SAS B738 near Trondheim on Aug 14th 2020, unruly fans
Last Update: August 14, 2020 / 19:56:06 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 14, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Flight number
SK-4490
Departure
Oslo, Norway
Destination
Longyearbyen, Norway
Aircraft Registration
LN-RRT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration LN-RCN reached Svalbard Airport with a delay of 2:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 11 hours later.
The airline reported, there was an error message with some fans for computers on board. The aircraft could have continued to Longyearbyen, however, the aircraft would have become stuck at Svalbard without a technician being available there. The aircraft thus returned to Gardermoen Airport for practical reasons.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 14, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
Flight number
SK-4490
Departure
Oslo, Norway
Destination
Longyearbyen, Norway
Aircraft Registration
LN-RRT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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