BA1306 - Incident: British Airways A319 near Manchester on Sep 27th 2024

A British Airways Airbus A319-100, registration G-DBCG performing flight BA-1306 from London Heathrow,EN to Aberdeen,SC (UK), was climbing through FL280 out of Heathrow when the crew donned their oxygen masks and decided to divert to Manchester reporting fumes in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Manchester's runway 05R about 30 minutes later.

A passenger reported the crew announced they were diverting due to the smell of fumes, the flight crew had donned their oxygen masks.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Manchester for about 9.5 hours, then positioned back to Heathrow.