British Airways flights were hit by major disruption on Friday evening after the airline suffered what it said were “significant technical issues”.
A number of flights due to depart from London Heathrow were delayed or cancelled, according to the airport’s departures board, and videos posted on social media showed lengthy check-in queues.
However inbound British Airways flights appeared to be landing without problem.
A spokesperson for the flag carrier said flights were still operating and passengers were being checked in.
They said the airline was “working hard to resolve a technical issue” after its website and app appeared to be down.
British Airways was hit by separate systems failures earlier this week
(REUTERS)
In a statement British Airways said: “We are experiencing significant technical issues this evening which are affecting the running of our operation and regrettably has led to the cancellation of a number of flights.
“We are working as quickly as possible to resolve things and we have back-up plans in place so that customers flying can still check-in at the…
