Skywest CRJ7 at Tucson on Feb 7th 2016, smoke on board

Last Update: February 11, 2016 / 13:41:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 7, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Skywest Airlines

Flight number
UA-6517

Departure
Tucson, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N705SK

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

A Skywest Canadair CRJ-700 on behalf of United Airlines, registration N705SK performing flight UA-6517 from Tucson,AZ to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 73 people on board, was in the initial climb out of Tucson's runway 11L when the crew, still on tower frequency, announced they needed to turn back to the field, then donned their oxygen masks and reported they had smoke in the cockpit, there were 73 people on board, tower understood 33 people on board. Tower cleared the aircraft to land on runway 11L, the crew levelled off at about 1500 feet AGL, joined a left pattern and landed safely back on runway 11L about 8 minutes after departure. The aircraft stopped on the runway and was evacuated. No injuries occurred.

A replacement Canadair CRJ-700 reached Los Angeles with a delay of 7 hours.

The airline reported an air conditioner unit malfunction had occurred.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 7, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Skywest Airlines

Flight number
UA-6517

Departure
Tucson, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N705SK

Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700

ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7

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