British Airways was hit with a technical failure for a few hours on Monday that appeared to have caused some delays and disruption to its flights across Europe. As reports emerged on social media of flight delays and issues with the flag carrier’s website,

British Airways was hit with a technical failure on Monday that appeared to be causing major delays and disruption to its flights across Europe. As reports emerged on social media of flight delays and issues with the flag carrier’s website, a British ...

British Airways passengers suffered delays following a systems outage at the airline’s main operations center in Heathrow that prevented communication with aircraft across the region.

British Airways is investigating a technical issue, according to a spokesperson for London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday, as reports emerged on social media of flight delays and IT issues with the airline.

A major IT outage hit British Airways on Monday as the UK's flag-carrier reportedly lost all communications with aircraft around Europe, requiring the grounding of some flights. The airline's website is also down, with all communications lost with flights, according to multiple media reports.

British Airways flights have been grounded in an IT outage, according to reports. Passengers said on X that they were held on planes unable to depart and others said they faced problems with the airline’s website. It is understood that there is a technical issue affecting Heathrow Airport.

SEVERAL British Airways flights have been grounded after an IT meltdown. Passengers started reporting issues at around 5pm with several stuck onboard BA planes awaiting clearance to take off.

British Airways is reportedly experiencing a "global outage" to its IT systems this evening (November 18), with planes grounded and pilots left "in the dark".

British Airways has been hit by an IT outage which is reportedly causing huge queues at Heathrow. The airline’s website appeared to have gone down shortly after 6pm when problem reports surged on Downdetector.

A reported IT outage has led to British Airways planes being grounded and passengers unable to travel on Monday. The issue has left pilots unable to file flight plans electronically and having to manually call the operations centre at London Heathrow.