converted from a passenger aircraft to cargo transport, flew into Heathrow from Moscow on Wednesday as British Airways flight 881.īritish Airways have already confirmed that no one was injured. Early this morning at Heathrow Airport, a British Airways aircraft was reported to have suffered a nose wheel collapse.Īviation Geek and Plane Spotter M Zulqarnain B quickly posted photographs of the incident.

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