Flight BA0213 departed from London Heathrow at 11.15 am today, but the flight was forced to head to Shannon as a “precaution” shortly after take-off. It has since emerged this was due to the cockpit filling with smoke. Flight tracking website AirLive said this was due to a faulty air-conditioning unit. It tweeted: “British Airways #BA213 to Boston diverted to Shannon due to fumes in cockpit and cabin (suspected AC unit failure).”A message on the airline’s website said: “We’re very sorry, this flight scheduled from London to Boston, has been diverted to Shannon.” A spokesman for British Airways confirmed the aircraft landed normally. He said: “Our highly-trained pilots diverted the flight as a precaution.””We have arranged for a replacement aircraft to fly to Shannon this afternoon to make sure all our customers can get to Boston as soon as possible.
“We have apologised to our customers for the delay to their journey.”
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