A British Airways lengthy haul flight was canceled after authorities carried out a drug bust on the plane, as flagged by PYOK, and documented by a passenger on Reddit. That’s gotta be awkward.
British Airways Cancun to London flight busted with dugs
This incident occurred on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, and includes British Airways flight BA2202 from Cancun (CUN) to London (LGW). The flight was scheduled to depart at 8PM and arrive at 11:35AM the next morning, operated by a Boeing 777-200ER with the license plate G-YMME.
The flight’s departure was already delayed fairly a bit, on account of a late inbound plane, so the departure time was up to date to 9:40PM. Round 9PM, the crew boarded the plane, and a short time later, precedence boarding and people needing additional time have been invited to board.
Then boarding out of the blue stopped, and passengers have been informed that an replace can be supplied in 10 minutes. Nevertheless, there have been no updates for hours.
Then round 10:20PM, passengers noticed a lot of cops and sniffer canines on the apron going by way of baggage, taking out what seemed like “bricks” of medication. Some samples have been reportedly taken.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BritishAirways/feedback/1jxfvo3/huge_cartel_drug_bust_ba2202_cancun_to_gatwick/
The Reddit consumer claims that numerous passengers had view of two flight attendants being arrested, however that hasn’t been formally confirmed.
Lastly, after practically 5 hours, at 12:45AM, the British Airways floor employees knowledgeable passengers that the flight was canceled, as additional investigations wanted to be carried out. Passengers have been additionally informed that the aircraft could possibly be seized for a couple of days, so there weren’t but particulars about when passengers might truly depart. It was potential that passengers would merely be rebooked on different routings on subsequent days.
Passengers then needed to accumulate their baggage and undergo immigration once more, and made it to a resort round 2AM. Some passengers reportedly weren’t even checked in till 5:30AM, as they needed to wait hours till it was their flip to check-in.
The flight to London operated with a 24+ hour delay
Happily the plane was “cleared” comparatively rapidly, and the aircraft ended up being allowed to function roughly 24 hours later, on April 9, with the substitute flight quantity BA9603. The plane lastly ended up taking off at 10:13PM, and touched down in London the next day at 12:47PM, after a flight of 8hr34min.
British Airways has “apologized to prospects for the in a single day delay to their flight to London Gatwick,” blaming it on “circumstances totally out of our management.”
I’m certain we’ll by no means know, however I’m mighty curious as to what the story truly is, when it comes to how the medicine bought on the aircraft. Was a crew member truly involving, was it a passenger’s bag, have been the medicine being shipped as cargo, or what? Clearly we have now some eyewitnesses suggesting crew members have been arrested, however which may not be correct, or it could possibly be that they have been simply being investigated.
Backside line
A transatlantic British Airways flight was canceled after authorities discovered medicine on the plane. This discovery occurred after the crew and passengers began to board the plane. Passengers weren’t given any updates for hours, earlier than in the end being put up in a resort, the place many passengers have been solely checked in by the morning.
Whereas a whole lot of medicine are transported by planes, it’s uncommon to see a bust like this, the place boarding is actually being stopped whereas police search the plane. It appears like one thing straight out of “Locked Up Overseas.”
What do you make of this British Airways drug bust?
Supply hyperlink
