Vueling A320 near Amsterdam on Oct 28th 2017, hot brakes in flight
Last Update: October 28, 2017 / 22:34:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Vueling
Flight number
VY-8406
Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
London Luton, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
EC-JTR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger tweeted to Vueling about 3 hours after landing and about one hour before midnight that he was still waiting for assistance and hotel accomodation: "No assistance has been offered. No hotel accommodation. You lied. No help. No spokesperson. We are stranded at airport." Another passenger tweeted addressing the airline about the same time: "u better do something now".
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 28, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Vueling
Flight number
VY-8406
Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
London Luton, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
EC-JTR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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