Elal B738 near Verona on Sep 8th 2015, cargo smoke indication

Last Update: September 9, 2015 / 20:27:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 8, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-5786

Departure
Verona, Italy

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Elal Boeing 737-800, registration 4X-EKR performing flight LY-5786 from Verona (Italy) to Tel Aviv (Israel), was climbing out of Verona's runway 22 when the crew stopped the climb at FL115 reporting an aft cargo smoke indication and decided to divert to Venice (Italy), located 60nm east of Verona, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 04R about 20 minutes after departure. Attending emergency services found no trace of fire, heat or smoke.

The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Venice about 6 hours later and reached Tel Aviv with a delay of 7 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 8, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-5786

Departure
Verona, Italy

Destination
Tel Aviv, Israel

Aircraft Registration
4X-EKR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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