Manchester Evening News
By James Holt
January 18, 2024
A Virgin Atlantic flight from Manchester Airport to New York was cancelled moments before take off after a passenger noticed a problem with bolts on the wing.
The VS127 flight, to John F Kennedy International Airport, was stopped from taking off on Monday (January 15) to give engineers time to carry out ‘maintenance checks’ and inspections on the aircraft after it was discovered the tops of four fasteners were missing from a panel on the wing.