A British Airways flight was cancelled after crew members reportedly got drunk in a hotel bar hours before the scheduled departure. Flight BA254 from Barbados capital, Bridgetown, to London Heathrow was axed on Sunday, ruining the travel plans of up to 336 passengers.

A number of British Airways crew members have been suspended while an investigation is carried out, the Press Association understands. The Sun reported that the crew members involved were engaged in a “vodka and beer session”, with one female cabin crew member vomiting and one of her male colleagues collapsing.

The incident happened at an “all-inclusive, ocean-fronted retreat” popular with honeymooners, according to the newspaper, which did not name it.

It reported that other guests filmed the crew members, one of whom said: “We’re British Airways crew, what of it?”

The flight was due to depart at 4.25pm local time, arriving in the UK at 6.15am on Monday.

British Airways said in a statement: “We expect the highest standards of our crew, and we are urgently investigating this matter.”