Thomas Cook A332 over Atlantic on May 28th 2015, technical issue
Last Update: May 28, 2015 / 21:00:10 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 28, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Thomas Cook Airlines
Flight number
MT-848
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
OY-VKF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration G-MDBD positioned from Glasgow,SC (UK) to Manchester and is currently estimated to reach New York with a delay of 5.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Manchester about 9 hours after landing and positioned to Glasgow.
A passenger reported the crew announced a "technical fault" as reason for their return to Manchester, it then emerged there were "two engineering faults".
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 28, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Thomas Cook Airlines
Flight number
MT-848
Departure
Manchester, United Kingdom
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
OY-VKF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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