Delta B763 near Billings on Dec 16th 2014, electrical odour on board

Last Update: December 16, 2014 / 22:01:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 16, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-32

Aircraft Registration
N177DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N177DN performing flight DL-32 (dep Dec 15th) from Seattle,WA (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 203 passengers and 10 crew, was enroute at FL330 about 170nm northnortheast of Billings,MT (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Billings due to an electrical odour on board. The aircraft landed safely on Billings' runway 10L about 35 minutes later, attending emergency services found no trace of fire, smoke or heat.

After about 6 hours on the ground in Billings the aircraft continued the flight to Detroit,MI (USA), were a crew and aircraft change was planned, but needed to divert a second time due to electrical fumes, this time to Minneapolis,MN (USA) for a safe landing on runway 30L, requested emergency services to keep an eye on them while they were taxiing to the gate.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 16, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-32

Aircraft Registration
N177DN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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