Virgin Atlantic A333 near London on Jan 17th 2018, engine oil quantity

Last Update: January 17, 2019 / 22:18:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VS-3

Aircraft Registration
G-VSXY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300, registration G-VSXY performing flight VS-3 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 245 passengers, was climbing out of London's runway 27R when the crew received an indication of a left engine (Trent 772) oil quantity indication. The crew continued the climb to FL300, then decided to return to London Heathrow and landed safely on Heathrow's runway 27L about one hour after departure.

The rotation was cancelled. The passengers were rebooked on other flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 17, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VS-3

Aircraft Registration
G-VSXY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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