British Airways B789 near St. John's on Jan 23rd 2020, air conditioning fault
Last Update: March 18, 2020 / 08:10:34 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 23, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-293
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Washington Dulles, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-ZBKD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
The Canadian TSB reported the aircraft had been dispatched with the right hand air conditioning system inoperative under minimum equipment list requirements. When the left hand air conditioning pack failed at FL410, the aircraft was required to descend to FL340 indicated also by the PACK ALTITUDE LIMIT message.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 23, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-293
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Washington Dulles, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-ZBKD
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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