American A333 near Shannon on Oct 21st 2019, two cabin crew unconscious due to forgotten aircraft cleaner on board

Last Update: October 21, 2019 / 22:12:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 21, 2019

Classification
Accident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-729

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Philadelphia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N273AY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

An American Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N273AY performing flight AA-729 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was enroute at FL370 about 170nm southwest of Shannon (Ireland) about to enter the Oceanic crossing when the crew reported a chemical odour on board, two flight attendants had passed out. The crew decided to turn around and divert to Dublin advising, that both cabin crew regained their consciousness in the meantime, the crew had been actually able to identify the spillage, at Heathrow Airport a canister with an aircraft interior cleaner CH2200D had been left behind in a lavatory, the canister had leaked its fluid into the carpets and was now secured into a plastics bag, they were told it was not a toxic substance, but mainly consisting of derivatives of ammonium chloride, in addition a number of passenger are complaining about respiratory and eye irritations. Paramedics were requested at the gate, they would taxi to the gate after landing and meet the paramedics at the gate. The aircraft landed safely on Dublin's runway 28 about one hour after turning around. Paramedics attended to the affected cabin crew and a number of passengers.

Dublin Airport reported the aircraft diverted to Dublin due to a medical emergency.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Dublin about 10 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 21, 2019

Classification
Accident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-729

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Philadelphia, United States

Aircraft Registration
N273AY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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