Virgin Atlantic B744 near San Francisco on Oct 16th 2014, electrical problems
Last Update: October 19, 2014 / 16:42:32 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 16, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-20
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-VROC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
The aircraft was able to depart again after about 2:45 hours on the ground and reached London with a delay of 5 hours.
A passenger reported that following a normal lights off departure the captain announced they had to reboot the inflight entertainment system. Later the inflight entertainment system failed again, the crew announced they were returning to San Francisco due to electrical problems. The passenger concluded: "After landing we were kept on the plane while engineers assessed the problem. We are now getting ready to takeoff again, but our food has expired and we don't have time to take on more."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 16, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-20
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-VROC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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