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| Date: | Wednesday 26 January 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 777-236ER |
| Owner/operator: | British Airways |
| Registration: | G-YMMH |
| MSN: | 30309/303 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
British Airways flight BA42, a Boeing 777-236ER, was pushed back with the jet bridge still attached. The second door on the left side was ripped off.
Sources:
1. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/british-airways-plane-door-cape-town-b2001536.html
2. https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/news/2022/01/27/british-airways-plane-door-ripped-off-in-cape-town-incident/
3. https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/flight-delay-after-british-airways-plane-door-ripped-off-at-cape-town-airport-20220127
4. https://onemileatatime.com/news/british-airways-777-door-ripped-off/
5. https://www.airlive.net/breaking-the-door-of-a-british-airways-boeing-777-has-been-ripped-off/
6. https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-british-airways-flight-cape-town-airport-door-ripped-off-how/
7. https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/international-airlines-group-iag/british-airways/one-of-the-doors-of-a-british-airways-boeing-777-ripped-off-at-cape-town/
8. https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2022/01/26/british-airways-plane-has-door-ripped-off-in-jet-bridge-mishap-in-cape-town/
9. https://www.2oceansvibe.com/2022/01/27/boeing-777-door-ripped-off-at-cape-town-international/
Location
Media:
British Airways Boeing 777-300ER - Cape Town International Airport International Terminal - 26 January 2022.
— Ivan Leon (@IvanLeonZA) January 26, 2022
"That'll Buff Right Out!" pic.twitter.com/3pB6p55t3g
BREAKING The door of a British Airways Boeing 777 has been ripped off https://t.co/tzFr7BoZaF
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) January 26, 2022
— Dom (@jerseydom) January 26, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2022 09:23 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Jan-2022 10:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jan-2022 11:10 | Goklerdeyiz.net | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 27-Jan-2022 13:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 27-Jan-2022 13:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code, ] |
| 27-Jan-2022 13:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 30-Jan-2022 22:42 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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