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VS40 BOS-LHR Emergency?

idlewildchild From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 149 posts, RR: 0
Posted (8 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2122 times:

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I noticed on Radar24 that VS40 appears to be makin an emergency decent into St. John's. Anyone know what's up with this flight?

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idlewildchild From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 149 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (8 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2122 times:

Correction, just turned and appears to be heading for Gandar.

idlewildchild From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 149 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (8 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2075 times:

And now just vanished. Odd, I wonder what's up with this or is a Radar24 error? It shows as G-VNYC, an A330-300

brenintw From Taiwan, joined Jul 2006, 1446 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (8 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2054 times:

Flightaware says VS40 is ORD - LHR, diverting to Gander ...

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VIR40

And reporting now that it has landed.

EDIT:

Virgin's website is showing an estimated 1.5-hour delay into LHR, which makes me think it's a medical diversion.

[Edited 2012-09-17 20:24:32]

I'm tired of the A vs. B sniping. Neither make planes that shed wings randomly!

idlewildchild From United States of America, joined Nov 2011, 149 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (8 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1985 times:

Thanks. For some reason flightradar24 showed it operating BOS-LHR. I figured it was medical. It came down very quickly and was not showing even quicker.

brenintw From Taiwan, joined Jul 2006, 1446 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (8 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1975 times:

Question: This flight isn't showing as circling, and I'm not sure if VS' A330s have fuel jettison capabilities. Would a flight from ORD to LHR diverting to Gander be likely to land overweight? What kind of inspections would be required?

I'm assuming from the estimated 1.5-hour delay that the landing is not expected to be overweight.

I'm tired of the A vs. B sniping. Neither make planes that shed wings randomly!

spiritair97 From United States of America, joined Jan 2011, 1231 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (8 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1975 times:

Quoting idlewildchild (Reply 2):

Since when has the a330 been being sent to ORD??

jwhite9185 From United Kingdom, joined May 2007, 719 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (8 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1766 times:

Quoting spiritair97 (Reply 6):

Since G-VGBR entered service on 4th September.

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