A BRITISH Airways flight from London Heathrow bound for Gibraltar was forced to divert to Malaga with passengers reporting ‘smoke in the cabin’.
The flight departed London at 1.12pm local time and landed in Malaga at 4.55pm peninsular time, after flying over the Rock.
British Airways said that the flight was redirected due to technical problems, but did not provide details.
Passengers told GBC that there was smoke inside the cabin, although no injuries were reported.
The Gibraltar government has confirmed the reports and is awaiting more information from the airline.
Meanwhile, the other three flights scheduled to arrive at the Rock on Sunday – a British Airways flight from Heathrow and two EasyJet services from Gatwick and Bristol – landed safely with no reported incidents.
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Divert the plane from the miliary on the rock and let it endanger the tourists in Malaga instead, eh?
Surely, for the safety of the plane & those on it, landing it at Gibraler is better than keeping it in the air a lot longer just so it could go back to malaga?
I am sure the miliary and BA had the situation covered on Gibraler for the divert to AGP
They would divert to Malaga because the plane could not be repaired in Gib and would be isolated there.