Editing Heathrow Airport (section)

==Incidents and accidents==
* On 3 March 1948, a Sabena [[Douglas DC-3]] (registration: OO-AWH) crashed in fog. Three crew and 19 of the 22 passengers on board died.<ref name="Ref_2003">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-46-597343,00.html|work=The Times|location=London|title=On This Day The Times 3 March 1948|date=3 March 2003|access-date=23 March 2018|first=Fiona|last=Hamilton|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905163546/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-46-597343,00.html|archive-date=5 September 2008|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
* On 31 October 1950, a [[British European Airways|BEA]] [[Vickers VC.1 Viking|Vickers Viking]] (registration: G-AHPN) crashed at Heathrow after hitting the runway during a go-around. Three crew and 25 passengers died.<ref name="Ref_as">{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19501031-0|title=Aviation Safety Network G-AHPN|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111074118/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19501031-0|archive-date=11 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 16 January 1955, a [[British European Airways|BEA]] [[Vickers Viscount]] (registered as G-AMOK) crashed into barriers whilst taking off in the fog from a disused runway strip parallel to the desired runway. There were two injuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mid.gov.kz/images/stories/contents/050_en.pdf|title=ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No 7, Page 46|publisher=ICAO|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703162914/http://mid.gov.kz/images/stories/contents/050_en.pdf|archive-date=3 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On 22 June 1955, a [[BOAC]] [[de Havilland Dove]] (registration: G-ALTM) crashed just short of the runway during a filming flight when the pilot shut down the incorrect engine. There were no casualties.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200059.html|title=Flight 13 January 1956, Civil Aviation|work=Flightglobal|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219051936/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1956/1956%20-%200059.html|archive-date=19 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 1 October 1956, XA897, an [[Avro Vulcan]] strategic bomber of the [[Royal Air Force]], [[1956 London Heathrow Avro Vulcan crash|crashed at Heathrow]] after an approach in bad weather. The Vulcan was the first to be delivered to the RAF and was returning from a demonstration flight to Australia and New Zealand. The pilot and co-pilot ejected and survived, but the four other occupants were killed.<ref name="Blackman142">Blackman, Tony (2007). ''Vulcan Test Pilot: My Experiences in the Cockpit of a Cold War Icon.'' London: Grub Street. {{ISBN|978-1-904943-88-4}}. p. 142.</ref>
* On 7 January 1960, a Vickers Viscount (registration: G-AOHU) of BEA was damaged beyond economic repair when the nose wheel collapsed on landing. A fire then developed and burnt out the fuselage. There were no casualties among the 59 people on board.<ref name=ASN070160>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600107-0|title=Accident description|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806030508/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600107-0|archive-date=6 August 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 27 October 1965, a BEA [[Vickers Vanguard]] (registration: G-APEE), flying from Edinburgh, crashed on Runway 28R while attempting to land in poor visibility. All 30 passengers and six crew on board died.<ref name="Ref_at">{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19651027-0&lang=en|title=ASN Aircraft accident description Vickers 951 Vanguard G-APEE – London–Heathrow Airport (LHR)|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111074122/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19651027-0&lang=en|archive-date=11 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Scotsman">{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/night_the_sky_turned_to_flames_1_967404|title=Night the sky turned to flames|work=The Scotsman|location=Edinburgh|date=1 December 2005|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143225/http://www.scotsman.com/news/night_the_sky_turned_to_flames_1_967404|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 8 April 1968, [[BOAC Flight 712]] [[Boeing 707]] (registration: G-ARWE), departing for Australia via Singapore, suffered an engine fire just after take-off. The engine fell from the wing into a nearby gravel pit in [[Staines]], before the plane managed to perform an emergency landing with the wing on fire. However, the plane was consumed by fire once on the ground. Five people – four passengers and a flight attendant – died, while 122 survived. A flight attendant, [[Barbara Jane Harrison|Barbara Harrison]], who helped with the evacuation, was posthumously awarded the [[George Cross]].<ref name="Ref_av">{{cite web|url=http://www.stephen-stratford.com/women_gcs.htm|title=Women awarded the George Cross|publisher=Stephen-stratford.com|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619205858/http://www.stephen-stratford.com/women_gcs.htm|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On 3 July 1968, the port flap operating rod of [[1968 Heathrow BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador crash|G-AMAD]], an [[Airspeed Ambassador]] operated by BKS Air Transport failed due to fatigue, thereby allowing the port flaps to retract. This resulted in a rolling movement to the port which could not be controlled during the approach, causing the aircraft to contact the grass and swerve towards the terminal building. It hit two parked British European Airways [[Hawker Siddeley Trident]] aircraft, burst into flames and came to rest against the ground floor of the terminal building. Six of the eight crew died, as did eight horses on board. Trident G-ARPT was written off,<ref name="Ref_aw">{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680703-0|title=Aviation Safety Network G-AMAD|website=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323112357/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680703-0|archive-date=23 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and Trident G-ARPI was badly damaged, but subsequently repaired, only to be lost in the [[British European Airways Flight 548|Staines crash]] in 1972.
* On 18 June 1972, Trident G-ARPI, operating as [[British European Airways Flight 548|BEA548]], crashed in a field close to the Crooked Billet Public House, Staines, two minutes after taking off. All 118 passengers and crew on board died.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/18/newsid_2515000/2515787.stm|title=1972: UK's worst air crash kills 118|work=BBC News|access-date=23 March 2018|date=18 June 1972|archive-date=7 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307113508/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/18/newsid_2515000/2515787.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 5 November 1997, the pilots of [[Virgin Atlantic Flight 024]], [[Airbus A340|Airbus A340-311]] (registration: G-VSKY), performed an intentional [[belly landing]] on runway 27L after the left main landing gear jammed in a partially lowered position. Two crew and five passengers suffered minor injuries in the emergency evacuation. Investigators found that a brake torque pin had fallen out of the landing gear on takeoff from [[Los Angeles International Airport]] (LAX) because the pin and its retaining assembly were subject to higher than predicted loads while in service; the precise mode of failure could not be verified because only the pin, and not its retaining hardware, was found at LAX. The aircraft sustained substantial damage but was repaired and placed back in service.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 June 2000 |title=Report on the accident to Airbus A340-311, G-VSKY, at London Heathrow Airport on 5 November 1997 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ed0ce5274a1317000165/4-2000_G-VSKY.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205000040/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ed0ce5274a1317000165/4-2000_G-VSKY.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2017 |access-date= |series= |publisher=[[Air Accidents Investigation Branch]] |type=Official accident report}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/324108 |title=Accident Airbus A340-311 G-VSKY |website=flightsafety.org |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=24 June 2024}}</ref>
* On 17 January 2008, a British Airways [[Boeing 777-236ER]], (registration: G-YMMM), operating [[British Airways Flight 38|flight BA038]] from Beijing, crash-landed short of runway 27L and stopped on the threshold, leading to 18 minor injuries. The impact tore off the right landing gear and pushed the left landing gear through the wing root; the aircraft was subsequently written off. The accident was attributed to a loss of thrust caused by fuel icing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7598267.stm|title='Ice in fuel' caused BA jet crash|author=Symonds, Tom|date=4 September 2008|work=BBC News|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402213224/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7598267.stm|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/321801 |title=Accident Airbus Boeing 777-236ER G-YMMM |website=flightsafety.org |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=25 June 2024 |archive-date=25 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625192207/https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/321801 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* On 28 September 2022, a [[Korean Air]] Boeing 777 preparing to take off collided with an [[Icelandair]] Boeing 757 which had just landed. The 777 crew aborted the takeoff; no injuries were reported, but the aircraft suffered minor damage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/two-aircraft-in-minor-collision-at-heathrow-12707218|title=Two aircraft in minor collision on ground at Heathrow|date=28 September 2022|last=Osborne|first=Samuel|work=Sky News|location=London|archive-date=29 September 2022|access-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929080448/https://news.sky.com/story/two-aircraft-in-minor-collision-at-heathrow-12707218|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 6 April 2024, the wing of an empty Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 under tow at Terminal 3 clipped a parked [[British Airways]] plane preparing to depart from an adjacent gate with 121 passengers on board. The passengers transferred to a different British Airways aircraft and departed several hours later. Heathrow said there were no injuries, but both aircraft sustained damage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68749072|title=Heathrow Airport: Two planes collide|work=BBC News|date=6 April 2024|accessdate=6 April 2024}}</ref>

===Terrorism and security incidents===
* On 8 June 1968, [[James Earl Ray]], the suspect in the 4 April 1968 [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]], was captured, arrested, and [[extradite]]d back to the [[United States]] at Heathrow Airport while attempting to leave the United Kingdom for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) on a false Canadian passport.<ref name="Borrell1968">{{cite news|first=Clive|last=Borrell|title=Ramon Sneyd denies that he killed Dr King|url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1968-06-28-02-006&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1968-06-28-02|work=The Times|location=London|page=2|date=28 June 1968|access-date=13 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713081131/http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1968-06-28-02-006&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1968-06-28-02|archive-date=13 July 2009|url-status=dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
* On 6 September 1970, [[El Al Flight 219]] experienced an attempted hijack by two [[PFLP]] members. One hijacker was killed and the other was subdued as the plane made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport.
* On 19 May 1974, the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] planted a series of bombs in the Terminal 1 car park. Two people were injured by the explosions.<ref name="Ref_ax">{{cite web|url=http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/information/heathrow-airport/heathrow-history.htm|title=Heathrow Airport History|publisher=Milesfaster.co.uk|access-date=31 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518004154/http://www.milesfaster.co.uk/information/heathrow-airport/heathrow-history.htm|archive-date=18 May 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 26 November 1983, the [[Brink's-Mat robbery]] occurred, in which 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26{{nbsp}}million were taken from a vault near Heathrow. Only a small amount of the gold was recovered and only two men were convicted of the crime.<ref name="Ref_2000">{{cite news|title=Brinks Mat gold|date=15 April 2000|work=BBC News|access-date=23 March 2018|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/714289.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817153656/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/714289.stm|archive-date=17 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 17 April 1986, [[semtex]] explosives were found in the bag of a pregnant Irish woman attempting to board an [[El Al]] flight. The explosives had been given to her by her Jordanian boyfriend and the father of her unborn child [[Nizar Hindawi]]. The incident became known as the [[Hindawi Affair]].<ref name="Reynolds2002">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2581277.stm|title=Assad engages politics of politeness|date=16 December 2002|work=BBC News|access-date=23 March 2018|first=Paul|last=Reynolds|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040613114202/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2581277.stm|archive-date=13 June 2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
*On 21 December 1988, [[Pan Am Flight 103]] exploded mid-air over the town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 onboard and eleven people on the ground. The flight originated from Frankfurt as a feeder flight with a change of aircraft at Heathrow and was on its transatlantic leg to New York's JFK airport at the time of the incident. An unaccompanied suitcase containing a boombox radio/cassette player which housed the explosive was checked in at Malta and forwarded as interline baggage for this flight at Frankfurt, wherein it made its way to the transatlantic leg.
* In 1994, over six days, Heathrow was targeted three times (8, 10, and 13 March) by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]], which fired 12 mortars. Heathrow was a symbolic target due to its importance to the UK economy, and much disruption was caused when areas of the airport were closed over the period. The gravity of the incident was heightened because [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] was being flown back to Heathrow by the RAF on 10 March.<ref name="Henderson1998">{{cite book|title=Silent Swift Superb: The Story of the Vickers VC10|last=Henderson|first=Scott|year=1998|publisher=Scoval|location=Newcastle-upon-Tyne|isbn=978-1-901125-02-3|page=130}}</ref>
* In March 2002, thieves stole US$3{{nbsp}}million that had arrived on a [[South African Airways]] flight. Just a few weeks earlier, a similar amount of money was stolen from a [[British Airways]] flight that arrived from Bahrain.<ref name="Ref_2002a">{{cite news|title=$3m heist at Heathrow|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1880953.stm|date=19 March 2002|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808005230/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1880953.stm|archive-date=8 August 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In February 2003, the [[British Army]] was deployed to Heathrow along with 1,000 police officers in response to intelligence reports suggesting that [[al-Qaeda]] terrorists might launch [[surface-to-air missile]] attacks at British or American airliners.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Bamber |first1=David |last2=Craig |first2=Olga |last3=Elliott |first3=Francis |date=16 February 2003 |title=Blair sent in tanks after 'chilling' threat |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1422243/Blair-sent-in-tanks-after-chilling-threat.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 May 2023 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507183200/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1422243/Blair-sent-in-tanks-after-chilling-threat.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* On 17 May 2004, Scotland Yard's [[Flying Squad]] foiled an attempt by seven men to steal £40{{nbsp}}million in gold bullion and a similar quantity of cash from the [[Swissport]] warehouse at Heathrow.<ref name="Ref_az">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3723839.stm|title=Flying Squad foils £80m robbery|date=18 May 2004|work=BBC News|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710013336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3723839.stm|archive-date=10 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* On 25 February 2008, [[Greenpeace]] activists protesting against the planned construction of a third runway managed to cross the ramp and climb atop a British Airways [[Airbus A320]], which had just arrived from [[Manchester Airport]]. At about 09:45 GMT the protesters unveiled a "Climate Emergency – No Third Runway" banner over the aircraft's [[Vertical stabiliser|tailfin]]. By 11:00 GMT four arrests had been made.<ref name="Ref_2008e">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7262614.stm|title=Climate protest on Heathrow plane|date=25 February 2008|work=BBC News|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080229004619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7262614.stm|archive-date=29 February 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In October 2010, an Angolan national was being deported on a British Airways plane. Security guards were heavy-handed with him and they put him in a dangerous position, leading to asphyxia. He did not survive.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 December 2014 |title=G4S guards cleared of using 'carpet karaoke' technique to kill deportee on British Airways flight |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11296844/G4S-guards-cleared-of-killing-deportee-on-British-Airways-flight-using-carpet-karaoke-technique.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 May 2023 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |archive-date=20 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120223214/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11296844/G4S-guards-cleared-of-killing-deportee-on-British-Airways-flight-using-carpet-karaoke-technique.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* On 13 July 2015, thirteen activists belonging to the climate change protest group [[Plane Stupid]] managed to break through the perimeter fence and get onto the northern runway. They chained themselves together in protest, disrupting hundreds of flights. All were eventually arrested.<ref>{{cite news|title=London Heathrow cancels flights due to protests over third runway|first=Alan|last=Dron|publisher=[[Air Transport World]]|date=13 July 2015|url=http://atwonline.com/eco-aviation/london-heathrow-cancels-flights-due-protests-over-third-runway|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715021411/http://atwonline.com/eco-aviation/london-heathrow-cancels-flights-due-protests-over-third-runway|archive-date=15 July 2015|url-status=dead}}{{nbsp}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33503167|title=Heathrow Airport climate change protest delays flights|date=13 July 2015|work=BBC News|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117030638/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33503167|archive-date=17 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In June 2022, many protesters gathered at Heathrow and Gatwick airports to protest the [[Rwanda asylum plan|UK-Rwanda deal]]. A flight which was supposed to carry asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/15/day-of-drama-and-despair-before-rwanda-flight-called-off | title=Day of drama and despair before Rwanda flight called off |last1=Taylor|first1=Diane|last2=Syal|first2=Rajeev|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London | date=15 June 2022 }}</ref>
*In December 2022, a piece of [[uranium]] metal discovered in the airport triggered a counter-terrorism investigation. It was found in the scrap metal package originated from [[Pakistan]] via a passenger flight from Oman on 29 December. It was bound for an Iranian business with premises in the UK.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/11/heathrow-uranium-seizure-raises-questions-over-what-it-was-for | title=Uranium was embedded in metal bars seized at Heathrow|last1=Sabbagh|first1=Dan|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London | date=11 January 2023 }}</ref>

===Other incidents===
* On 18 December 2010, snowfall (9&nbsp;cm, according to the Heathrow Winter Resilience Enquiry)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baa.com/assets/Internet/BAA%20Airports/Downloads/Static%20files/BeggReport220311_BAA.pdf|title=Heathrow Winter Resilience Enquiry|access-date=5 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118191647/http://www.baa.com/assets/Internet/BAA%20Airports/Downloads/Static%20files/BeggReport220311_BAA.pdf|archive-date=18 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> caused the closure of the entire airport, causing one of the largest incidents at Heathrow of all time. Some 4,000 flights were cancelled over five days and 9,500 passengers spent the night at Heathrow on 18 December following the initial snowfall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12071442|title=BAA launches inquiry into Heathrow Airport snow chaos|work=BBC News|date=23 December 2010|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926000144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-12071442|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The problems were caused not only by snow on the runways but also by snow and ice on the 198 parking stands which were all occupied by aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icax.co.uk/Deicing_Runways.html|title=De-icing Aircraft Parking Stands|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317130900/http://www.icax.co.uk/Deicing_Runways.html|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*<!--PLEASE SEE the discussion at WT:AV re the INCIDENT ON 24 May before adding it here-->On 12 July 2013, the [[Emergency locator transmitter|ELT]] on an [[Ethiopian Airlines]] [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] parked at Heathrow airport caught fire due to a short circuit.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/britain-airport-boeing-idUSL6N0FI3B120130712|title=Plane on fire at Heathrow airport was Boeing Dreamliner-TV|work=Reuters|date=12 July 2013|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924182854/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/12/britain-airport-boeing-idUSL6N0FI3B120130712|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> There were no passengers aboard and no injuries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23294760|title=Heathrow shut after Boeing Dreamliner 787 fire|work=BBC News|date=12 July 2013|access-date=23 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116093847/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23294760|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/55d43f8d40f0b6091a000001/AAIB_2-2015_ET-AOP.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report 2/2015: Report on the serious incident to Boeing B787-8, ET-AOP London Heathrow Airport 12 July 2013 |date=19 August 2015 |publisher=[[Air Accidents Investigation Branch|AAIB]] |access-date=7 May 2023 }}</ref>
* From 12 September 2019, the climate change campaign group, [[Heathrow Pause]] attempted to disrupt flights into and out of Heathrow Airport in London by flying [[Miniature UAV|drones]] in the airport's exclusion zone. The action was unsuccessful in disrupting flights and nineteen people were arrested.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested at Heathrow protest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/14/extinction-rebellion-co-founder-arrested-at-heathrow-protest |work=The Guardian |date=14 September 2019 |access-date=14 September 2019 |quote=Despite the minimal disruption, Heathrow Pause said it is happy about the "conversation" triggered by its action. |archive-date=15 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915224758/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/14/extinction-rebellion-co-founder-arrested-at-heathrow-protest |url-status=live }}</ref>