A British Airways flight from UK to Dubai was forced to divert after Donald Trump launched a US attack on Iran. BA flight 109 from London Heathrow to the Gulf hub took off at 9.53pm on Saturday (21 June) and flew normally for almost five hours towards Dubai. But at 2.48am British time, about 90 minutes before touchdown at Dubai, the aircraft turned around and retraced its course due to the fresh attacks in the Middle East. The flight had been fuelled only for the journey to Dubai with a contingency for diversion – but could not make it all the way back to London. Instead, the pilots landed at Zurich airport, which is 480 miles from Heathrow. The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder explains more.

LONDON: British Airways, Singapore Airlines and Air France said on Sunday they had cancelled flights to Dubai, Doha and Riyadh following US strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran…

UK’s flag carrier cancels flights to and from Gulf states following US airstrikes on Iran

A British Airways flight from UK to Dubai was forced to divert after Donald Trump launched a US attack on Iran. BA flight 109 from London Heathrow to the Gulf hub took off at…

All of British Airways 's flights to Dubai and Doha that were scheduled to depart from Heathrow on Sunday have been cancelled, including return flights, the company said.

Flight QTR36R had reached the western Turkish coastline when it made a dramatic U-turn back to Manchester.