British Airways A321 at Sofia on Jun 15th 2019, fumes in cockpit
Last Update: June 15, 2019 / 16:57:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 15, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-890
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Sofia, Bulgaria
Aircraft Registration
G-EUXG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The aircraft is still on the ground in Sofia about 6 hours after landing and did not depart for the return flight BA-891 so far.
A replacement A321-200 registration G-EUXE was dispatched to Sofia to perform the return flight BA-891.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 15, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-890
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Sofia, Bulgaria
Aircraft Registration
G-EUXG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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