Finnair A321 near Berlin on Aug 19th 2019, smell of fuel in cabin

Last Update: August 28, 2019 / 20:31:55 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 19, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Finnair

Flight number
AY-1223

Aircraft Registration
OH-LZF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Finnair Airbus A321-200, registration OH-LZF performing flight AY-1223 from Helsinki (Finland) to Prague (Czech Republic) with 141 people on board, was enrote at FL360 about 150nm eastnortheast of Berlin (Germany) when the crew decided to divert to Berlin Tegel reporting an odour in the aft cabin, the source of which could not be located. The aircraft landed safely on Tegel's runway 26R about 30 minutes later.

The airline reported an odour of fuel was noticed in the aft cabin. As the source of the odour could not be located the crew decided to divert to Berlin as a precaution. The passengers were bussed to Prague, the return flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 18 hours, then positioned back to Helsinki and resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 19, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Finnair

Flight number
AY-1223

Aircraft Registration
OH-LZF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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