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British Airways crewmember accidentally deploys emergency slide at airport

A British Airways crew member accidentally deployed the plane's emergency slide. london heathrow airport On Monday morning, my plane was delayed for several hours.

The flight, which was scheduled to go to Brussels, was delayed for nearly three hours due to an employee error. british airways a spokesperson told Fox Business Digital on Tuesday.

“We apologize to our customers for the delay and our team worked hard to arrange replacement aircraft so they can travel as planned,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

A spokesperson said there were no passengers on the plane at the time of the incident and emergency services responded as part of standard precautions.

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A British Airways spokesperson said the aircraft's emergency slide was deployed at London's Heathrow Airport due to crew error. (image/image)

a sources told The Sun He said the crew's mistake was “the most basic mistake” but a costly failure.

British Airways plane on the tarmac in England

A British Airways spokeswoman said the plane departed within three hours of its scheduled departure time but was delayed. (Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, File/Getty Images)

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“This was a mistake costing at least £100,000 and services were suspended for the rest of the day,” a source told the outlet. “This error is not easy to achieve.”

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