When flying from Dubai (DXB) to Sydney (SYD), Australia, an Emirates Airbus A380 diverted to Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airport (BLR).
On November 12, 2023, at 10:57 local time, the flight in question, EK412, took off from Dubai. It was flown by one of the carrier's 119 Airbus A380s, registered A6-EVK.
The aircraft flew north after making a quick about turn off the southern coast of the island of Sri Lanka after three hours of flight, arriving at Bengaluru Airport at 18:57 local time.
The aircraft indicated in a statement that there were "operational reasons" for the flight's diversion. After spending an hour and thirty-four minutes on the ground, the same aircraft later took off from Bengaluru at 20:39 and landed in Sydney at 12:42 on November 13.
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A6-EVK was delivered to Emirates in December 2019, making it 4.4 years old, based on information from ch-aviation. In a four-class arrangement, it can accommodate 484 passengers (14 in first class, 76 in business class, 56 in premium economy, and 338 in economy). Four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines power the aircraft.
The choice to divert to Bengaluru is not as eye-opening as one might think, despite the fact that the cause for the diversion has not been disclosed. The airport serves as a frequent stop for the Emirates A380 fleet, which began operating there in October 2022 when the airline first brought its superjumbos into service.
Emirates' daily A380 flights to Bengaluru are identified by flight numbers EK568 and EK569. The station is an A380 destination and will have personnel and ground equipment experienced in handling A380s; in addition, an engineering crew would probably have been on hand in case the problem had been technical. These factors combined to make the decision to divert EK412 there.
A medical incident on board an Air Canada Boeing 777, flight number AC843, which was flying from Frankfurt (FRA) to Toronto (YYZ), caused the aircraft to divert to Dublin (DUB) later that day.
Again, Dublin's status as an Air Canada station would have played a major role in the decision to divert there. Later, the plane started up again with Toronto as its destination.
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