British Airways A320 near Paris on Jul 21st 2016, fumes in cabin
Last Update: July 22, 2016 / 19:49:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 21, 2016
Classification
Accident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-2552
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Heraklion, Greece
Aircraft Registration
G-GATK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline reported that the aircraft due to an unidentified strong smell in the cabin adding that no evidence of Cannabis or Cannabis based products was found on board.
Passengers having been to Amsterdam reported the odour in the cabin, in particular in the back of the cabin, could not be mistaken for anything else but Cannabis.
A replacement A320-200 registration G-GATN departed about 4 hours after landing and reached Heraklion with a delay of 5.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 22 hours, then resumed service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 21, 2016
Classification
Accident
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-2552
Departure
London Gatwick, United Kingdom
Destination
Heraklion, Greece
Aircraft Registration
G-GATK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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