Fedex MD11 near Tokyo on Dec 9th 2017, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: December 10, 2017 / 20:05:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 9, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cockpit

Airline
Fedex

Departure
Anchorage, United States

Destination
Taipei, Taiwan

Aircraft Registration
N618FE

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

A Fedex Federal Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter, registration N618FE performing freight flight FX-49 (dep Dec 8th) from Anchorage,AK (USA) to Taipei (Taiwan) with 3 crew, was enroute at FL320 about 100nm west of Tokyo's Narita Airport when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and diverted the aircraft to Tokyo Narita for a safe landing on runway 34L about 30 minutes later.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the runway was closed for about 4 minutes while emergency services checked the aircraft.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 2:40 hours, then continued to Taipei and reached the destination with a total delay of 4:15 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 9, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cockpit

Airline
Fedex

Departure
Anchorage, United States

Destination
Taipei, Taiwan

Aircraft Registration
N618FE

Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11

ICAO Type Designator
MD11

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