British Airways A321 at Amsterdam on Sep 14th 2015, fumes in cabin

Last Update: September 15, 2015 / 21:03:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 14, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-432

Aircraft Registration
G-EUXC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A British Airways Airbus A321-200, registration G-EUXC performing flight BA-432 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Amsterdam (Netherlands), was on approach to Amsterdam's runway 18R descending through about 5000 feet MSL when the crew declared PAN PAN PAN reporting fumes in the cabin, the cockpit was fine. ATC vectored another approach off the ILS runway 18R and cleared the A321 for the approach. The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 18R, vacated the runway and stopped for an inspection by emergency services, a short while later the crew cancelled the PAN advising that the fumes had dissipated and requested to taxi to the apron.

The occurrence aircraft departed Amsterdam for the return flight BA-433 after three hours on the ground and reached London with a delay of 2:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 14, 2015

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-432

Aircraft Registration
G-EUXC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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