SN277 - Incident: Brussels A333 at Brussels on Nov 29th 2021
Created Tuesday, Nov 30th 2021 09:34Z, last updated Tuesday, Nov 30th 2021 09:34Z
A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration OO-SFF performing flight SN-277 from Brussels (Belgium) to Accra (Ghana) with 285 people on board, was climbing out of Brussels when the crew stopped the climb at FL250 due to the captain suddenly becoming ill. The first officer took control of the aircraft and returned to Brussels for a safe landing about 50 minutes after departure.
The airline reported the captain became suddenly ill but made clear it was not related to Covid-19. A replacement captain is going to operate the aircraft to Accra.
The aircraft departed again about 2 hours after landing back and reached Accra with a delay of about 3 hours.
Source: The Aviation Herald · #SN277 on X