Thomson B788 near Orlando on May 21st 2017, 27 people became sick in flight
Last Update: May 22, 2017 / 22:48:05 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 21, 2017
Classification
Accident
Airline
Thomson Airways
Flight number
BY-375
Departure
Orlando Sanford, United States
Destination
Bristol, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-TUIH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
The airport reported a total of 27 people required medical attention at the airport, it remained unclear what caused the illness. 4 of them were taken to hospitals. A hazmat team checked the cabin air but did not find anything abnormal.
The flight was postponed to the following day.
A replacement Boeing 787-800 registration G-TUIF, scheduled to perform flight BY-743 to Glasgow,SC (UK), resumed the flight and delivered the passengers to Bristol with a delay of about 24 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 23 hours and performed flight BY-743 departing Orlando with a delay of about 70 minutes.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 21, 2017
Classification
Accident
Airline
Thomson Airways
Flight number
BY-375
Departure
Orlando Sanford, United States
Destination
Bristol, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-TUIH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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