Titan A320 near Venice on Oct 9th 2015, captain incapacitated
Last Update: October 12, 2015 / 16:07:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Captain incapacitated
Airline
Titan Airways
Flight number
U2-5461
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Heraklion, Greece
Aircraft Registration
G-POWI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The occurrence aircraft positioned back to London Gatwick's airport departing Venice about 6.5 hours after landing. The aircraft has not yet resumed service about 9 hours after landing in Venice.
A replacement Easyjet Airbus A320-200 registration G-EZWT positioned from Gatwick to Venice, resumed the flight departing Venice about 6 hours after the landing of G-POWI and reached Heraklion with a delay of 6.5 hours.
The airline confirmed the captain needed medical assistance, the first officer performed a routine landing.
Italy's ANSV rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Captain incapacitated
Airline
Titan Airways
Flight number
U2-5461
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Heraklion, Greece
Aircraft Registration
G-POWI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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