Originally Posted by
Swanhunter
I think Jenbel is referring to the incident when the 010 diverted to the middle of nowhere in Kazakhstan (not Almaty or Astana, much more remote) with a fire warning. BA ops were able to get a trio of Airbii in within 12 hours to get all the pax out and a relief crew in to fly the stranded 747 home. Didn't it turn out to be bees in the end?
OK, my situation wasn't quite as dramatic as we just had a mechanical fault on a 757 at the airport in St. Pete. But we were stranded at a not-so-nice airport (this was many years ago) for several hours til BA flew in another plane. Still this sort of thing happens every year for every major airline. It's a huge and difficult task for those involved, but not what I would call their finest hour.