TAP A320 near Helsinki on May 9th 2015, radio failure

Last Update: May 11, 2015 / 21:45:02 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 9, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TP-793

Destination
Lisbon, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
CS-TNJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A320-200, registration CS-TNJ performing flight TP-793 from Helsinki (Finland) to Lisbon (Portugal), was climbing out of Helsinki when the crew stopped the climb at FL200 due to a radio failure, descended the aircraft back to 5000 feet to burn off fuel and returned to Helsinki for a safe landing about 2 hours after departure.

The aircraft was repaired, departed again after about one hour on the ground and reached Lisbon with a delay of 3:15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 9, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TP-793

Destination
Lisbon, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
CS-TNJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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