2026年10月5日 美国东部时间下午2:15 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：莎拉·林奇·鲍德温
据航班数据显示，周一从伦敦起飞前往芝加哥的英国航空航班在起飞约30分钟后开始下降27000英尺。
英国航空的一名发言人表示，当时出现了技术故障，飞机最终安全降落。
FlightAware的追踪数据显示，这架客机在数分钟内从36000英尺降至9000英尺，此次下降似乎是受控的。
数据显示，飞机在爱尔兰上空掉头并盘旋数小时，显然是为了燃尽多余燃油。当地时间周一晚间，这架飞机最终降落在希思罗机场。
该航空公司发言人表示：“乘客已正常下机，我们的团队正尽快协助旅客恢复行程计划。”
阿曼达·福塞尔和莎拉·普洛斯为本报道撰稿。
British Airways flight drops 27,000 feet en route to Chicago and returns to London
October 5, 2026 2:15 PM EDT / CBS News
By Sarah Lynch Baldwin
A British Airways flight started descending 27,000 feet about 30 minutes after it departed London on Monday en route to Chicago, according to flight data.
A spokesperson for British Airways said there was a technical issue and that the aircraft later landed safely.
The jet had dropped to 9,000 feet from 36,000 feet over a period of several minutes, tracking data from FlightAware shows. It appeared to be a controlled descent.
The plane turned around over Ireland and circled for a few hours, data shows, apparently to burn off fuel. It later landed back at Heathrow Airport Monday evening local time.
“Customers disembarked the aircraft normally and our teams are working to get their travel plans back on track as quickly as possible,” the airline spokesperson said.
Amanda Forssell and Sarah Ploss contributed to this report.
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