Saudia A320 at Riyadh on May 12th 2013, cracked window
Last Update: May 12, 2013 / 22:58:56 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 12, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Flight number
SV-311
Departure
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
HZ-AS18
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The rotations SV-311/SV-310 as well as SV-313/SV-312 (scheduled to be flown by an Airbus 321) to Cairo and back were cancelled.
An Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-400 registration TF-AMT performed one replacement rotation SV-2034/SV-2035 instead delivering the passengers of SV-311 with a delay of 9 hours, the passengers of SV-313 with a delay of 90 minutes to Cairo and the passengers of SV-310 with a delay of 8.5 hours, the passengers of SV-312 with a delay of 60 minutes to Riyadh.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 12, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Flight number
SV-311
Departure
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
HZ-AS18
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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