British airways passnegers kept in plane for 3hrs without power!

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Passengers flying from Athens to London Heathrow on the BA633 flight, were forced to sit on the delayed plane for more than three hours.

Passengers including families with young children,  on the British Airways flight were made to sit on the tarmac  in the un-airconditioned plane for hours.

The flight that was scheduled for Exhausted 7.50pm on Monday was later cancelled and passengers  only got accommodation in Athens about 2am after the nightmare.



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