Georgian CRJ2 enroute on Mar 4th 2018, odour in cockpit, smoke in cabin

Last Update: March 28, 2018 / 20:50:32 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 4, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
ZX-7388

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GKEZ

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2

An Air Georgian Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Air Canada, registration C-GKEZ performing flight ZX-7388/AC-7388 from Kansas City,MO (USA) to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 48 people on board, was enroute with the APU operating when the flight crew noticed a fuel odour in the cockpit, the cabin crew reported smoke in the cabin near row 2. The crew shut the APU down, the odour and the smoke subsided. The crew declared emergency and continued to Toronto for a safe landing on runway 05 with emergency services on stand by.

The Canadian TSB reported maintenance checked the APU compartment and found no fuel leaks. The left hand and right hand coaleser bags were replaced and the systems tested with no fault found.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 4, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
ZX-7388

Destination
Toronto, Canada

Aircraft Registration
C-GKEZ

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ2

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