Luxair B737 near Luxembourg on Apr 27th 2013, returned twice because of burning odour in cabin
Last Update: April 28, 2013 / 19:02:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 27, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Luxair
Flight number
LG-263
Departure
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Destination
Bastia, France
Aircraft Registration
LX-LGS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
Following checks the aircraft departed again after about 4 hours on the ground, however a burning odour developed again in the cabin so that the crew stopped the climb at 6000 feet and returned to Luxembourg again for a safe landing on runway 06 about 10 minutes after second departure.
The flight was subsequently cancelled.
Two de Havilland Dash 8-400 registrations LX-LGN and LX-LGG took the passengers to Bastia as flights LG-265 and LG-267 and reached Bastia with a delay of about 8 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 27, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Luxair
Flight number
LG-263
Departure
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Destination
Bastia, France
Aircraft Registration
LX-LGS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
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