Frontier A320 near Albuquerque on May 20th 2018, burning odour in cabin
Last Update: May 21, 2018 / 15:18:07 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Frontier Airlines
Flight number
F9-1839
Departure
Tulsa, United States
Destination
San Diego, United States
Aircraft Registration
N223FR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Albuquerque due to an unknwon odour in the aft cabin out of abundance of precaution. The aircraft landed without further incident.
The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were taken to hotels and rebooked onto flight the following day. The cause of the odour is being investigated.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 10 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Frontier Airlines
Flight number
F9-1839
Departure
Tulsa, United States
Destination
San Diego, United States
Aircraft Registration
N223FR
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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