SAS A333 near Edinburgh on Jul 27th 2025, down to one electrical generator

Last Update: July 28, 2025 / 15:56:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 27, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-910

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration LN-RKM performing flight SK-910 (dep Jul 26th) from Newark,NJ (USA) to Copenhagen (Denmark), was enroute at FL400 about 170nm northwest of Edinburg,SC (UK) when the crew declared emergency and diverted to Edinburgh due to the failure of another electrical generator, so that only one (main) generator remained online. The aircraft landed safely on Edinburgh's runway 24 about 35 minutes later.

A passenger reported the crew announced in Newark, that they had problems with the APU. In flight the crew announced that two of the four generators on board had failed prompting the diversion to Edinburgh.

The A330-300 has one engine driven generator (IDG) per engine, the APU, a backup hydraulic emergency generator and the RAM Air Turbine (RAT).

The aircraft remained on the ground in Edinburgh about 33 hours, then positioned to Copenhagen as flight SK-9240.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
LN-RKM
Country of Registration
Norway
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
Airbus
Aircraft Model / Type
A330-343
ICAO Aircraft Type
A333
Serial Number
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Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
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Engine Count
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 27, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-910

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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