Earlier this morning, a Scoot Boeing 787 from Singapore to Berlin via Athens made a u-turn back to the Greek airport.
Information is very limited surrounding this incident, but below is what we know on this so far.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Scoot Flight TR720 – Singapore to Berlin via Athens…
Scoot flight TR720, which made the u-turn this morning, is a routine scheduled flight between Singapore and Berlin via Athens.
The aircraft was conducting the second part of the overall flight from the Greek airport.
Furthermore, it is understood the aircraft involved in the incident is 9V-OFN.
As per data from Planespotters.net, 9V-OFN is a 0.8 year old Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that was delivered to the airline in November 2023.
Of the 787-8 variant, Scoot has 11 of them in their fleet, and all of them are in active service.
Average fleet age for the variant at the Singaporean carrier stands at 7.3 years.
As well as the 787-8, Scoot has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 22 Airbus A320 aircraft.
- 9 Airbus A321 aircraft.
- 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.
- 2 Embraer E190-E2s.
Scoot flight TR720 from Singapore departed Athens at 0836 local time this morning and climbed out towards Berlin.
Over Hungary, the aircraft made a u-turn and proceeded to return to the Greek airport.
The aircraft landed safely without further incident at 1120 local time this morning.
Cause is Unknown & Aircraft Still Grounded…
At this stage, it is unclear why Scoot flight TR720 from Singapore to Berlin made the u-turn back to Athens.
Furthermore, it is also unclear whether it’s relevant to this morning’s system outage at Microsoft.
Data from RadarBox shows that the aircraft is still on the ground following the u-turn this morning.
There is the possibility that the flight to Berlin may have been cancelled, with the next scheduled flight expected to be Scoot flight TR721 back to Singapore from Athens.
Fifth Freedom Flights…
For those that may be wondering, the TR720/721 rotations with Scoot are fifth freedom flights.
This enables a carrier to operate certain flights between two countries that are different from the home base of the airline operating the flight.
These types of routes are allowed by aviation regulators as long as at least one segment of the flight begins or ends in the airline’s home country.
For Scoot, this will be Singapore, and highlights why they can operate fifth freedom to Berlin via Athens.
As soon as we have more information into the reason for the u-turn, then we will update you accordingly.
For now, this remains a developing story pending additional updates.
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