SAS A333 near Bangor on Jun 20th 2012, smoke in cabin

Last Update: June 21, 2012 / 08:19:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 20, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cabin

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-910

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
SE-REF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration SE-REF performing flight SK-910 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Copenhagen (Denmark) with 261 passengers and 11 crew, was enroute at FL290 about 20nm southwest of Bangor,ME (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Bangor due to visible smoke in the cabin and smell of smoke in the cockpit, the crew reported smoke in the cabin. While maneouvering to capture the localizer runway 33 the crew reported smoke was no longer visible in the cabin, air traffic control advised ILS runway 33 was in service but glideslope inoperative. The aircraft performed a localizer approach to Bangor's runway 33, landed safely about 18 minutes after leaving FL290 and vacated the runway, the crew reported everything was back to normal and taxied to the apron. No injuries and no damage occurred.

The airline confirmed there was visible smoke in the cabin and smell of smoke in the cockpit. The passengers were taken to hotels, the aircraft is currently being examined.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 20, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Smoke in cabin

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-910

Departure
Newark, United States

Destination
Copenhagen, Denmark

Aircraft Registration
SE-REF

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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