Volotea B712 near Rome on Jan 31st 2015, smoke in cabin

Last Update: February 1, 2015 / 19:31:41 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 31, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
V7-1740

Destination
Verona, Italy

Aircraft Registration
EI-EXI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

A Volotea Boeing 717-200, registration EI-EXI performing flight V7-1740 from Catania to Verona (Italy) with 117 passengers, was enroute at FL340 about 30nm north of Rome when the crew declared emergency reporting smoke in the cabin and diverted to Rome's Fiumicino Airport for a safe landing on runway 34R about 25 minutes after leaving FL340. There were no injuries, emergency services did not need to intervene.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were bussed to Verona (road distance approx 534km).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 31, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
V7-1740

Destination
Verona, Italy

Aircraft Registration
EI-EXI

Aircraft Type
Boeing 717-200

ICAO Type Designator
B712

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