Date: 8 September 2015
Flight: Flight 2276
Aircraft: Boeing 777-236ER
Location: McCarran International Airport
Summary: Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire
Is British Airways Safe?
We track reported incidents for British Airways. This page lists 8 recorded events and highlights the most recent entry.
Most recent listed incident: 8 September 2015
Date: 17 January 2008
Flight: Flight 38
Aircraft: Boeing 777-236ER
Location: Heathrow Airport
Summary: Fuel starvation, crashed short of runway
Date: 20 February 2005
Flight: Flight 268
Aircraft: Boeing 747-436
Location: over Los Angeles
Summary: Engine malfunction, engine fire
Date: 29 December 2000
Flight: Flight 2069
Aircraft: Boeing 747-436
Location: over Sudan
Summary: Attempted hijacking
Date: 1 August 1990
Flight: Flight 149 City of Leeds
Aircraft: Boeing 747-136
Location: Kuwait City
Summary: Crew and passengers held hostage, aircraft later blown up
Date: 10 June 1990
Flight: Flight 5390 County of South Glamorgan
Aircraft: BAC 1-11-528FL
Location: over Didcot
Summary: Windshield failure, explosive decompression
Date: 24 June 1982
Flight: Flight 9 City of Edinburgh
Aircraft: Boeing 747-236B
Location: Jakarta
Summary: Volcanic ash ingestion, engine flameout
Date: 10 September 1976
Flight: Flight 476
Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B
Location: near Vrbovec
Summary: Mid-air collision with an Inex-Adria DC-9