- A Vueling Airbus A320 had to be diverted and land urgently at Clermont-Ferrand airport on Tuesday.
- The plane, which was to connect Paris-Orly to Ibiza with 164 passengers, experienced a “minor technical problem”, according to the Spanish company.
An Airbus A320 from the Spanish company Vueling, which was to connect Paris-Orly to Ibiza with 164 passengers, had to land urgently on Tuesday at Clermont-Ferrand airport following “a technical problem, indicated the Auvergne airport and the company. The nature of the incident was not specified.
The plane “landed around 6 p.m. and parked without any assistance”, the communications service at Clermont-Ferrand airport told AFP, and the 164 passengers were due to take off shortly before 9 p.m. in another Vueling A320 “from Barcelona”.
The Spanish company confirmed to AFP that flight VY6936 had been diverted to Clermont-Ferrand “due to a technical problem”, and that a “replacement plane” should allow them to reach “their final destination”.
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This incident comes three days after an Air France Paris-Ajaccio A320 also had to be urgently diverted to Lyon following an engine problem. The plane had been the victim of “engine pumping”, when air locks form within the engine and create vibrations forcing the crew to cut it off, Air France said.
The passengers had reached their final destination during the night, after a long journey by plane from Lyon to Bastia, then by bus to Ajaccio.
TM with AFP