SOUTH AFRICA - A British Airways Plane carrying more than 200 people has struck an office building while preparing to take off from the South African city of Johannesburg, injuring four people in the process.

South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority said the aircraft had travelled down a taxi-way that was too narrow for it.

The incident involving the Boeing 747-400 happened late on Sunday.

Speaking about the incident, the CAA Spokesperson, Phindiwe Gwebu said the control tower told them to take one taxi-way and they took another one which was wrong.

None of those on board was injured but four ground staff in the building were hurt.

The passengers were allowed to leave the plane after about an hour but because of the fuel spillage they had still not been able to reclaim their luggage.

The aircraft has since been moved and operations have not been disrupted, while investigation into the case is under way.