Kenya B788 at Johannesburg on Nov 5th 2019, maintenance engineer "stowed away"

Last Update: November 5, 2019 / 17:19:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 5, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
KQ-761

Destination
Nairobi, Kenya

Aircraft Registration
5Y-KZC

ICAO Type Designator
B788

A Kenya Airways Boeing 787-8, registration 5Y-KZC performing flight KQ-761 from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Nairobi (Kenya), was climbing out of Johannesburg when the crew was informed a maintenance engineer should have been left in Johannesburg. While levelling off at FL310 the crew turned around and returned to Johannesburg for a safe landing on runway 03R about 30 minutes later. While the aircraft vacated the runway the crew reported "He's here and conscious!", the aircraft taxied to the apron to offload the engineer.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about an hour, then departed again and reached Nairobi with a delay of 105 minutes.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 5, 2019

Classification
Incident

Flight number
KQ-761

Destination
Nairobi, Kenya

Aircraft Registration
5Y-KZC

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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