Vueling A320 at Brussels on Jul 9th 2017, sauna in flight

Last Update: July 10, 2017 / 23:07:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 9, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-2151

Destination
Malaga, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MBS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-MBS performing flight VY-2151 from Brussels (Belgium) to Malaga,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Brussels' runway 07R when the crew stopped the climb at FL110, burned off fuel at FL050 and returned to Brussels for a safe landing on runway 01 about 80 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Brussels due to a technical problem.

A passenger reported it became incredibly hot in the cabin after departure, everybody was sweating. The crew announced a technical problem, they needed to burn off fuel and would return to Brussels.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 9, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Vueling

Flight number
VY-2151

Destination
Malaga, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EC-MBS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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