Avianca B788 near Santa Maria on Jun 23rd 2018, electrical problems
Last Update: June 25, 2018 / 21:55:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 24, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Avianca
Flight number
AV-47
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
Bogota, Colombia
Aircraft Registration
N782AV
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
The airline reported the crew received an indication for one of the aircraft's electrical systems and decided to divert as a precaution. The passengers were taken to hotels over night, a replacement aircraft took them to Bogota the following day.
A replacement Boeing 787-800 registration N785AV positioned to Santa Maria from Madrid as flight AV-4950 the following day and delivered the passengers to Bogota as flight AV-47 with a delay of about 30 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Santa Maria for about 43 hours, then positioned to Bogota as flight AV-4951.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 24, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Avianca
Flight number
AV-47
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
Bogota, Colombia
Aircraft Registration
N782AV
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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