Singapore Airlines flight taxis back to gate after pilots encounter technical fault

Published: Wednesday January 7, 2015 MYT 5:11:00 PM
Updated: Wednesday January 7, 2015 MYT 5:33:40 PM

Singapore Airlines flight taxis back to gate after pilots encounter technical fault

A Singapore Airlines flight preparing to take off from Changi Airport's Terminal 3 had to taxi back to the gates on Wednesday morning, after its pilots received a technical fault message. -- PHOTO: ST FILE

 

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines flight preparing to take off from Changi Airport's Terminal 3 had to taxi back to the gates on Wednesday morning, after its pilots received a technical fault message.

The 265 passengers on SQ830, which was bound for Shanghai, had to disembark from the Airbus 380 so engineers could inspect the aircraft and resolve the problem. The plane was also carrying 25 crew.

Originally scheduled to depart T3 at 9.20am, SQ830 returned to the gates at 9.55am, an airline spokesman confirmed.

"Passengers re-boarded the aircraft at 11.30am after our engineers declared the aircraft serviceable and the flight departed at 12.10pm," the spokesman added. – The Straits Times/ANN