Date:	Wednesday 28 August 2013
Time:	10:41
Type:	Boeing 747-436
Owner/operator:	British Airways
Registration:	G-CIVI
MSN:	25814/1079
Year of manufacture:	1996
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 289
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Unknown
Location:	International Airport Irkutsk (IKT/UIII) -   Russia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL)
Destination airport:	Beijing
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Flight BA-39 from London to Beijing, China safely diverted to International Airport Irkutsk (IKT), Russia following 'overheated avionics', according to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.
There were no injuries.

http://www.mchs.ru/operationalpage/emergency/detail.php?ID=867402&rc_id=siberian - Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations
http://38.mchs.gov.ru/operationalpage/emergency/detail.php?ID=43111 - Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2403816/BA-jet-forced-make-emergency-landing-Siberia-flight-Heathrow-Beijing.html

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


25 April 1997

G-CIVI

British Airways

0

London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL)

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Aug-2013 09:55	Hans Gruber	Added
28-Aug-2013 09:57	harro	Updated [Narrative, ]
28-Aug-2013 10:01	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
28-Aug-2013 15:19	MarkStep	Updated [Source, ]