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A British Airways flight from London to Prague was forced to land back in the UK just an hour after taking off, after fumes were ‘observed in the cockpit.’
British Airways flight BA854 took off from London’s Heathrow Airport at 7.25am today, and was due to land in Prage, in the Czech Republic, just after 10am.
But just half an hour in, as the plane passed over Dover, it turned around over the Strait of Dover and came back to the UK, according to flight path data from FlightRadar24.
The plane appeared to be heading to London City Airport, but changed direction at the last minute and flew back to Heathrow, where it touched down at 8.41am.
MailOnline has contacted British Airways for comment.
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