Korean B773 near Tokyo on Apr 14th 2013, smoke in cockpit

Last Update: April 15, 2013 / 14:21:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
KE-11

Aircraft Registration
HL-8210

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A Korean Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration HL-8210 performing flight KE-11 from Seoul (South Korea) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 288 people on board, was enroute at FL330 about 90nm northeast of Tokyo's Narita Airport (Japan) when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert to Narita for a safe landing on runway 16R about 23 minutes later. Attending emergency services did not find any fire or heat.

Japan's Transport Ministry reported the flight crew had reported smoke in the cockpit, however cabin crew had observed a small amount of smoke in a galley above a refrigerator. An investigation is under way.

The aircraft was able to continue the journey 14.5 hours after landing and reached Los Angeles with a delay of 15 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
KE-11

Aircraft Registration
HL-8210

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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