Corendon B738 at Antalya on Oct 14th 2012, cockpit fire
Last Update: October 17, 2012 / 17:48:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 14, 2012
Classification
Accident
Airline
Corendon Airlines
Flight number
7H-773
Departure
Antalya, Turkey
Destination
Trondheim, Norway
Aircraft Registration
TC-TJK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The airline confirmed the aircraft was evacuated because of smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft was removed from service due to minor damage received during the occurrence. 27 passengers were taken to hospitals.
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration TC-TJJ reached Trondheim with 157 passengers and a delay of 4 hours.
Passengers reported a number of passengers were exiting the aircraft through the overwing exits but had no way to get down and were standing on the wings. When yelling occurred, that the aircraft was on fire, those passengers standing on the wings jumped down, the injuries resulted from these jumps. The smoke had started in the front of the cabin appearing like coming from one of the crew lockers.
On Oct 15th the FAA reported that smoke filled cockpit and cabin while the aircraft was being pushed back, 27 passengers received unknown injuries during the evacuation. The FAA does not mention any fire.
The NTSB tweeted that the NTSB is going to join the investigation. In a later released press release the NTSB stated that there had been a cockpit fire during pushback.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 14, 2012
Classification
Accident
Airline
Corendon Airlines
Flight number
7H-773
Departure
Antalya, Turkey
Destination
Trondheim, Norway
Aircraft Registration
TC-TJK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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