British Airways Flight 0108 was an hour into its journey from Dubai when the captain elected to return owing to “toxic fumes” reported in the cabin, where passengers and crew fell ill
A plane packed with passengers was forced to make an emergency landing when several people and crew members were suddenly taken ill thanks to toxic fumes.
Around an hour into the British Airways flight from Dubai its captain elected to return to the airport as a result of the issue. Once on the ground, emergency services including paramedics and fire fighters were waiting for Flight 0108, the Sun reported.
A passenger told the publication: “It was clear there was little preparation for such an event.” BA said in a statement to the Mirror: “The aircraft returned to Dubai International Airport due to a minor technical issue.
“The vast majority of customers were rebooked onto same-day alternative flights to get them to their destination as soon as possible.”
Last month a holiday maker said he is taking legal action against BA after he was “dripped on by a leak” for hours on a flight from London to Dubai. John Nica, 40, claims staff left him with ‘rusty water’ dripping ‘directly onto his head’ from a leaky air conditioning unit for the last two hours of his eight-hour flight from London to Dubai on December 16.
The account manager was jetting off to the city in the United Arab Emirates to celebrate his 40th birthday in the sunshine when the ‘absolutely awful’ experience occurred and ‘ruined the start of his trip’. John, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, says that he was left waiting for 40 minutes for a member of staff onboard the plane to come to his seat once he’d pressed the assistance button to inform them about the drip.
Footage appears to show liquid dripping from the ceiling panels that are stained brown from water damage over the passenger’s head. The account manager claims cabin crew then told him they were unable to move him to a different seat due to the flight being full, leaving him to sit under the leak for the remainder of his flight.
British Airways apologised and said they had been in touch with the customer to ‘put things right’ – though John remains unsatisfied and pledges to take his complaint further. John claims he rejected the airline’s offer of £150 voucher and has now reported his case to the UK Civil Aviation Authority, and plans to take them to the small claims court if he is not successful with the CAA.
John said: “About two hours before landing I was about to fall asleep and I felt something wet on my forehead. I thought maybe it was just the cold because it was very cold on the plane, but when I touched my forehead I could see water and I was like ‘OK, where is this water coming from?”
