Austral E190 near Posadas on Mar 20th 2018, smoke in cabin
Last Update: March 20, 2019 / 19:23:56 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
Austral Airlines
Flight number
AR-2714
Departure
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Destination
Iguazu, Argentina
Aircraft Registration
LV-CHR
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
Argentina's JIAAC reported there were no injuries, investigators have been dispatched on site.
On Mar 22nd 2018 the JIAAC reported the occurrence has been rated a serious incident, an investigation has been opened. While enroute a smoke alarm within the air re-circulation system activated.
The airline reported the flight crew received a smoke indication, cabin crew however did not see any smoke. The flight crew responded in accordance with security procedures and diverted the aircraft to Posadas. The passengers disembarked normally and are being bussed to Iguazu.
On Mar 20th 2019 Argentina's JIAAC released their final report in Spanish (Editorial note: to serve the purpose of global prevention of the repeat of causes leading to an occurrence an additional timely release of all occurrence reports in the only world spanning aviation language English would be necessary, a Spanish only release does not achieve this purpose as set by ICAO annex 13 and just forces many aviators to waste much more time and effort each in trying to understand the circumstances leading to the occurrence. Aviators operating internationally are required to read/speak English besides their local language, investigators need to be able to read/write/speak English to communicate with their counterparts all around the globe). The report concludes the probable causes of the incident were:
- The crew observed smoke and burning odour from the cabin air conditioning system.
- The recirculation smoke indication was illuminted
- The smoke and burning odour were intermittent and were caused by a slight deficiency of the left hand fan of the air conditioning system.
The JIAAC analysed that the fan was most likely unbalanced causing contact of the end of plastics fan blades with the internal structure causing smoke and burning odour as result of the friction. The crew worked the related checklists, donned their oxygen masks, shut the recirculation fans down and landed at the nearest airport.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cabin
Airline
Austral Airlines
Flight number
AR-2714
Departure
Buenos Aires Ezeiza, Argentina
Destination
Iguazu, Argentina
Aircraft Registration
LV-CHR
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190
ICAO Type Designator
E190
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