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British Airways A380 to London made a U-turn and returned to Johannesburg 7 hours after takeoff

JOHANNESBURG — Passengers aboard a British Airways double-decker superjumbo bound for London experienced a grueling seven-hour “flight to nowhere” on Saturday after a critical navigation component failed deep over Central Africa, forcing the massive aircraft to double back to South Africa. Seven Hours in the Air, Back Where They Started Flight BA54, operated by an Airbus A380-800 (registration G-XLEJ), was originally scheduled to depart O.R. Tam…
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Aviation news and services broke the news on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
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