Incredible but true, a plane had to turn around, not for a mechanical problem, but because of an error by one of the two pilots. This story is told to us by . Monday, May 2, a Virgin Atlantic plane departing from London must reach New York. Problem, after an hour of flight, the aircraft must turn around. The reason ? One of the two pilots has not completed one of his trainings. So back to Heathrow, the plane barely flying over Ireland.
Because the company is strict: to be able to fly, pilots must have completed a “final evaluation flight”. The captain had no choice but to turn back, say our colleagues and find another more experienced pilot. An embarrassing situation for everyone, “the passengers were furious”, tells a source to our English colleagues. For its part, the company also reacted indicating that the two pilots were indeed “qualified” and had their license, and that safety on board was not called into question.
