TAROM AT45 at Bucharest on Jan 28th 2019, smell of oil on board

Last Update: January 28, 2019 / 22:28:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 28, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tarom

Flight number
RO-275

Aircraft Registration
YR-ATE

ICAO Type Designator
AT45

A TAROM Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-500, registration YR-ATE performing flight RO-275 from Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) to Thessaloniki (Greece) with 25 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing through FL170 out of Bucharest when the crew stopped the climb and returned to Bucharest reporting an odour of oil on board. The aircraft landed safely back on Otopeni's runway 08L about 30 minutes after departure.

A replacement ATR-42-500 registration YR-ATB reached Thessaloniki with a delay of about 2.5 hours.

The airline reported the aircraft returned to Bucharest due to the smell of oil in the cockpit. A replacement aircraft took the passengers to Thessaloniki. A first examination of the aircraft did not find evidence of a fault on board of the aircraft.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 28, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tarom

Flight number
RO-275

Aircraft Registration
YR-ATE

ICAO Type Designator
AT45

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