Europa B738 at Madrid on Jan 6th 2018, smoke in cabin

Last Update: January 8, 2018 / 23:30:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 6, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cabin

Airline
Air Europa

Flight number
UX-1017

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
London Gatwick, United Kingdom

Aircraft Registration
EC-JHL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Air Europa Boeing 737-800, registration EC-JHL performing flight UX-1017 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was in the initial climb out of Madrid's runway 36R when the crew stopped the climb at about FL060 reporting smoke in the cabin and returned to Madrid for a safe landing on runway 32R about 25 minutes after departure.

A passenger reported about 1-2 minutes after departure smoke began to emanate from the forward galley. A flight attendant rushed forward with a fire extinguisher, another flight attendant wearing her smoke hood went into the galley. The passenger didn't think the fire extinguisher was used. The captain subsequently announced there had been a problem with one of the air conditioning packs and they were returning to Madrid, there was no danger, no emergency had been declared. Another aircraft took them to London with a delay of about 4 hours.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EC-LYR reached Gatwick with a delay of 4 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 6, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cabin

Airline
Air Europa

Flight number
UX-1017

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
London Gatwick, United Kingdom

Aircraft Registration
EC-JHL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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