Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 09:40
US-Bound Flight Diverted to Amsterdam
A US-bound Delta Airlines Airbus carrying 300 persons was diverted to Amsterdam on August 7 due to issues with its flaps.
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Photo by Strower/Wikimedia Commons According to the airline's representative, the plane, which left Charles de Gaulle, Paris for Detroit, USA, had difficulty retracting its flaps. The plane headed to Amsterdam as a safety measure. 298 passengers and 11 crew members were on board the Airbus A330. A spokeswoman for the air traffic control in the Netherlands Bertine Langelaan said the Airbus had been flying over eastern England to burn fuel prior to landing. The plane was expected to land at Schiphol at 1430 GMT (2000 IST). "It was too heavy to land so it had to circle over England to lose weight," Langelaan told AFP.
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Photo by Strower/Wikimedia Commons According to the airline's representative, the plane, which left Charles de Gaulle, Paris for Detroit, USA, had difficulty retracting its flaps. The plane headed to Amsterdam as a safety measure. 298 passengers and 11 crew members were on board the Airbus A330. A spokeswoman for the air traffic control in the Netherlands Bertine Langelaan said the Airbus had been flying over eastern England to burn fuel prior to landing. The plane was expected to land at Schiphol at 1430 GMT (2000 IST). "It was too heavy to land so it had to circle over England to lose weight," Langelaan told AFP.