SAS Dispatches Replacement 737 for Passenger Needing Eye Surgery
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Originally Posted by AvHerald
...developed a technical problem after landing in Aalesund which prevented continuation of the flight scheduled to depart at 11:05L and to reach Bergen at 11:50L.
The airline was about to cancel the flight and rebook the passengers onto the next flight departing 17:25L when a passenger approached the ground staff telling that she was to undergo emergency eye surgery at Bergen which would save her sight. The surgery was scheduled to begin at 15:00L.
The airline confirmed, that they dispatched a replacement Boeing 737-500, registration LN-BUG, from Oslo to Aalesund landing in Aalesund at 13:40L, which continued flight SK-4147 departing at 13:59L and reaching Bergen at 14:36L just in time for the passenger to reach the hospital in time for her surgery.
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