Lingus B752 at Dublin on Nov 4th 2018, electrical issue

Last Update: November 5, 2018 / 22:48:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 4, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aer Lingus

Flight number
EI-131

Aircraft Registration
EI-LBS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An Aer Lingus Boeing 757-200, registration EI-LBS performing flight EI-131 from Dublin (Ireland) to Hartford,CT (USA) with 137 passengers and 6 crew, was in the initial climb out of Dublin's runway 28 when the crew stopped the climb at FL080 reporting an electrical issue. The aircraft returned to Dublin, the crew advised they would be able to fly an ILS approach and a normal landing, no assistance on the ground was needed. Shortly afterwards the crew advised they would be performing an overweight landing and might encounter hot brakes and asked for emergency services to check the brakes. The aircraft landed safely on runway 28 about 25 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 3 hours, then departed again and reached Hartford with a delay of about 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 4, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aer Lingus

Flight number
EI-131

Aircraft Registration
EI-LBS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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