US Airways A332 near Philadelphia and Gander on Jul 14th 2014, fumes on board

Last Update: August 6, 2014 / 19:41:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 14, 2014

Classification
Accident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-796

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
N287AY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A US Airways Airbus A330-200, registration N287AY performing flight US-796 from Philadelphia,PA (USA) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was climbing out of Philadelphia when the flight crew reported an odour of burning plastic but decided to continue the flight. The aircraft was enroute at FL370 about 90nm northwest of Gander,NL (Canada) when the crew declared emergency reporting several flight attendants were reporting sick. The aircraft diverted to Gander for a safe overweight landing about 30 minutes later.

The FAA reported that during departure from Philadelphia the flight crew reported a smell of burning plastic but decided to continue the flight. About 1.5 hours into the flight numerous flight attendants reported feeling dizzy due to fumes. The aircraft diverted to Gander where medical services met the aircraft.

NAV Canada reported the crew declared emergency reporting fumes in the back of the aircraft and flight attendants were ill due to the fumes. The aircraft diverted to Gander but could not dump fuel and had to land overweight.

On Aug 6th 2014 the Canadian TSB reported that cabin crew reported fumes in the aft cabin while enroute about 100nm northwest of Gander, the flight crew declared emergency and diverted to Gander for a safe overweight landing. One flight attendant was transported to a medical faciility and released soon after. The other flight attendants and one passenger were examined by medical staff at the airport and released. Maintenance inspected the aircraft and was unable to reproduce the fumes. The aircraft was ferried back to Philadelphia without incident, was released to service and has not encountered another fumes event so far.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 14, 2014

Classification
Accident

Airline
US Airways

Flight number
US-796

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
N287AY

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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