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Iberia Airbus has Navigation Issues

What: Iberia Airbus A321-200 en route from Madrid to Copenhagen, Denmark
Where: Madrid’s Barajas Airport
When: Jun 13th 2009
Who: 190 passengers
Why: After 40 minutes struggling with technical problem with the navigation instruments, the Airbus returned to land safely in Madrid. The passengers were accommodated with a replacement plane, while this plane was examined by maintenance crews. No injuries were reported.

George’s Point of View

Please note there was a similar incident that happened the day before with another model of airbus but there was even less information available so we didn’t write it up.

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