Scary Scenes at Heathrow as Ground Vehicle Ignites Near British Airways Plane

A ground stair vehicle caught fire near a British Airways Airbus A320 at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5, causing a significant blaze and thick smoke. The fire originated from a set of mobile stairs attached to a British Airways A320 aircraft, registered as G-EUYO, which had arrived from Athens at 5:14 PM. The incident occurred on June 24, 2024, and was captured on camera and shared on social media. Pictures and video show the drama unfolding next to an A320 plane. Flames and a huge cloud of black smoke were seen pouring from the set of mobile stairs right beside the plane at the UK's busiest airport.

A large fire has broken out on a ground stair vehicle connected to a British Airways Airbus A320 plane near to the L2 door at Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

Sources say, this happened before the departure and the passengers have been evacuated.

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The ground vehicle was ablaze so fiercely the thick column of smoke so high it could be seen from behind several other terminal buildings at the busy airport, which is in the Hounslow district of west London. A British Airways spokesperson said no injuries have been reported as a result of the incident. A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport said the fire was put out promptly, confirming that there were no passengers on board at the time of the incident. 

Passengers were queuing to board the flight to Naples when the fire broke out. The aircraft affected, registered as G-EUYO, last flew into Heathrow from Athens, Greece, at 5.14pm this afternoon, but no one was onboard the plane when the fire happened beside it.

In April, images showed two passenger planes colliding by the runway at Heathrow Airport, leading to emergency services racing to the scene. The Virgin Boeing 787-9 plane had completed a flight and was being towed to a different part of the airfield. The British Airways aircraft was stationary at the time of the incident and is being assessed by engineering teams, the company said.