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US Airways Airbus Returns to Charlotte


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Contact Photographer Jan Severijns

What: US Airways Airbus A330-300 en route from Charlotte,NC to Frankfurt Germany
Where: initially requested return to Philadelphia then Charlotte.
When: Aug 1st 2009
Who: 220 passengers
Why: En route, the plane experienced an undisclosed technical issue preventing them from flying across the Atlantic. They received oceanic clearance from air traffic control, but requested it be revoked based on the “maintenance” issue

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