A ground vehicle caught fire near a British Airways plane parked at Heathrow Terminal 5, causing a significant blaze and thick smoke.
The fire originated from a set of mobile stairs attached to a British Airways A320 aircraft, registered as G-EUYO, which had arrived from Athens at 5:14 PM.
Flames and a large black cloud of smoke engulfed the vehicle, spreading to the tail of the plane.
The smoke column was so high it was visible from behind several terminal buildings at the busy…
