British Airways B772 near Halifax on Apr 29th 2016, burning odour on board
Last Update: May 18, 2016 / 21:55:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 29, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-114
Departure
New York JFK, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-YMMK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Halifax 11 hours after landing.
A passenger reported the captain announced about 25 minutes prior to landing they were diverting to Halifax due to a smell in the first class cabin. After landing fire fighters came aboard the aircraft and checked all first class seats and infotainment.
On May 18th 2016 Canada's TSB reported that cabin crew reported an eletrical smell near seats 1K and 1F, but no smoke. Although the cabin crew performed the smoke/fire/fumes checklist, the odour did not dissipate prompting the flight crew to declare PAN and to divert to Halifax, where the aircraft landed without further incident. Maintenance found the power supply for seat 1F was hot on touching and emitted an electrical burning smell. The power supply was removed and the aircraft was returned to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 29, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-114
Departure
New York JFK, United States
Destination
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
G-YMMK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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