TUIfly B738 near Hanover on Sep 28th2019, electrical failure
Last Update: September 29, 2019 / 20:12:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 28, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
TUIFly
Flight number
X3-2944
Departure
Hanover, Germany
Destination
Ibiza, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-ATUC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-80 registration D-ATUD reached Ibiza with a delay of about 21.5 hours.
A passenger reported the captain announced an electrical failure inside the cockpit as cause for the return.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 30 hours, then performed a test flight of about 70 minutes, but is still on the ground about 9.5 hours after landing after the test flight.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 28, 2019
Classification
Incident
Airline
TUIFly
Flight number
X3-2944
Departure
Hanover, Germany
Destination
Ibiza, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-ATUC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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