Flybe DH8D near Manchester on Feb 26th 2018, unusual odour in cockpit

Last Update: February 26, 2018 / 22:03:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
BE-1333

Aircraft Registration
G-PRPL

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-PRPL performing flight BE-1333 from Edinburgh,SC to London City,EN (UK) with 63 people on board, was enroute at FL250 about 80nm northnorthwest of Manchester,EN (UK) when the crew reported an unusual odour in the cockpit suspecting a technical fault as cause and decided to divert to Manchester. The aircraft landed safely in Manchester about 25 minutes later.

The airline confirmed an unusual odour in the cockpit prompted the crew to suspect a technical fault and to divert to Manchester. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 7 hours on the ground.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 26, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Flybe

Flight number
BE-1333

Aircraft Registration
G-PRPL

ICAO Type Designator
DH8D

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