Delta MD88 near Syracuse on Oct 21st 2013, coffee pot smoking

Last Update: October 23, 2013 / 23:02:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 21, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-1841

Aircraft Registration
N920DL

ICAO Type Designator
MD88

An Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88, registration N920DL performing flight DL-1841 from Syracuse,NY to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 116 people on board, was climbing through about 15,000 feet out of Syracuse when the crew declared emergency reporting they had a fire extinguisher discharged, a coffee pot at the right forward galley was smoking. The aircraft returned to Syracuse for a safe landing on runway 10 about 12 minutes later, vacated the runway and stopped for a brief examination by emergency services, then continued to the apron.

The airline confirmed a smokey odour in the galley.

The airport reported there had been a small electrical fire at the coffee pot, which had been quickly extinguished.

A replacement MD-88 reached Atlanta with a delay of 5.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 21, 2013

Classification
Incident

Flight number
DL-1841

Aircraft Registration
N920DL

ICAO Type Designator
MD88

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