A British Airways Flight To Hong Kong Is Reportedly Dumping Fuel, Returning To Heathrow

A British Airways plane destined for Hong Kong has turned around and is preparing for an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport, according to Twitter user Flight Emergencies:

BA25 which declared emergency 1h ago is dumping fuel ready to return to LHR

— Flight Emergencies? (@FlightEmergency) August 5, 2013

Apparently, there is a problem with the plane's landing gear:

I've not had it confirmed but its looking like flight BA25's landing gear didn't retract after takeoff

— Flight Emergencies? (@FlightEmergency) August 5, 2013

The Boeing 747 was circling over the English Channel dumping fuel. Here's the flight pattern:

According to FlightRadar24.com, it is now en route to London.