A British Airways flight to nowhere went across the Atlantic before turning back

[SoCal Mac]

A British Airways flight to nowhere went across the Atlantic before turning back and flying 2,300 miles home after a technical issue.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/british-airways-flight-nowhere-went-103156613.html

[DaveReid]

"Monday's Flight 195 took off from London Heathrow for Houston about 30 minutes late, per data from Flightradar24."

No, it didn't, nor did FR24 make any such claim.  It departed at STD+5. 

[Anmer]

No, it didn't, nor did FR24 make any such claim.  It departed at STD+5.

FR24 does in fact show Monday's BA195 departing at 09:57 insted of the Scheduled time of 09:25.

[DaveReid]

No, it didn't, nor did FR24 make any such claim.  It departed at STD+5.

FR24 does in fact show Monday's BA195 departing at 09:57 insted of the Scheduled time of 09:25.

No, STD is defined as the pushback time whereas FR24's is the takeoff time.  The FR24 track shows the flight departing the gate at 09:30.

It's a common misconception to conflate the two (the difference being the taxy time).  Heathrow is a big airport, especially when taxying from T5 to 27R.