BAW A388 at Johannesburg on Jul 12th 2023, smoke in cockpit and cabin
Last Update: July 21, 2023 / 19:54:09 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 12, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-56
Departure
Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-XLEH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
According to information The Aviation Herald received the occurrence was a "fume event". A number of members of the crew were complaining about dizziness and nausea and were sent to be assessed at a hospital. The aircraft had had a fuel leak about one week prior to that occurrence.
Passengers reported there was a burning odour in the cabin that became stronger and stronger, the crew told them about a hydraulics and landing gear problem.
Another passenger reported later that there had been smoke in the cabin obviously due to a fire/fault in the cabin, the flight crew instructed cabin crew to prepare for immediate landing, hence cabin crew did not attend to passengers. The passenger observed a trail of vapour of the wing tips, obviously the aircraft was dumping fuel. After landing the aircraft remained on the runway for a long time - during that time the people in the cabin began to feel unwell and hot due to lack of oxygen/air conditioning.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Johannesburg for about 30 hours, then departed for the flight again as flight BA-56D and reached London with a delay of about 30:20 hours.
On Jul 21st 2023 South Africa's CAA reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated. The crew declared Mayday, Mayday, Mayday reporting smoke in cockpit and cabin and requested an immediate descent to 10,000 feet.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 12, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-56
Departure
Johannesburg, South Africa
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-XLEH
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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