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| Date: | Thursday 30 November 2023 |
| Time: | c. 19:15 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | N780AV |
| MSN: | 37502/217 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 235 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | S of Santa Maria -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suárez Airport (MAD/LEMD) |
| Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avianca flight AV11, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, diverted to Santa Maria Airport, Azores (SMA) after the flight crew received a notification about a loss of oil in one of the engines.
A safe landing was made at SMA at 21:12 UTC.
Sources:
https://noticias.caracoltv.com/colombia/avion-de-avianca-que-cubria-ruta-madrid-bogota-debio-aterrizar-de-emergencia-en-islas-azores-rg10
https://twitter.com/NoticiasCaracol/status/1730350159307919524/history
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n780av#33086e7f
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 December 2024 | N780AV | Avianca | 0 | SW of Azores | |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2023 07:42 | harro | Added |
| 01-Dec-2023 07:42 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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