Sun Country B737 near Spokane on Sep 5th 2013, smell of smoke as result of passenger laser burning holes
Last Update: September 7, 2013 / 17:24:03 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Sun Country Airlines
Flight number
SY-283
Departure
Minneapolis, United States
Destination
Seattle, United States
Aircraft Registration
N716SY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
On Sep 7th Authorities reported the FBI arrested a passenger who had brought along home built laser devices and had operated those devices in flight burning a number of holes into aircraft seats around his seat resulting in the odour that prompted the diversion to Spokane.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Sun Country Airlines
Flight number
SY-283
Departure
Minneapolis, United States
Destination
Seattle, United States
Aircraft Registration
N716SY
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700
ICAO Type Designator
B737
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