The British Airways Airbus had taken off from Johannesburg, South Africa, when a water leak in the upper passenger deck flooded the cabin
There was 'chaos' in the skies after a British Airways flight bound for London flooded half way through its journey.
The British Airways Airbus had taken off from Johannesburg, South Africa, when a water leak in the upper passenger deck flooded the cabin.
Water quickly began to leak through to the lower deck after a trolley knocked a water pipe on board.
The flight was 90 minutes away from landing at Heathrow on Sunday, the Aviation Herald reported.
The electrical systems in the cabin were turned off and the water soon came through the ceiling and the air conditioning into the lower deck.
Passenger Nicolas Gausserand said he thought a water bottle had been thrown at first.
He told Ladepeche.fr: "The atmosphere was really weird.
"The crew began putting blankets on the floor. We saw that it was chaos and [they] were overwhelmed by the situation."
Pictures taken by passengers showed sopping wet blankets cabin crew had thrown down in an attempt to stop the leak that was 1cm deep.
The crew managed to get the flooding under control in 15 minutes using the blankets and towels.
An announcement was made by the captain to passengers informing them the aircraft was safe, but the plane was inspected when it arrived at Heathrow.
It remained on the ground for about 64 hours while the leak was checked out by officials.
A British Airways spokesman said: "A trolley knocked a water pipe and unfortunately it caused a leak on Sunday. Not serious but inconvenient.
"There was no risk to the aircraft or customers on board. The aircraft landed normally at Heathrow, and we’re sorry for the inconvenience to customers."
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