Transat A313 near St. John's on Sep 10th 2018, hot first officer's seat
Last Update: September 24, 2018 / 21:25:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Transat
Flight number
TS-261
Departure
Barcelona, Spain
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GFAT
Aircraft Type
Airbus A310-300
ICAO Type Designator
A313
The Canadian TSB reported maintenance found an electrical fault in the first officer's seat adjustment system.
A replacement A310-300 registration C-GSAT reached Montreal with a delay of 6.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained in St. John's for 48 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Transat
Flight number
TS-261
Departure
Barcelona, Spain
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-GFAT
Aircraft Type
Airbus A310-300
ICAO Type Designator
A313
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