British Airways crewmember accidentally deploys emergency slide at airport

A British Airways crew member accidentally deployed the plane’s emergency slide London Heathrow Airport on Monday morning, delaying the flight by hours.

The flight, which was supposed to fly to Brussels, was delayed for about three hours after an employee made a mistake. British Airways A spokesperson told Fox Business Digital on Tuesday.

“We apologized to customers for the delay and our teams worked hard to arrange a replacement aircraft so customers could travel with us as planned,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

No customers were on board at the time of the incident and emergency services responded as part of a standard precaution, a spokesman said.

2 bodies were found in the landing gear of “JETBLUE” plane.

A spokesman for British Airways said the plane’s emergency slide was deployed at London’s Heathrow airport due to a crew error. (iStock / iStock)

A: A source told the Sun that the crew member’s error was “the most basic error,” albeit a costly one.

A British Airways spokesman said the flight was delayed, although it left within three hours of its scheduled departure time. (Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, File/Getty Images)

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“It’s a mistake worth at least £100,000 and knocked out services for the rest of the day,” the source said.