Just checking on VS28 and see that today's flight departure is delayed from 17:50 to 00:30 . . . What's up with the flight?
There have been a number of problems/delays recently with the ex LGW a/c, including tech problems, scheduled maintenance etc all of which put a lot of strain on the heavily worked fleet (there is currently a LHR a/c helping out on the LGW/MAN routes). Any further problems just compound the issue and cause knock on delays and whilst there could be a specific reason like a major tech problem for this delay it is quite likely to be just an effect of various factors.
The MCO route does seem to suffer when the fleet are stretched unfortunately.
Neil