The British Airways Boeing 777 (not pictured) was heading for Costa Rica.
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images
- A British Airways plane turned around midway through a 10-hour journey.
- The passengers were traveling to Costa Rica, but ended up back in London.
- Diverting back to an airline's hub can make it simpler to reroute passengers or make repairs.
A British Airways plane turned around while halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, meaning passengers endured a nine-hour flight to nowhere.