SAS A333 near Sondrestrom on Oct 12th 2015, shorted coffee

Last Update: October 13, 2015 / 21:53:29 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 12, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-945

Departure
Stockholm, Sweden

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A SAS Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration LN-RKS performing flight SK-945 from Stockholm (Sweden) to Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) with 146 passengers and 10 crew, was enroute at FL360 about 160nm southwest of Sondrestrom/Kangerlussuaq (Greenland) when a coffeemaker suffered an electrical short circuit blanking out cabin lighting, too, and a burning electrical odour developed on board, which subsequently dissipated. The crew decided to divert to Sondrestrom as a precaution and landed safely about 40 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Sondrestrom for about 20 hours, then continued to Chicago as flight SK-6901 and reached the destination with a delay of 21 hours.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
LN-RKS
Country of Registration
Norway
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
Airbus
Aircraft Model / Type
A330-343
ICAO Aircraft Type
A333
Serial Number
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Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
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Engine Count
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 12, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Flight number
SK-945

Departure
Stockholm, Sweden

Destination
Chicago O'Hare, United States

Aircraft Registration
LN-RKS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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