India B788 near Baku on Jul 10th 2016, dreamliner turns into steamliner
Last Update: July 12, 2016 / 19:41:50 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 10, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-130
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Mumbai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 39.5 hours, then continued the flight to Mumbai and reached the destination with a delay of 41 hours.
The airline, who had initially stated the aircraft diverted due to operational reasons as result of a minor technical issue, reported on Jul 12th that the cabin got very hot due to the failure of the recirculation fans of the air conditioning systems, which prevented the cooled air to get to the cabin.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 10, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-130
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Mumbai, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
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