Talk about a bad commute.

Despite the threats of #ukstorm to air traffic over the Christmas period, it was not the weather, but a pesky brick office building that stood in the way of a BA flight. A British Airways 747 leaving Johannesburg for London impaled the side of structure on the tarmac of OR Tambo Airport.

No one was seriously hurt, though four land crew members sustained injuries. However, the picture above is not the inspiring kind of thing passengers want to see during one of the busiest holiday periods of the year. BA has already seen an Airbus 319 catch fire mid-flight earlier this year. 

BA tweeted, "One of our aircraft was damaged whilst taxiing at JNB airport. All 182 passengers disembarked safely with no injuries onboard.”

The crash was relatively minor from a human damages standpoint and the company and airport released statements commenting on the investigation into the incident. The South African Civil Aviation Authority says the plane went down the wrong taxiway; one that was too narrow to accomodate its 64 metre wingspan.

On the domestic front, train and road travel have been disrupted but both TfL and Network Rail have been striving to keep passengers apprised of scheduling developments. 

London transport commissioner Peter Hendy says, "We've ensured that there is a fully co-ordinated response for all modes of traffic across the Capital, as well as a 27,000 tonne salt reserve for TfL and the boroughs to fall back on should supplies run low."