Travel Service B738 at Bourgas on Aug 1st 2017, indication of fire on board

Last Update: August 1, 2017 / 18:39:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QS-1580

Aircraft Registration
TC-TJP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Travel Service Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Smartwings, registration TC-TJP performing flight QS-1580 from Bratislava (Slovakia) to Bourgas (Bulgaria) with 178 people on board, was on approach to Bourgas' runway 04 descending through about 4000 feet when the crew received a fire indication and declared emergency. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 04, vacated the runway and stopped past the hold short line on the turn off. Emergency services did not detect any fire, heat or smoke, the aircraft subsequently taxied to the apron where the passengers disembarked normally.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 4 hours, then departed for the next sector QS-1683 to Kosice (Slovakia) with a delay of 3 hours.

The airport reported the crew reported a cabin fire indication.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QS-1580

Aircraft Registration
TC-TJP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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