Air Italy B762 over Mediterranean on Oct 5th 2013, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: October 12, 2013 / 01:25:17 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Italy
Flight number
I9-3258
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Aircraft Registration
I-AIGH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-200
ICAO Type Designator
B762
The airline confirmed a technical problem causing the diversion to Benghazi.
Passengers complained about being kept on board of the aircraft for about 10 hours and lack of information from the airline, especially how the journey would continue.
On Oct 7th the airline tweeted in response to the angry query of a passenger to stop their "aircraft will depart in 10 minutes" and provide clear information, that 198 of the passengers were now on their way to Zanzibar, 32 abandoned the journey and returned to Italy.
A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration I-AIGJ was dispatched to Benghazi late Oct 6th, departed Benghazi in the early morning hours of Oct 7th and reached Zanzibar with a delay of more than 24 hours.
The incident aircraft is still on the ground in Libya.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Italy
Flight number
I9-3258
Departure
Milan Malpensa, Italy
Destination
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Aircraft Registration
I-AIGH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-200
ICAO Type Designator
B762
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