Created Wednesday, Mar 8th 2023 14:04Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 8th 2023 14:04Z
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9, registration G-VAHH performing flight VS-450 from Johannesburg (South Africa) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL380 over the Mediterranean Sea about 160nm east of Barcelona,SP (Spain) when the crew decided to divert to Barcelona and drifted the aircraft down to FL240 due to an engine (Trent 1000) problem. The aircraft landed safely on Barcelona's runway 02 about 40 minutes later.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Barcelona about 10 hours later.

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