The pilot was unlicensed, so the plane had to turn back.
It is the incredible episode that occurred in Great Britain on board a flight that took off at London's Heathrow airport and headed for New York .
The plane, as reported by Sky News Uk, had to back off because after take-off, which took place on Monday, it emerged that the co- pilot had not finished training and, consequently, had not yet been authorized . of his company to pilot.
In reality, the flight did not violate UK aviation and safety regulations, but the company's " internal training protocols ". In fact, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority claimed to have been informed of the accident by the airline and confirmed that "both pilots were adequately authorized and qualified to undertake the flight".
The captain has been described as "very experienced", for "17 years at Virgin Atlantic", while the co-pilot would join the airline in 2017.
After making the change of pilot, the flight resumed for New York landing about two hours and 40 minutes after the scheduled time.
Virgin Atlantic 's internal regulations have already been revised to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future.
(Unioneonline / vl)