Virgin Atlantic B789 over Atlantic on Aug 16th 2021, "issue inflight"
Last Update: August 18, 2021 / 16:27:18 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 16, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-77
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
Bridgetown, Barbados
Aircraft Registration
G-VNEW
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
The airline reported: "Our flight, the VS77 from Manchester to Barbados has returned to Heathrow due to an issue inflight."
By Aug 18th 2021 The Aviation Herald received multiple passenger reports (including one in the comments below) stating the crew indicated the outer pane of one of the windshields had shattered.
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Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 16, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-77
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
Bridgetown, Barbados
Aircraft Registration
G-VNEW
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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