Caraibes A333 at Paris on Dec 12th 2017, engine problem
Last Update: December 13, 2017 / 22:35:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 12, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
Air Caraibes
Flight number
TX-540
Departure
Paris Orly, France
Destination
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Aircraft Registration
F-ORLY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The passengers were taken to Paris Charles de Gaulle by bus, where a replacemnet aircraft was to depart, the airline indicated a departure from Orly was not possible due to night curfew.
A replacement XL Airways France Airbus A330-200 registration F-HXXL reached Pointe-a-Pitre as flight TX-5640 with a delay of about 10 hours.
Flight TX-541 from Pointe-a-Pitre to Orly departing in the afternoon (local time Guadeloupe) needed to be postponed to the following day.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 34 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 12, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
Air Caraibes
Flight number
TX-540
Departure
Paris Orly, France
Destination
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Aircraft Registration
F-ORLY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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