BA flight makes emergency landing
Monday, 06 Oct 2008 09:27
A British Airways (BA) flight has been forced to make an emergency landing on route to Houston, after staff detected an "electrical burning smell".
The plane, flight BA195 from London Heathrow to Houston, was forced to land at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport 19:20 BST on Sunday.
"We apologise for the inconvenience to passengers, but the crew did exactly the right thing in diverting as a precaution," BA spokeswoman John Lampl said.
As many as 90 passengers and 15 staff were aboard the aircraft during the incident. However, none were thought to be in danger at any time.
BA later confirmed the smell had been caused by a fault with an in-flight TV screen.
Following the landing, passengers were taken into the terminal building at Chicago and transferred to domestic flights to Houston.
Chicago Aviation Department spokesman Gregg Cunningham confirmed Flight 195 landed Sunday at O'Hare International after the pilot reported a problem on board.
Chris O'Toole