Virgin Atlantic B789 near Los Angeles on Jul 30th 2017, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: August 1, 2017 / 19:11:57 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 30, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-7
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-VYUM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 26 hours, then departed for the return flight VS-8A.
The aircraft had diverted to Keflavik over an engine problem the day before, see Incident: Virgin Atlantic B789 over Greenland on Jul 29th 2017, engine problem.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 30, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-7
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-VYUM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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