Thomas Cook Orlnado flight makes emergency landing
12.07.09
A flight from Belfast International Airport to Orlando, Florida made an emergency landing after an engine malfunction Friday night. The Airbus A330 was forced to land in Norfolk, Virginia, with the passengers finally making it to Orlando Sanford International Airport hours later on a replacement plane.
The Thomas Cook Airlines plane was traveling from Belfast to Orlando 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 pilot made an emergency landing in Norfolk and the passengers were transferred onto another plane to continue their 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 what caused the vibration problem.
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