Volotea A319 at Bastia on Jul 7th 2019, fumes injure crew

Last Update: July 10, 2019 / 20:41:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 7, 2019

Classification
Accident

Flight number
V7-2402

Destination
Bastia, France

Aircraft Registration
EC-MTM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Volotea Airbus A319-100, registration EC-MTM performing flight V7-2402 from Bordeaux to Bastia (France), completed a seemingly uneventful flight with a safe landing in Bastia, taxied to the apron, the passengers disembarked. The crew began to prepare the aircraft for the next sector when a strange odour and smoke developed on board causing a number of crew to suffer from nausea, dizziness, skin itching and vomitting. All 6 crew were taken to a hospital.

The airline reported they are conducting interviews with passengers to see whether any of them had been affected, too.

Emergency services said they suspect fumes, possibly originating from the air conditioning system, as cause of the intoxications.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Bastia for 19 hours, then ferried to Verona (Italy) flying at maximum FL200, remained on the ground in Verona for another 18.5 hours and returned to service in the morning of Jul 9th 2019.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 7, 2019

Classification
Accident

Flight number
V7-2402

Destination
Bastia, France

Aircraft Registration
EC-MTM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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