ALK Airlines
Air Lubo is a Bulgarian charter airline headquartered in Sofia.
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Founded | 2016 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria | ||||||
Website | www |
Destinations
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ALK Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82
The airline operates charter flights to popular holiday destinations in Egypt, Spain, Italy, and elsewhere.
Incidents and Accidents
- On 2019-06-17, an ALK Airlines Boeing 737-300 performing flight VBB-7205 from Pristina, Kosovo to Basel, Switzerland hit severe turbulence at approximately 32,000 feet which threw passengers, service items and flight attendants into the ceiling of the jet causing injuries.[3] The experience has been reported to have been similar to that of Zero G. 10 passengers were taken to the hospital after landing.[4][5] The fasten seatbelt signs were said to have been illuminated at the time. Per Aviation Herald, the plane in question was fit to fly later that day: "The occurrence aircraft departed for the return flight VBB-7206 after about 2.5 hours on the ground."
References
- "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World: 7. October 2019.
- "ALK Airlines Fleet Details and History".
- "Severe turbulence leaves 10 injured, throws flight attendant into ceiling - ABC News". ABC News.
- "Turbulence: Flight Attendant slammed into ceiling (video) - Airliners.net".
- "Accident: ALK B733 near Basel on Jun 16th 2019, turbulence injures 10 people".
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