Ryanair B738 near Barcelona on Mar 19th 2015, fire extinguisher in cockpit discharged uncommandedly
Last Update: March 19, 2015 / 14:27:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 19, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-8321
Departure
London Stansted, United Kingdom
Destination
Valencia, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EI-EKZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The airline confirmed a minor fault with a cockpit fire extinguisher, the crew diverted to Barcelona as precaution where a maintenance engineer replaced the extinguisher and returned the aircraft to service.
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Barcelona as flight FR-832 about 2:15 hours after landing and reached Valencia with a delay of 2:40 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 19, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-8321
Departure
London Stansted, United Kingdom
Destination
Valencia, Spain
Aircraft Registration
EI-EKZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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