Created Friday, Apr 25th 2025 20:09Z, last updated Friday, Apr 25th 2025 20:09Z
An ITA Italia Trasporto Aereo Airbus A330-900, registration EI-HJO performing flight
AZ-610 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was enroute at FL300 south of Ireland in contact with Shannon Control, when the crew advised they had flight control problems, it was not an emergency, they were consulting with dispatch and maintenance and would continue on track for now. Just before entering Oceanic Airspace the crew advised they would not be able to continue into Oceanic Airspace and thus wanted to return to Rome. The aircraft turned around and returned to Rome for a safe landing about 6:05 hours after departure.
A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration EI-EJM reached New York with a delay of about 10 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Rome about 23.5 hours after landing.
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