Mount Cook AT72 near Christchurch on Mar 21st 2018, electrical odour in cabin

Last Update: March 22, 2018 / 22:22:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 21, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NZ-5348

Aircraft Registration
ZK-MCO

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Mount Cook Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A on behalf of Air New Zealand, registration ZK-MCO performing flight NZ-5348 from Christchurch to Wellington (New Zealand), was climbing out of Christchurch when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 due to an electrical odour in the cabin and returned to Christchurch for a safe landing about 20 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 3 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 21, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
NZ-5348

Aircraft Registration
ZK-MCO

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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