{"id":5459541,"date":"2026-07-14T11:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=5459541"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:19:58","slug":"virgin-atlantic-vs135-a350-orlando-turnback-heathrow-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/virgin-atlantic-vs135-a350-orlando-turnback-heathrow-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"El vuelo a Orlando que no lleg\u00f3 a ninguna parte."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Los pasajeros del vuelo VS135 de Virgin Atlantic embarcaron en Heathrow el lunes por la tarde esperando ver palmeras y parques tem\u00e1ticos. Cinco horas despu\u00e9s, bajaron por las mismas escaleras del mismo aeropuerto londinense, sin estar m\u00e1s cerca de Orlando que cuando partieron, pero mucho m\u00e1s cansados.<\/p>\r\n<p>El Airbus A350-1000 nunca cruz\u00f3 el Atl\u00e1ntico. Lleg\u00f3 hasta el l\u00edmite del espacio a\u00e9reo irland\u00e9s, pas\u00f3 dos horas describiendo c\u00edrculos sin rumbo fijo frente a la costa y luego se dio por vencido y regres\u00f3 a casa. Es una de las maneras m\u00e1s surrealistas de pasar una tarde: un vuelo transatl\u00e1ntico a ninguna parte.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px;\"><strong>Datos r\u00e1pidos<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 1.8;\">\r\n<li><strong>Vuelo:<\/strong> Vuelo VS135 de Virgin Atlantic, de Londres Heathrow (LHR) a Orlando (MCO).<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Aeronave:<\/strong> Airbus A350-1000 (matr\u00edcula G-VELJ, seg\u00fan se inform\u00f3)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Salido:<\/strong> Heathrow, aproximadamente a las 14:00 hora local, lunes 13 de julio de 2026<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Tiempo en el aire:<\/strong> ~5 horas, ninguna de ellas en direcci\u00f3n a Orlando.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Causa reportada:<\/strong> Fallo en el sistema de navegaci\u00f3n (seg\u00fan AIRLIVE)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Resultado:<\/strong> Regres\u00f3 a Heathrow alrededor de las 19:00; vuelo cancelado.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Un giro de 180 grados al borde del Atl\u00e1ntico.<\/h2>\r\n<p>El vuelo VS135 despeg\u00f3 de Heathrow alrededor de las 14:00 hora local, ascendi\u00f3 sobre el oeste de Inglaterra y puso rumbo a Florida. Aproximadamente una hora despu\u00e9s del despegue, al llegar al l\u00edmite occidental del espacio a\u00e9reo irland\u00e9s, la tripulaci\u00f3n dej\u00f3 de dirigirse hacia el oeste y comenz\u00f3 a esperar, volando en c\u00edrculos frente a la costa irlandesa en lugar de continuar su trayectoria a trav\u00e9s del oc\u00e9ano.<\/p>\r\n<p>Esa espera dur\u00f3 aproximadamente dos horas. Para quienes segu\u00edan el vuelo en l\u00ednea, la trayectoria de la aeronave parec\u00eda un nudo sobre las aproximaciones al Atl\u00e1ntico. Finalmente, la tripulaci\u00f3n tom\u00f3 la decisi\u00f3n: no hacia el oeste, a Orlando, sino hacia el este, de regreso a Londres.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=1371121245  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/virgin-atlantic-a350-1000-final-approach.jpg\" alt=\"Un Airbus A350-1000 de Virgin Atlantic en aproximaci\u00f3n final.\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Un Airbus A350-1000 de Virgin Atlantic en aproximaci\u00f3n final. El vuelo VS135 dur\u00f3 cinco horas antes de regresar a su aeropuerto de origen. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 dar vueltas durante dos horas primero?<\/h2>\r\n<p>Lo interesante es la demora antes de dar la vuelta. Un avi\u00f3n de fuselaje ancho como el A350-1000 despega con una carga de combustible excesiva para una traves\u00eda oce\u00e1nica de nueve horas, mucho mayor que su peso m\u00e1ximo permitido para el aterrizaje. En lugar de aterrizar con exceso de peso, las tripulaciones suelen consumir primero el combustible, manteni\u00e9ndose en un espacio a\u00e9reo seguro hasta que el avi\u00f3n tenga el peso suficiente para aterrizar dentro de los l\u00edmites permitidos. Esa es la raz\u00f3n m\u00e1s probable por la que el vuelo VS135 estuvo dos horas dando vueltas antes de iniciar el regreso.<\/p>\r\n<p>Seg\u00fan un informe exclusivo del sitio web de aviaci\u00f3n AIRLIVE, la aeronave estaba experimentando una falla en el sistema de navegaci\u00f3n. Sobre mar abierto, donde no existen balizas de navegaci\u00f3n terrestres y la tripulaci\u00f3n depende de los propios sistemas del avi\u00f3n para conocer su ubicaci\u00f3n exacta, una falla de navegaci\u00f3n no es algo que se pueda soportar a lo largo de 4000 millas de mar. Dar la vuelta fue la decisi\u00f3n prudente y correcta.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cEl vuelo VS135 de Londres Heathrow a Orlando, previsto para el lunes 13 de julio, regres\u00f3 a Londres Heathrow debido a un problema t\u00e9cnico menor y, posteriormente, fue cancelado.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>portavoz de Virgin Atlantic<\/strong> \u2014 Declaraci\u00f3n a TheTravel<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Sin dramatismo en la caba\u00f1a, espectacular en el mapa.<\/h2>\r\n<p>A pesar de toda la atenci\u00f3n en l\u00ednea, no se trat\u00f3 de una emergencia. No hubo alerta de emergencia, ni evacuaci\u00f3n, ni incidentes en la cabina m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del aburrimiento y la decepci\u00f3n. El A350-1000 es uno de los aviones de largo recorrido m\u00e1s modernos y fiables que existen, y un regreso preventivo por un peque\u00f1o problema t\u00e9cnico es precisamente el tipo de decisi\u00f3n poco glamurosa que mantiene la seguridad de la aviaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\r\n<p>El v\u00eddeo que aparece a continuaci\u00f3n muestra el mismo tipo de aeronave volando la misma ruta de Heathrow a Orlando, tal como est\u00e1 previsto, hasta llegar a Florida.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ANtkjwy9kvU\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Virgin Atlantic reubic\u00f3 a los pasajeros afectados y el vuelo VS135 fue cancelado para ese d\u00eda. En alg\u00fan lugar de Orlando, muchas familias brit\u00e1nicas muy pacientes tuvieron que esperar una noche m\u00e1s a que saliera el sol.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Fuentes: AIRLIVE; TheTravel; datos de seguimiento de vuelos; Virgin Atlantic.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/etops-explained-engines-turn-or-passengers-swim\/\">Motores en marcha o pasajeros a nado: Explicaci\u00f3n de ETOPS<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/british-airways-cuts-19-routes-gatwick-heathrow-summer-2026\/\">British Airways acaba de cancelar 19 rutas: Gatwick sufre grandes p\u00e9rdidas, Heathrow sale ganando.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passengers on Virgin Atlantic flight VS135 boarded at Heathrow on Monday afternoon expecting palm trees and theme parks. Five hours later they climbed down the same set of stairs at the same London airport, no closer to Orlando than when they started \u2014 but a good deal more tired. The Airbus A350-1000 never crossed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5459548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5459541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-world","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Virgin Atlantic VS135 Turns Back to Heathrow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Virgin Atlantic A350 on flight VS135 turned back to Heathrow mid-Atlantic on its way to Orlando. 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