Balkan Holidays A320 near Billund on Jul 2nd 2016, engine failure
Last Update: July 3, 2016 / 18:10:42 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 2, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
BH Air Balkan Holidays
Flight number
1B-5508
Departure
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Destination
Varna, Bulgaria
Aircraft Registration
LZ-BHJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration LZ-AOA was dispatched to Billund, continued the flight and reached Varna with a delay of 7 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 22 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 2, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine failure
Airline
BH Air Balkan Holidays
Flight number
1B-5508
Departure
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Destination
Varna, Bulgaria
Aircraft Registration
LZ-BHJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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