Virgin Atlantic flight was forced to turn around after it was revealed that one of the pilots did not complete everything of their company training.
Flight VS3 bound for New York after takeoff off from Heathrow on On Monday it was ordered to return about half one hour after taking off.
Airbus A330 arrived. back about an hour later at London airport, where the co-pilot was replaced.
In spite of first fully licensed officer and qualified for the operation of the aircraft they did not fulfill “final evaluation flight” required airline.
how result, captain was not assigned trainer status and pairing of there were pilots in violation of “internal training protocols”, but not of british aviation and safety regulations.
This was announced by the representative of the Civil Aviation Administration. made aware of incident by the airline and confirmed that “both pilots were licensed and qualified take flight.”
captain was described as “very experienced” with “many thousands of hours of flying time for 17 years at Virgin Atlantic”, while his co-pilot is said to joined airline in 2017.
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Virgin Atlantic, which is largely owned by billionaire Richard Branson, blamed the incident on “list errorand said that the officer had been replaced by ensure “full agreement” with his protocols.
After the change was made, the flight was able to be resumed and landed at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York around 2:00 pm. hours and 40 minutes later than planned.
Meanwhile, Virgin Atlantic’s domestic operations have been reviewed and updated to avoid a similar incident happened in in future.
The airline has apologized for inconvenience caused to their clients.
