Azur B763 near Shannon on Jan 6th 2019, lost loos

Last Update: January 6, 2019 / 20:20:09 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 6, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azur Air

Flight number
ZF-973

Aircraft Registration
VP-BUX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An Azur Air Boeing 767-300, registration VP-BUX performing flight ZF-973 from Moscow Vnukovo (Russia) to La Romana (Dominican Republic), was enroute at FL320 about 90nm south of Shannon (Ireland) when the crew decided to divert to Shannon reporting all their lavatories were blocked. The aircraft dumped fuel and landed safely on Shannon's runway 24 about 90 minutes later.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2.5 hours then departed Shannon, continued to La Romana and reached the destination with a delay of 4.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 6, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azur Air

Flight number
ZF-973

Aircraft Registration
VP-BUX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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