Cathay Pacific B773 near Vancouver on Feb 1st 2020, fumes in cockpit and cabin
Last Update: February 24, 2020 / 21:48:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 1, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-865D
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-KPQ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
The aircraft had arrived in Vancouver on Jan 30th 2020 as flight CX-865 from New York JFK. The aircraft was to position onwards to Hong Kong, returned to Vancouver however. Another attempt to position to Hong Kong on Feb 8th also prompted the crew to return to Vancouver. The aircraft finally departed for and reached Hong Kong on Feb 14th 2020.
The Canadian TSB reported: "Maintenance conducted an overweight landing inspection with no faults found. They verified that the smoke was in fact oil fumes/haze caused by an oil contaminated air conditioning system. They traced the origin of the oil source to the aircraft's APU. Numerous components of the air conditioning system were replaced and the ducting was removed and cleaned. The APU was deactivated for the return flight to VHHH and the aircraft has returned to service."
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 1, 2020
Classification
Incident
Airline
Cathay Pacific
Flight number
CX-865D
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
B-KPQ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300
ICAO Type Designator
B773
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