Delta B763 near Port of Spain on Jan 1st 2020, generator failure
Last Update: January 3, 2020 / 20:31:42 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 1, 2020
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-60
Departure
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Destination
Atlanta, United States
Aircraft Registration
N154DL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The aircraft continued the flight after about 6 hours on the ground, made another stop in San Juan (Puerto Rico) for a crew change and reached Atlanta with a delay of about 11 hours.
Several passengers reported independently the captain announced a generator had failed prompting them to divert to Port of Spain. Authorities did not permit the passengers to disembark, who remained on board for the entire 6 hours until the generator had been fixed. Due to crew duty time limitations the aircraft needed to to land in Puerto Rico where customs and immigration to the USA were done. A new crew then continued the flight to Atlanta.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 1, 2020
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-60
Departure
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Destination
Atlanta, United States
Aircraft Registration
N154DL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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