BA010 BKK-LHR Divert

[Harrier46]

Have to have my say on the earlier comments on this thread about IL86s. Having flown last summer on a Kras-Air IL86 (should have been a 96 but all grounded at the time!) from DME-AYT I can say I found everything surprisingly good. Must have been the only British passenger as it was a Russian holiday flight, so was surprised to hear cabin announcements in both English and Russian. Clean and tidy aircraft, smooth flight, good food.... would do it again tomorrow! And the return was with Vim on a 757, also good. The only quirk was the Russian habit of clapping on landing, but apparently this is quite normal.
And flying regularly between ALA and LHR on Air Astana (757) I can also recommend them. Senior management is European and they are 49% owned by British Aerospace. First A320 delivered recently and second (of five) due in early May. So I wish them well for the future.

[JumpAhead]

Apparently fire warning was due to a technical fault with the sensor system and not contents of hold. Aircraft was fixed and flying again the same day it returned to LHR.

Maybe adds weight to the discussion that additional systems (cameras or whatever) may help avoid false warnings.

[WHBM]

Originally Posted by JumpAhead

Apparently fire warning was due to a technical fault with the sensor system and not contents of hold.

There were accounts on other websites (I think from newspaper stories) that the sensors were activated by the escape of a cargo of bees from their container, which would presumably have flown off as soon as the hold doors were opened. Was this a nonsense ?

[JumpAhead]

BA Engineering bods are convinced it was a technical fault with the sensor system and nothing to do with the bees. Also we're told only one or two bees escaped, all the other being tucked up nicely in their containers.