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Airbus A321	-251NX	11509		N624FR	Frontier Airlines	delivery 16aug23 BFM-TPA "Cloud the Three-wattled bellbird"	ex F-WZMG
Airbus A321	-271NX	11512		N625FR	Frontier Airlines	delivery 18aug23 BFI-TPA	ex F-WZMK
Airbus A321	-271NXLR	11556		XA-VXO	VivaAerobus	delivery 17aug23 XFW-KEF-BGR-MTY	ex D-AZAR
Airbus A330	-243	396		OE-IDW	Avolon Aerospace	regd 11aug23, parked at CHR	ex B-LHA
Airbus A330	-343	420		B-HLQ	Cathay Pacific	ferried 10aug23 ASP-HKG after storage	ex F-WWYB
Airbus A330	-343(F)	713		G-EODS	Titan Airways	ferried 21aug23 AMS-LDE for onward storage	ex EI-GTT
Airbus A330	-243F	1380		N331QT	Avianca Cargo	ferried 16aug23 CWF-MIA after paint into green cs, standard style	ex F-WWYK
Airbus A330	-343	1382		9H-SMD	smartLynx Airlines Malta	posn 15aug23 CHR-TAS on wet-lease to Panorama Airways	ex EC-NBP
Airbus A350	-941	251		DQ-FAM	Fiji Airways	delivery 12aug23 MLA-LAX	ex F-WJKN
Airbus A350	-941	604		B-32EZ	Air China	delivery 16aug23 KHN-PEK	ex B-005N
Airbus A350	-1041	623		G-XWBP	British Airways	delivery 19aug23 TLS-LHR	ex F-WZNP
Airbus A400M	-180	131		54+43	Luftwaffe	delivery 18aug23 SVQ-ETNW	ex EC-401
Airbus Canada A220	-300	55217		N3132J	jetBlue Airways	delivery 19aug23 BFM-YMX	ex C-GPZX

Airbus Updates No.2813

Avianca Cargo Airbus A330-200 Diverts To Madrid Over Electrical Degradation

An Avianca Cargo A330-200 freighter experienced ‘electrical degradation’ over Northern Ireland on August 29th, 2020, just outside of Belfast. The A330 was flying from Amsterdam to Miami when the crew reported a ‘minor technical problem’ as it was flying just over Northern Ireland. The flight initially diverted to its origin at Amsterdam but was subsequently directed to divert to Madrid instead.

Avianca Cargo, formerly known as TAMPA, has a fleet of six Airbus A330-200 freighters. Photo: Juan Carlos Medau via Wikimedia Commons

Incident details

According to The Aviation Herald, the Avianca Cargo Airbus A330-200 freighter was performing flight QT4046 from Amsterdam to Miami, having taken off at 19:35 local time. Flying at FL340 about 60nm west of the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast, the crew decided to return to Amsterdam, citing a minor technical problem as their reason.

The aircraft descended to FL180 for its return to Amsterdam. Nearing Amsterdam, the crew descended the aircraft to FL100, advising the airport that no assistance and no emergency services were needed. They further reported that they just had an electrical degradation in their plane, preventing the Oceanic crossing.

A short time later, the crew reported to Amsterdam that their company had requested that they divert to Madrid instead and climbed to FL230. Redirecting to Madrid, the aircraft performed a safe landing about five and a half hours after they decided to turn back to Amsterdam while over Northern Ireland.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Madrid at the time of this article’s publication. There are no future flights listed for the plane yet.

About the aircraft

The aircraft is an A330-200 freighter registered as N331QT. The aircraft, according to Airfleets, is just over seven and a half years old and first entered service with cargo airline TAMPA. This airline was subsequently renamed and merged to become Avianca Cargo, and the aircraft carried over to the new company in May of 2013.

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