Storms force British Airways London-Paris flight back to Heathrow after two hours

A British Airways flight between London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle failed to reach its destination after severe weather intervened, according to the airline's flight data cited in coverage of the event. The flight, operated with an Airbus A321neo, is normally scheduled to take around 45 minutes. This time it stayed in the air for close to two hours before turning back to Heathrow without ever landing in Paris.

Flight BA308 is one of seven daily British Airways departures on the London-Paris route, a corridor that also competes with Eurostar rail services. Details of what happened during the extended flight time were not fully specified. Storms in the region were cited as the cause of the diversion back to the departure airport, though it was not stated whether passengers were rebooked onto later flights or offered other arrangements after the aborted journey.

The episode shows how much disruption severe weather can cause even on a short-haul European route with high flight frequency. No injuries or damage were reported in connection with the flight's return to Heathrow.