Arik A332 at London on Mar 24th 2016, technical fault
Last Update: March 25, 2016 / 15:46:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 24, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Arik Air
Flight number
W3-101
Departure
Lagos, Nigeria
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
5N-JIC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The airline reported the aircraft suffered a technical fault on landing in Heathrow and needs to remain on the ground until Friday. The return flight was rescheduled for Friday (Mar 25th) 12:00L, however, has not yet left ground at 15:42L.
A number of Nigerian media titled along "Arik flight Survives Crash At Heathrow Airport".
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 24, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Arik Air
Flight number
W3-101
Departure
Lagos, Nigeria
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
5N-JIC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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