Sunseekers jetting off to Lanzarote in Spain ended up with a different sight upon landing than expected as the grey drizzle of the UK could be seen out the window.
The pilot had to make a U-turn over northern Spain three hours into the flight when the pressurisation system – which keeps the levels of air safe inside the plane – failed.
The pilots managed to get one of the two systems back up and running and were able to make a return to Gatwick Airport yesterday afternoon, instead of an emergency landing, with the flight back to Gatwick taking longer than the rest of the journey to Lanzarote.
Planes landing at Lanzarote Airport (Image: Andy Mitchell / CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)
Flier Aaron Walrond captured a message from the pilot to passengers over the tannoy.
On the flight, here’s the captain reasoning #BA2704 pic.twitter.com/tgovYA3LLq
— Aaron Walrond (@a_walrond94) February 8, 2024
The pilot said: “We had a failure of the pressurisation system. We have two pressurisation systems onboard and simultaneously both of them decided to stop working.The plane’s route over Europe (Image: Flightradar24)
“We were able to recover one of the pressurisation systems, and that is why they had the ability to return to London Gatwick.”
A British Airways source said the Airbus A321 used for the flight encountered a “minor technical issue” and returned to Gatwick safely as a precaution.
Passengers were put onto a replacement plane which took them to their destination later that day.
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