Alitalia A332 near St. John's on Nov 22nd 2017, fuel contamination
Last Update: November 23, 2017 / 23:40:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 22, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alitalia
Flight number
AZ-631
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-EJI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
NAV Canada reported the crew declared emergency reporting fuel contamination, requested to divert to Gander and while enroute to Gander requested to divert to St. John's. The aircraft was accordingly recleared.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 was dispatched from Rome to St. John's, continued the flight and reached Rome with a delay of about 19 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in St. John's about 40 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 22, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alitalia
Flight number
AZ-631
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-EJI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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