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2009/01/12

Airbus Smokey Emergency Landing in Shannon


What: Virgin Atlantic Airways Airbus A340-300, registration G-VELD flight VS-39 en route from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Chicago O'Hare,IL
Where: Flight diverted to Shannon (Ireland)
When: 11 JAN 2009
Who: 156 passengers were stranded in Shannon.
Why: 37 minutes before emergency landing, pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. Inspection indicated that smoke emanated from some faulty wiring in the forward galley. The passengers were provided hotel accommodations and then scheduled to complete their flight to Chicago via Aer Lingus
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