A British Airways Airbus A320 at Heathrow Airport narrowly avoided major damage after a set of airstairs parked at the back of the aircraft burst into flames as Britain basked in a heatwave during the hottest day of the year so far.
The 11-year-old aircraft had just arrived at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 following a three-hour flight from Athens and was being prepped for its next flight of the day when the accident occurred.
It appears that a set of mobile…
