Canada B772 near Tokyo on May 6th 2016, smell of smoke in cockpit
Last Update: May 10, 2016 / 19:54:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-16
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FNNH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 2.5 hours, then departed Narita and is estimated to reach Toronto with a delay of 2 hours.
Japan's Ministry of Transport reported runway 16R was closed for about 9 minutes as result of the occurrence.
On May 10th 2016 Canada's TSB reported that the inflight entertainment system (IFE) was turned off in flight after an acrid odour was noticed. The crew declared PAN and diverted to Tokyo's Narita Airport. Maintenance deactivated the IFE, IFE cooling fan and the left lower recirculation fan and released the aircraft according to minimum equipment list requirements.
Aircraft Registration Data
Aircraft registration data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 6, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-16
Departure
Hong Kong, China
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FNNH
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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