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Preliminary reports on Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 787 serious incidents released
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     The Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) today (March 6) released Serious Incident Investigation Preliminary Reports 2/2020 and 3/2020 on two serious incidents occurred last year involving two Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 787 jets that deviated from their courses while conducting Instrument Landing System approaches to Hong Kong International Airport.

     The two incidents occurred on September 29 and October 18, 2019, and the registration marks of the aircrafts involved were G-VOWS and G-VBOW respectively.

     A spokesperson for the AAIA said that the preliminary reports contain information relating to the serious incidents at the time of issue, and should be regarded as tentative.
           
     "The AAIA investigation team is conducting detailed analysis of the data and information collected in order to determine the circumstances and causes of these occurrences in conjunction with identifying areas for further investigation or lines of inquiry to follow up," the spokesperson said.

     The full Serious Incident Investigation Preliminary Reports 2/2020 and 3/2020 are available for download from the AAIA webpage (www.thb.gov.hk/aaia/eng/investigation_reports/index.htm).
 
Ends/Friday, March 6, 2020
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