Overview
- Flight BA243 from Heathrow to Mexico City reversed course over the North Atlantic about five hours into the journey, according to tracking data.
- The captain told passengers that Mexico City's runway was too short for a safe landing given the nature of the equipment failure.
- British Airways attributed the decision to an unspecified technical issue, saying the Boeing 787-9 landed safely and customers disembarked normally.
- Flightradar24 showed the jet turned around roughly 150 miles off Canada's Nunavut coast and FlightAware recorded touchdown on Heathrow's runway 27R just after 10 p.m.
- The airline rebooked affected travelers and scheduled the Mexico City service for December 11, with the involved aircraft identified as G‑ZBKR.