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Date: | Monday 16 September 2019 |
Time: | c. 15:00 UTC |
Type: | Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner |
Owner/operator: | Etihad Airways |
Registration: | A6-BLA |
MSN: | 39646/229 |
Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Location: | West of Ireland -
Atlantic Ocean
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH/OMAA) |
Destination airport: | Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX (IAH/KIAH) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Etihad Airways flight EY131 from Abu Dhabi to Washington, D.C. diverted to Dublin, Ireland following a thermal runaway of a lithium battery of a passenger’s tablet device.
The situation was managed swiftly by the crew and the aircraft landed safely in Dublin at 16:34 UTC. The device was removed and the aircraft continued to its destination two hours later.
Sources:
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/usa-bound-flight-makes-emergency-16930393 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ey131#221e7a0e Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Sep-2019 09:57 |
harro |
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