Tiger A320 near Sydney on Jul 26th 2014, oil fumes in cabin

Last Update: July 26, 2014 / 19:13:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 26, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tiger Airways

Flight number
TT-517

Departure
Brisbane, Australia

Destination
Melbourne, Australia

Aircraft Registration
VH-VNG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Tiger Airways Airbus A320-200, registration VH-VNG performing flight TT-517 from Brisbane,QL to Melbourne,VI (Australia), was enroute at FL360 about 150nm northwest of Sydney,NS (Australia) when both crew donned their oxygen masks reporting they had constant suspected oil smell in the cabin, they were both on oxygen, and decided to divert to Sydney. The crew continued to use their oxygen masks until after vacating runway 34L about 30 minutes after reporting the fumes.

The airline confirmed an engineering issue. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 26, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Tiger Airways

Flight number
TT-517

Departure
Brisbane, Australia

Destination
Melbourne, Australia

Aircraft Registration
VH-VNG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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