Frontier A320 near Phoenix on May 27th 2018, odour on board

Last Update: May 27, 2018 / 21:32:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 27, 2018

Classification
Accident

Flight number
F9-1764

Aircraft Registration
N238FR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N238FR performing flight F9-1764 from San Diego,CA to Tulsa,OK (USA), was enroute at FL370 about 50nm west of Phoenix,AZ (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Phoenix due to an unidentified odour on board causing a number of passengers to feel unwell. The aircraft landed safely in Phoenix about 20 minutes later. 17 passengers were medically assessed at the airport, one male passenger (62) was taken to a hospital.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground 6 hours after landing.

The airline is investigating the odour.

A passenger reported the odour appeared shortly after departure and had subsided by the time of landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 27, 2018

Classification
Accident

Flight number
F9-1764

Aircraft Registration
N238FR

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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