TAP A343 near Lisbon and Seville on Jul 31st 2015, door sensor problem, then smoke in cabin
Last Update: July 31, 2015 / 20:10:34 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 31, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Flight number
TP-287
Departure
Lisbon, Portugal
Destination
Luanda, Angola
Aircraft Registration
CS-TOC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
A door sensor was identified as cause of the indication, the aircraft was able to depart again after about 3.5 hours on the ground and was climbing through FL320 about 40nm southeast of Seville,SP (Spain) when the crew stopped the climb reporting smoke in the cabin and diverted to Seville for a safe landing on runway 27 about 25 minutes later.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 31, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
TAP Air Portugal
Flight number
TP-287
Departure
Lisbon, Portugal
Destination
Luanda, Angola
Aircraft Registration
CS-TOC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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