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Entering service in 1998 under serial number 28855, British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-BYGA climbs away from Heathrow with one of the many daily flights to New York-JFK.

G-BYGA had it's own little drama on the night of May 11th, 2009, when during takeoff from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport , the aircraft suffered numerous faults with the on board computer and warning systems in the cockpit, including an incorrect Reverse Thrust activation in the #2 engine, which resulted in the flaps automatically retracting and the aircraft's Stall Warning, also known as a 'Stick Shaker', to activate due to the incorrect flap configuration for climbing.

The crew declared an emergency and climbed to 15,000ft to dump fuel before returning to the airport unscathed.

Description
Entering service in 1998 under serial number 28855, British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-BYGA climbs away from Heathrow with one of the many daily flights to New York-JFK.

G-BYGA had it's own little drama on the night of May 11th, 2009, when during takeoff from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport , the aircraft suffered numerous faults with the on board computer and warning systems in the cockpit, including an incorrect Reverse Thrust activation in the #2 engine, which resulted in the flaps automatically retracting and the aircraft's Stall Warning, also known as a 'Stick Shaker', to activate due to the incorrect flap configuration for climbing.

The crew declared an emergency and climbed to 15,000ft to dump fuel before returning to the airport unscathed.