‘Roster error’ forces Virgin Atlantic diversion

A Virgin Atlantic flight to New York turned back to Heathrow after it emerged the first officer had not completed final assessment training. Around 35 minutes into Monday’s flight VS3 – when the Airbus A330 had levelled off at 34,000ft above the east of Ireland – the two pilots realised a “rostering error” had been made, according to the airline. Having departed London Heathrow at 08.27 local time on its transatlantic routing the aircraft was diverted back and returned to