SN463 Kigali via Nairobi what's wrong ?

[airbuske]

03/05 10:35 Kigali SN 463 Delayed 13:00
03/05 10:35 Nairobi SN 463 Cancelled 13:00
03/05 10:35 Kigali SN 1463 Delayed 13:00
via Nairobi

Whats's wrong with this flight ?
Someone who knows?

[Kapitein]

Technical problem, but what ???

[LX-LGX]

It seems to me that the A330-300 has left at 14h04 today, as SN1463:

dep 03/05 10:35 Kigali SN 463 13:00 delayed 333
dep 03/05 10:35 Nairobi SN 463 13:00 cancelled 333
dep 03/05 10:35 Kigali via Nairobi SN 1463 departed 14:04 333

[airbuske]

For tomorrow morning the flights are cancelled

04/05 06:35 Kigali AA 7808 Cancelled 09:01
via Nairobi
04/05 06:35 Nairobi SN 463 Cancelled 09:01

and not cancelled

04/05 08:45 Kigali SN 463 Cancelled
04/05 08:45 Nairobi SN 1463 Delayed 09:32
via Kigali

[LX-LGX]

I can only guess what happened: if a flight is delayed to the next day, airlines usually keep the same flight number but add one figure: SN463 then becomes SN1463. Sabena did it, and also South African is doing that: I once was on a SA9235, being the SA235, delayed by one night.

I don't know why SNBA did it with this flight: the delay at departure wasn't that much. Although there's probably a reason for it, the families and friends that are checking biac.be now surely will be confused.

[Xyckie]

apparently it was a technical problem...damage during ground operation. That's all I know....

[airbuske]

Thanks Xyckie