Copa E190 over Caribbean Sea on Apr 5th 2013, odour on board
Last Update: April 6, 2013 / 16:00:22 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Copa Airlines
Departure
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Destination
Panama City, Panama
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
Authorities quickly identified a passenger, described as a shaman and voodoo healer, had carried various bottles with liquids claimed to be medicine, one of those bottles was leaking releasing the smell of ammonium. None of the substances was prohibited however.
All passengers including the shaman continued the journey on the aircraft, that departed Barranquilla about 75 minutes after landing and reached Panama City with a delay of 3 hours.
Media in Panama and Colombia widely report the flight was CM-102 from Panama City to Port au Prince landing in Barranquilla at 19:35L (00:35Z Apr 6th), that flight however departed Panama City at 11:51L (16:51Z) and landed in Port au Prince at 15:23L (19:23Z). CM-103 left Port au Prince at 18:56L (22:56Z) and was estimated to reach Panama City at 20:20L (01:20Z) (the airline's website actually states in flight status provided by an external service that the aircraft landed in Panama City at that time).
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Copa Airlines
Departure
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Destination
Panama City, Panama
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
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