Created Tuesday, Jan 10th 2023 20:26Z, last updated Tuesday, Jan 10th 2023 20:26Z
A Delta Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N805NW performing flight
DL-221 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Salt Lake City,UT (USA), was enroute at FL390 about 160nm northwest of Inverness,SC (UK) about to enter Oceanic Airspace when the crew decided to divert to Madrid,SP (Spain) due to an engine anti-ice problem. Facing icing conditions over the Atlantic, over the UK and into France due to a large weather system, the aircraft kept clear of icing conditions flying southbound across Northern Ireland, Ireland, the Bay of Biscay and landed safely on Madrid's runway 32L about 1100nm south of their diversion point about 4:10 hours after the decision to divert.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Madrid about 5.5 hours after landing.
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