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British Airways incident: crewman accidentally activates Boeing 777 emergency slide on second day, delaying Heathrow–Dulles depa

A brand-new British Airways flight attendant, on his second day of work, accidentally activated an emergency evacuation slide on a Boeing 777-200 ahead of a London Heathrow–Washington Dulles flight. The incident forced a six-hour delay to the transatlantic departure on Saturday afternoon.

Discovered 2026-05-16T13:10:55.855219-07:00 | 2026-05-16T13:10:55.855219-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • It highlights how procedural or training gaps can create real-world safety system activations—here, an emergency evacuation slide on a Boeing 777-200—raising questions about readiness and oversight.
  • The six-hour delay shows how quickly even non-injury events can cascade into operational disruption for long-haul schedules and passenger-facing processes.
  • This is part of the broader set of recent aviation safety/incident reporting, including the BEA’s preliminary findings on an ATR 72-600 stick-shaker activation during a takeoff attempt.

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2026-05-16T13:10:55.855219-07:00
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2026-05-18T08:09:54.547528-07:00
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