Delta B772 over Atlantic on Jan 9th 2013, engine trouble
Last Update: January 11, 2013 / 10:56:44 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 9, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine trouble
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-201
Departure
Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
Atlanta, United States
Aircraft Registration
N705DN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration N703DN was dispatched to Ascension Island as flight DAL-9978 and reached Atlanta as flight DL-201A at 02:28L (07:28Z) with a delay of 20.5 hours.
A passenger reported the crew announced a technical problem with an engine, the aircraft dumped fuel while diverting to the British Air Force Base at coordinates S7.969444 W14.393611 in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean.
Flightaware currently shows another flight DL-201 on arrival (or having arrived) from Ascension Island, this aircraft however was N208DN arriving from Johannesburg on the regular flight DL-201 of Jan 10th, not arriving from Ascension Island.
Continuation flight by N703DN:
Erroneous identification of departure aerodrome, flight departed from Johannesburg [FAJS]
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 9, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine trouble
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-201
Departure
Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
Atlanta, United States
Aircraft Registration
N705DN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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