Seat fire forces Virgin Atlantic A330 emergency landing

A Virgin Atlantic made an emergency landing at Boston Airport shortly after taking off from New York JFK July 4 after a fire broke out in one of the passenger seats. The Airbus A330, operating flight VS138, was scheduled to fly to London Heathrow. It diverted to Boston about 25 minutes after taking...
Karen Walker

Karen Walker is Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief and Aviation Week Network Group Air Transport Editor-in-Chief. She joined ATW in 2011 and oversees the editorial content and direction of ATW, Routes and Aviation Week Group air transport content.

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