LONDON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Wiring problems were found on four Virgin Atlantic aircraft during an inspection after a fire onboard a Virgin Atlantic flight, officials in Britain said.
The fire led to an investigation last month into electric wiring in 36 of the airline's planes. The investigation found four aircraft had faulty or defective wiring systems that controlled "mood lighting" in the first class bar areas, The Daily Mail reported Friday.
Ireland's Air Accident Investigation Unit ordered the international checks after a Virgin flight from London to Chicago Jan. 11. The flight made an emergency landing in Ireland some 20 minutes after takeoff, and a preliminary report found that a cabin crew using five extinguishers could not put out the small fire at the bottom of a waste bin storage compartment on the Airbus A340-300.
The safety defects were fixed after the inspections, the newspaper reported.
"While the cause of the wiring damage to this aircraft has been determined, significant other issues are being examined by the investigation," the investigator's report said.
