Cyprus time, 22:04 landed in Keflavik, Iceland - and not in Reykjavik as had been known - the United Airlines aircraft that took off at noon from Athens for Newark, New York, but diverted to Iceland without the passengers being informed! The event caused great upset and concern to the passengers of the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner flight who during the flight and while flying over the Alps saw on their screens inside the aircraft that the flight was changing course!
Per reports, one of the United Airlines pilots had broken his leg in Athens and the flight was diverted to Iceland for a new pilot to board.
However, the passengers had not been informed and as a result there was confusion inside the aircraft with reports referring to the possibility of a mechanical failure.
For the given diversion of the United Airlines flight that is reflected in the websites that record airline flights and in-flight changes, there is no official information from the Greek Civil Aviation Authority and those responsible at El.
United flight left Athens 4 hours late
One of the passengers of flight UA 125, Gregory Pappas, in a Facebook post before the flight took off from "El.Venizelos" wrote that the flight departed from Greece to New York four hours late!
Passengers were not informed in time
Latest information indicates that the diversion of the flight to Iceland was planned and even announced in the flight schedule, but passengers were not informed in time.
The same reports state that it was deemed that the pilot - although he had an orthopaedic issue could fly - but given the long hours of the flight to New York, the decision was made to make the change with another pilot boarding in Iceland.
Source: Proto Thema
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