SriLankan A343 over Arabian Sea on Nov 30th 2014, smoking IFE

Last Update: December 3, 2014 / 21:53:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 30, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UL-230

Aircraft Registration
4R-ADC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

A SriLankan Airbus A340-300, registration 4R-ADC performing flight UL-230 (dep Nov 29th) from Kuwait (Kuwait) to Colombo (Sri Lanka), was enroute over the Arabian Sea when a burning electrical smell developed shortly followed by smoke rising from a seat in the forward passenger cabin. Cabin crew relocated the passengers in the area to the aft cabin, disconnected power from the inflight entertainment system, discharged a number of fire extinguishers and stopped the smoke. The aircraft continued to Colombo for a safe landing on schedule.

A passenger reported that a burning smell developed in the forward cabin, a short time later smoke was noticed rising from a seat in row 10. Passengers were moved from the forward to the aft cabin, 2 or 3 fire extinguishers were discharged, the inflight entertainment was switched off. Passengers were later told that an inflight entertainment box had been identified as source of the smoke.

The occurrence aircraft did not continue its schedule but remained on the ground in Colombo for about 13 hours before resuming service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 30, 2014

Classification
Incident

Flight number
UL-230

Aircraft Registration
4R-ADC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

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