Abuja-bound British Airways Flight Makes Emergency U-Turn

A British Airways flight en route Abuja from London was forced to make emergency U-turn to the London Heathrow Airport.

The British Airways flight BA83 returned to Britain from France after a passenger reportedly suffered a medical emergency.

The U-turn was captured by flight tracking website, Flightrader24.

#BA83, London-Abuja, squawking 7700 and turning back toward London. Reason not yet known.https://t.co/Kj7yC3ubzn

For more information on ‘Squawking 7700’ please see https://t.co/nW7vZ4JgMF pic.twitter.com/rbK855NXDE

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) October 22, 2020

The aircraft type was the Boeing 777-236(ER) with registration number G-YMMI. It departed London Heathrow at 10:28 pm on Thursday and was scheduled to arrive Abuja at 4:12 am on Friday.