Austrian B763 over Atlantic on Sep 29th 2023, smell on board
Last Update: September 30, 2023 / 15:13:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 29, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Austrian Airlines
Flight number
OS-73
Departure
Vienna, Austria
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
OE-LAE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The remainder of the flight was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Keflavik for about 20 hours, then returned to Vienna as flight OS-1492.
The airline told Austrianwings the aircraft needed to divert to Keflavik as a precaution following a "Smell Event".
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 29, 2023
Classification
Incident
Airline
Austrian Airlines
Flight number
OS-73
Departure
Vienna, Austria
Destination
Montreal, Canada
Aircraft Registration
OE-LAE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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