Virgin Atlantic B789 over Greenland on Jul 29th 2017, engine problem
Last Update: July 29, 2017 / 22:24:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 29, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-106
Departure
Seattle, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-VYUM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
A replacement Airbus A340-600 registration G-VFIT was dispatched to Keflavik and delivered the passengers to London with a delay of 9 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Keflavik for a positioning flight to London after about 10:15 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 29, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine problem
Airline
Virgin Atlantic
Flight number
VS-106
Departure
Seattle, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-VYUM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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