British Airways B772 near London on Jul 12th 2015, fumes in cockpit

Last Update: July 12, 2015 / 22:29:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 12, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-2158

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-VIIY performing flight BA-2158 from Saint Lucia (Saint Lucia) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was descending through FL130 towards London when the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared emergency reporting fumes in the cockpit. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Gatwick's runway 26L about 12 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 15 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 12, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-2158

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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