Southwest B738 near San Jose on May 9th 2016, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: May 9, 2016 / 23:32:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 9, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-346
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
San Francisco, United States
Aircraft Registration
N8601C
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration N8657B continued the flight for the 9 minutes hop to San Francisco International Airport reaching the destination with a delay of 4.5 hours.
The airline reported there were mechanical difficulties of possible smoke in the cockpit prompting the crew to divert to San Jose even though just about 45nm from San Francisco.
The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service 4 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 9, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Southwest Airlines
Flight number
WN-346
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
San Francisco, United States
Aircraft Registration
N8601C
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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