Hop! E170 near Luxembourg on Mar 2nd 2025, burning odour on board

Last Update: March 3, 2025 / 16:07:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 2, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Hop!

Flight number
AF-1796

Departure
Lyon, France

Aircraft Registration
F-HBXE

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

A Hop! Embraer ERJ-170 on behalf of Air France, registration F-HBXE performing flight AF-1796 from Lyon (France) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was enroute at FL300 about 40nm south of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) when the crew decided to divert to Luxembourg reporting a burning odour on board. The aircraft landed safely on Luxembourg's runway 06 about 15 minutes later.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled.

A passenger reported a burning smell was observed on board of the aircraft.

A ground observer watching the aircraft land reported emergency services awaited the aircraft, subsequently opened the cargo holds and unloaded all cargo.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Luxembourg about 28 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 2, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Hop!

Flight number
AF-1796

Departure
Lyon, France

Aircraft Registration
F-HBXE

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

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