A British Airways plane en route to India turned back to Heathrow with a technical fault - five hours into its nine hour journey.
While flying over the Turkish coast, pilots of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner detected a problem and signalled their intention to return to London.
The aircraft had set out from Heathrow at 4:40pm on Sunday and was scheduled to land in Hyderabad but instead touched down back in London just after midnight.
Some aviation accounts on social media have claimed that the issue related to a problem with the weather radar.
Aviation news reporter, Alex Macheras, who told MailOnline Travel he was listening to Air Traffic Control, described the landing back in London as 'very turbulent' in a post on Twitter.
He also said that the aircraft had a 'failed weather radar display'.
The airline has not confirmed what the 'fault' related to, but they have said that the best place to 'fix' it was back at Heathrow.
Yesterday (Sunday) MailOnline Travel reported on a BA flight which declared an emergency shortly after taking off from Heathrow.
Flight 1340 had set off from London bound for Leeds at 8.23am, but was forced to turn back to Heathrow shortly after take-off.
It is believed the captain requested a priority landing with a 'technical issue'.
To Read the News in Full 13/06/16 John Hutchinson/Mail Online
While flying over the Turkish coast, pilots of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner detected a problem and signalled their intention to return to London.
The aircraft had set out from Heathrow at 4:40pm on Sunday and was scheduled to land in Hyderabad but instead touched down back in London just after midnight.
Some aviation accounts on social media have claimed that the issue related to a problem with the weather radar.
Aviation news reporter, Alex Macheras, who told MailOnline Travel he was listening to Air Traffic Control, described the landing back in London as 'very turbulent' in a post on Twitter.
He also said that the aircraft had a 'failed weather radar display'.
The airline has not confirmed what the 'fault' related to, but they have said that the best place to 'fix' it was back at Heathrow.
Yesterday (Sunday) MailOnline Travel reported on a BA flight which declared an emergency shortly after taking off from Heathrow.
Flight 1340 had set off from London bound for Leeds at 8.23am, but was forced to turn back to Heathrow shortly after take-off.
It is believed the captain requested a priority landing with a 'technical issue'.
To Read the News in Full 13/06/16 John Hutchinson/Mail Online
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