United A320 near Grand Junction on Jul 22nd 2015, smoke in aircraft or medical emergency
Last Update: July 23, 2015 / 20:43:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 22, 2015
Classification
Accident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-447
Departure
Denver, United States
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
N460UA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Grand Junction Fire Department reported five passengers were found unresponsive in the back of the aircraft, there had been no malfunction of the aircraft, the "medical event caused a chain reaction of passengers to feel sick and lightheaded which caused the crew to deploy the oxygen masks", the "'smoke' report came from deployment of the oxygen mask (dusty and powder from storage)". One passenger, who was able to walk off the aircraft and into the ambulance, was taken to a hospital. About 15-20 passengers were assessed for various medical symptoms ranging from headache to nausea.
The airline reported a medical event prompted the diversion to Grand Junction. When the crew received reports of multiple ill passengers the crew released the passenger oxygen masks and diverted to Grand Junction.
On Jul 23rd 2015 the airline added, that the examination of the aircraft did not find any anomaly. The airline explained that cabin crew informed the captain that several passengers reported feeling ill, the captain manually released the passenger oxygen masks in case cabin pressurization was an issue.
A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration N66808 reached Los Angeles as flight UA-2076 with a delay of 6 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 22, 2015
Classification
Accident
Airline
United
Flight number
UA-447
Departure
Denver, United States
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
N460UA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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