TUI 738 at Manchester on May 17th 2019, to bee or not to bee
Last Update: May 20, 2019 / 23:01:24 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 17, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
TUI Airways
Flight number
BY-2536
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
Funchal, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
G-TAWK
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2:20 hours, then departed again and reached Funchal with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Passengers reported a part at the nose cone was replaced, they were subsequently told, a bee had become stuck in that piece of equipment, that measures the speed of the aircraft (editorial note: the dynamic port of one of the pitot systems also known as pitot tube).
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 17, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
TUI Airways
Flight number
BY-2536
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
Funchal, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
G-TAWK
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