Delta A333 near Keflavik on Aug 20th 2015, single generator remaining
Last Update: September 1, 2015 / 20:51:08 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 20, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-245
Departure
Rome, Italy
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
N818NW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
The occurrence aircraft was able to continue the journey as flight DL-9861 after about 27 hours on the ground and reached New York with a delay of 30 hours.
On Sep 1st 2015 the Canadian TSB reported the aircraft had been dispatched with the right hand generator inoperative. In cruise the crew received a fault message for the APU, attempts to reset the APU generator failed, the crew declared emergency and diverted to Keflavik.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 20, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-245
Departure
Rome, Italy
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
N818NW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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