US Airways A332 near Halifax on Oct 1st 2012, overheated galley

Last Update: October 10, 2012 / 18:30:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 1, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-796

Departure
Philadelphia, United States

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
N282AY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A US Airways Airbus A330-200, registration N282AY performing flight US-796 from Philadelphia,PA (USA) to Tel Aviv (Israel) with 233 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 115nm east of Halifax,NS (Canada) and 170nm eastsoutheast of Moncton,NB (Canada) when the crew reported an overheated galley and was cleared to divert to Halifax. On approach the crew was advised that Halifax had no ILS only a NDB available, the threshold of active runway 23 was displaced with no approach lights available due to work in progress. The crew opted to divert to Moncton upon that information, entered a hold at 6000 feet to burn off fuel and landed safely on Moncton's runway 29 about one hour after the decision to divert.

An Airbus A330-200 registration N285AY positioned to Moncton and returned the passengers to Philadelphia departing Moncton about 13 hours after landing.

A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration N284AY reached Tel Aviv with a delay of 24 hours as flight US-796.

On Oct 10th 2012 the Canadian TSB reported a flight attendant observed an aft galley oven emit high heat, removed power from the galley but the heat still increased and light smoke became visible. A fire extinguisher was discharged into the oven, while the flight crew declared emergency and diverted to Moncton. Maintenance replaced the suspect oven, the surrounding structures howed no discolouration due to heat exposure and the aircraft was returned to service. Examination of the removed oven revealed no anomaly.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 1, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-796

Departure
Philadelphia, United States

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
N282AY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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