Olympic AT72 at Mytilene on Apr 1st 2025, engine fire indication after landing
Last Update: April 1, 2025 / 14:29:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 1, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Olympic Air
Flight number
OA-250
Departure
Athens, Greece
Destination
Mytilene, Greece
Aircraft Registration
SX-OBT
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The airline reported moments after touchdown the crew received an engine fire indication, followed the procedures, stopped the aircraft and ordered an evacuation. All passengers disembarked safely, no fire was confirmed. Later the crew taxied the aircraft to the apron on own power. A replacement aircraft was dispatched to Mytilene to perform the return flight.
Maintenance identified the fire indicator was faulty, there had been no fire.
A replacement A320-200 registration SX-DVQ performed the return flight OA-251/A3-251 with a delay of about 2.5 hours delay.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 1, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Olympic Air
Flight number
OA-250
Departure
Athens, Greece
Destination
Mytilene, Greece
Aircraft Registration
SX-OBT
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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