Volaris A320 at Mexicali on Jan 21st 2017, burning odour and smoke in cabin
Last Update: February 10, 2017 / 15:16:58 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Volaris
Flight number
Y4-165
Departure
Mexicali, Mexico
Destination
Culiacan, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
XA-VLC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Mexico's AIB rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
The occurrence aircraft was able to depart again after about 2.5 hours on the ground and reached Culiacan with a delay of 2.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Volaris
Flight number
Y4-165
Departure
Mexicali, Mexico
Destination
Culiacan, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
XA-VLC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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