El Al B738 near Larnaca on May 21st 2019, smell of smoke in cabin

Last Update: May 23, 2019 / 21:06:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 21, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-363

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An El Al Boeing 737-800, registration 4X-EKA performing flight LY-363 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Vienna (Austria), was enroute at FL340 about 120nm southwest of Larnaca (Cyprus) when the crew decided to divert to Larnaca due to smell of smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely on Larnaca's runway 22 about 25 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration 4X-EKB reached Vienna with a delay of 6:45 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Larnaca for about 4 hours, then positioned back to Tel Aviv, remained 8 hours on the ground in Tel Aviv and resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 21, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-363

Destination
Vienna, Austria

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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