British Airways A320 at Geneva on Jan 2nd 2018, smoke in cabin
Last Update: January 3, 2018 / 21:17:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 2, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-738
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Geneva, Switzerland
Aircraft Registration
G-EUUY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A passenger reported there was some strong odour in the cabin, the flight attendants used their smoke hoods.
The return flight BA-723 the following morning was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 22:40 hours, then departed to position back to London as flight BA-9273.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 2, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-738
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Geneva, Switzerland
Aircraft Registration
G-EUUY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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