Lingus A320 near Santiago de Compostela on Mar 17th 2015, first officer incapacitated
Last Update: March 18, 2015 / 22:57:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 17, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Aer Lingus
Flight number
EI-771
Departure
Fuerteventura, Spain
Destination
Dublin, Ireland
Aircraft Registration
EI-CVA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger reported crew (captain and cabin crew) and passengers were well looked after at a local hotel until a replacement crew arrived.
The occurrence aircraft departed Santiago as flight EI-1771 about 14.5 hours after landing and reached Dublin with a delay of 14.5 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 17, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Aer Lingus
Flight number
EI-771
Departure
Fuerteventura, Spain
Destination
Dublin, Ireland
Aircraft Registration
EI-CVA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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