I cannot believe the stupid remarks on this thread.
It is , as someone else has pointed out, pure BA bashing.
The aircraft is based at EGLL and all pax from it's schedule had been dispersed on something in the region of 15 alternative flights to the UK. This dispersal would fill up the other flights stopping the "staff" pax from getting an alternative so having to stick with this aircraft. This aircraft would return empty if need be to get it back into the programme.
Rainboe.... shame on you. The flight deck would know exactly where the smoke was coming from and would be able to decide whether it was a crafty fag or not and would not divert for that reason (give the crew/pax a b******ing but not divert). It would be a real incident.
Had the aircraft not diverted, none of you BA bashers would ever have known that it only had 2 pax on it and would have been bereft of pleasure.
Lets have some Virgin bashing for a change....(how many ferry flights have they had) or is every one who posts on here a Bransonite.
SP
ps Festering Felicitations and Happy New Year!