Cathay B773 near Amsterdam on Mar 29th 2015, fire in cabin

Last Update: March 29, 2015 / 16:41:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 29, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Cathay Pacific

Flight number
CX-251

Departure
Hong Kong, China

Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Aircraft Registration
B-KPC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300, registration B-KPC performing flight CX-251 (dep Mar 28th) from Hong Kong (China) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 289 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 170nm northeast of Amsterdam (Netherlands) over the North Sea, when the crew reported a fire in the cabin and decided to divert to Amsterdam. While descending towards Amsterdam the crew reported that the fire had been extinguished, only smoke remained in the galley, and continued to Amsterdam for a safe landing on runway 27 about 30 minutes later, the aircraft taxied to the apron with emergency services following the aircraft to the stand.

The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Amsterdam after about 3 hours on the ground and reached London with a delay of 3:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 29, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Cathay Pacific

Flight number
CX-251

Departure
Hong Kong, China

Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Aircraft Registration
B-KPC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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