Virgin Atlantic A333 at London on Mar 14th 2020, could not fully retract landing gear
Last Update: March 19, 2020 / 20:02:26 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 14, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-117
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Miami, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-VWAG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
A passenger reported the crew attempted to rectify the problem by re-cycling the landing gear, however, to no avail. The aircraft returned to Heathrow, emergency services received the aircraft however were not needed. A replacement Dreamliner took them to Miami.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in London on Mar 19th 2020 (possibly related to the Corona Pandemic, not necessarily related to damage or repair work needed).
A Boeing 787-9 registration G-VWHO performing flight VS-5 reached Miami about 3 hours after scheduled arrival of VS-117.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 14, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-117
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Miami, United States
Aircraft Registration
G-VWAG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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