Belfast – Orlando flight makes emergency landing
11.07.09
A flight from Belfast to Orlando made an emergency landing after an engine malfunction Friday night. The Airbus A330 jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Norfolk, Virginia, finally making it to Orlando Sanford International Airport hours later.
The Thomas Cook Airlines flight was traveling from Belfast with 265 passengers on board when the pilot detected vibrations in one of the aircraft’s engines. He shut the engine down 60 miles out over the Atlantic Ocean. The plane made an emergency landing in Norfolk. The passengers were transferred onto another plane to make the final leg of the trip to Florida.
A spokesman for Thomas Cook Airlines said the engine was shut down as a precautionary measure. The aircraft landed normally and no passengers were at risk. The airline is investigating exactly what caused the vibration problem.
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