Eastern Airways SB20 near Aberdeen on Apr 28th 2015, APU cowl open indication
Last Update: April 28, 2015 / 23:23:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Apr 28, 2015                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Eastern Airways                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            T3-515                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Aberdeen, United Kingdom                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Shetland Islands Scatsta, United Kingdom                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            G-CIEC                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            SAAB                            2000                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            SB20                            
                        
                    
                    
                
The aircraft was able to depart again after about one hour on the ground and reached Scatsta with a delay of about 1:45 hours.
Incident Facts
                    Date of incident
                    
                        Apr 28, 2015                    
                
                    Classification
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Incident                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Airline
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            Eastern Airways                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    Flight number
                    
                                                                                    
                            
                            T3-515                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Departure
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Aberdeen, United Kingdom                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Destination
                    
                                                                                    
                                                        Shetland Islands Scatsta, United Kingdom                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Registration
                    
                        
                            
                                
                            
                            G-CIEC                                                            
                                                                        
                
                    Aircraft Type
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            SAAB                            2000                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                    ICAO Type Designator
                    
                        
                        
                            
                            SB20                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                        
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