British Airways flight makes emergency landing in Baku

BAKU, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- A passenger plane of British Airways from London to Islamabad made an emergency landing here on Friday with no passengers injured, local airport authorities said in a statement.

The Boeing B787-8 Dreamliner's pilots requested permission to land at Heydar Aliyev International Airport amid warnings of heavy fog in the Pakistani capital.

The aircraft landed safely and the passengers are safe, said the airport, adding that all the passengers of the flight were accommodated in the transit zone of the Baku airport.