THY A320 near Vienna on Oct 9th 2017, fumes in cabin
Last Update: October 9, 2017 / 22:16:45 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-1945
Departure
Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen, Turkey
Destination
Brussels, Belgium
Aircraft Registration
TC-JPR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline reported passengers noticed a burning odour in the aft cabin. The source of the odour was probably located in the cabin. The aircraft and passenger luggage were searched.
Passengers reported passenger oxygen masks in the last seven seat rows came down followed by a burning odour causing irritations in nose and eyes.
A replacement Airbus A321-200 registration TC-JRY positioned to Vienna, continued the flight and reached Brussels with a delay of 8.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 10 hours, then positioned back to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport as flight TK-6882.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-1945
Departure
Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen, Turkey
Destination
Brussels, Belgium
Aircraft Registration
TC-JPR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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