text: British Airways suffered three plane diversions in just over 24 hours. A medical emergency and two technical issues meant delays for hundreds of passengers on aircraft that were all bound for Heathrow over the weekend. An Airbus A321 from Baku, Azerbaijan to London was forced to return back to where it had set out from only 11 minutes after a 9.20pm local time departure on Friday evening. There were three diversions in just over 24 hours of BA planes over the weekend (file photo) Despite BA denying an engine fire forced one of it's London-bound planes to return to Baku, Azerbaijan, customers believed different on board . The #BA144 was carrying 92 passengers and crew. There were reports at the time that the pilot had alerted ground staff of an engine fire. However a BA spokesperson denied there was a fire, telling MailOnline Travel: 'The pilots decided to return to the airport after reports of a technical issue. 'Our flight crew are highly trained and the aircraft landed as normal. Our customers on this flight were rebooked on alternative services.' Flight BA198 had set out from Mumbai, India for London at around 1.30pm local time on Saturday when it took a holding pattern above Turkey, and landed at Istanbul. One passenger on the flight told airlive.net that 'the engine was leaking and there was not enough fuel to get back to London.' A passenger on board the Mumbai to London flight reported of a problem with the engine . Of the incident, a spokesperson for BA said: 'The pilot diverted as a precaution after a report of a minor technical issue. 'We despatched another aircraft at the earliest opportunity and provided accommodation for our customers who then continued their journey to London.' However writing on the Aviation Herald, Dr David Crome said: 'BA flew out the replacement plane, but then they delayed boarding for two hours due to a blocked toilet. Three planes into Heathrow were diverted meaning long delays for passengers at the weekend . 'Numerous passengers missed connecting flights and no email or text communications sent out to us, or any mention of how to make any compensation claims.' Passengers were put up in hotels and flew out the following morning, an overall delay of 21 hours. Finally, a medical emergency saw the third flight in 24 hours - flight #BA76 from Luanda to London - diverted to Paris Charles de Gaulle after leaving the Angolan City just before midnight local time on Saturday evening. 'The flight to Luanda landed in Paris to ensure that an unwell customer received medical treatment, said BA.' The unscheduled landing in Istanbul of the flight out of Mumbai worried some Twitter users . The spokesperson continued: 'We operate up to 800 flights per day and there are occasions when minor incidents result in a delay to our customers’ journey. 'We apologise for any inconvenience caused when this happens but the safety and well-being of our customers and crew is always our first priority. 'None of our flights were forced to make emergency landings. In the unrelated incidents, our flight crews took the appropriate action to divert due to minor technical issues or as a result of a customer being unwell on board.'
target: All incidents concerned flights coming into London Heathrow .
  Baku, Azerbaijan flight turned around after only 11 minutes with issue .
  Passenger on Mumbai-London flight says 'engine was leaking' and plane diverted to Istanbul, Turkey .
  Person taken ill on UK-bound flight from Angola and plane lands at Paris Charles de Gaulle .