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Virgin emergency landing at Shannon today

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2004, 00:29
by lifebuoy

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2004, 00:34
by RichardMannion
Not sure, but flight status doesn't look good;it was late out in the first instance! So it returned back to LHR, and will go out tomorrow - the reciprocal flight from MIA-LHR (VS006) was cancelled today as a result.

Flight number VS 005
Departure date 07 Dec 2004
Route London (LHR) to Miami (MIA)
Scheduled departure time 07 Dec 11:15
Actual departure time 07 Dec 13:25
Scheduled arrival time 07 Dec 16:15
Actual arrival time 07 Dec 14:57
Estimated arrival times Diverted to SHANNON (SNN)
The following flight matches your search criteria. Please note that all times listed are local. Flight number VS 005
Departure date 07 Dec 2004
Route SHANNON (SNN) to Miami (MIA)
Scheduled departure time 07 Dec 16:05
Actual departure time 07 Dec 20:00
Scheduled arrival time 07 Dec 19:35
Actual arrival time 07 Dec 21:18
Estimated arrival times Diverted to London (LHR)

Thanks,
Richard

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2004, 01:20
by airchabum
There was some smoke in the cabin so the crew elected to dump fuel and return to Shannon. After the electrical problem was fixed the a/c had to return to LHR as the crew didn't have the hours to continue. Pax were put in hotels tonight and due to the low loads most can be put on Wednesday's flight with any overspill on BA/AA/etc.

Cheers
Alan