Virgin Atlantic A332 near Stephenville on Jun 24th 2018, smoke in galley

Last Update: July 11, 2018 / 19:51:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 24, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VS-110

Aircraft Registration
G-VLNM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-200, registration G-VLNM performing flight VS-110 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Manchester,EN (UK) with 175 passengers and 12 crew, was enroute at FL390 about 100nm northwest of Stephenville,NL (Canada) when the crew detected odour in one of the galley areas. Cabin power was shut down and the smoke dissipated, the crew decided to divert to Boston,MA (USA) without declaring emergency or requesting priority and descended the aircraft to FL380 for the diversion. Enroute to Boston the crew reported they had readings on some sensors that they were not comfortable with and decided to divert to Halifax,NS (Canada). The aircraft landed safely in Halifax about 65 minutes after the first decision to divert to Boston.

The Canadian TSB reported a galley inspection was completed with no causal factors identified. The aircraft was positioned to London Gatwick,EN (UK) for further examinations with two technicians and a full compliment of cabin crew on board to monitor for any further smoke enroute.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 24, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
VS-110

Aircraft Registration
G-VLNM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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