British Airways B772 near Shannon on Feb 9th 2018, smoke on the aircraft

Last Update: February 9, 2018 / 16:46:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 9, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-213

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-VIIG performing flight BA-213 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Boston,MA (USA) with 224 passenges and 15 crew, was enroute at FL350 about 230nm southwest of Shannon (Ireland) about to enter the Atlantic Crossing when the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared PAN, PAN, PAN reporting they had "smoke on the aircraft". The crew dumped fuel while on the way to Shannon and requested vectors for an ILS approach to runway 24. The aircraft landed safely on runway 24, after landing the crew advised, still on oxygen masks, that operations were now normal, the smoke in cockpit and cabin had dissipated. The aircraft vacated the runway and stopped for an inspection by emergency services who reported detecting no anomalies. The aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services in trail.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 9, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-213

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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