Berlin A332 near Daytona Beach on Feb 25th 2017, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: February 26, 2017 / 21:59:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 25, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-7416
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Cancun, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
D-ALPC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
A passenger reported that the aircraft diverted to Daytona Beach due to smoke in the cockpit, smell of smoke was apparent in the passenger cabin.
The airline reported the captain decided to divert the aircraft to Daytona Beach for safety reasons. The passengers disembarked via stairs. Due to the spring break no hotel accomodation was available in Daytona Beach, the passengers were given accomodation at Daytona Beach Terminal, were provided with meals and access to Internet. The cause of the diversion is being investigated. A replacement aircraft has been dispatched to Daytona Beach, the luggage will be taken to Cancun at a later stage however and taken to the passengers' hotels directly.
An American Airlines Airbus A330-300 registration N271AY was dispatched from Philadelphia to Daytona Beach as flight AA-9462, arrived on Feb 26th 12:08L (17:08Z) and is estimated to depart for the continuation at 13:30L.
According to local information Daytona Beach Airport has no tools available needed to unload an A332, therefore the luggage can not be transferred from the occurrence aircraft to the replacement aircraft. In addition, this weekend is the Daytona 500 race, therefore no accomodation is available in the area.
Passengers were told that the occurrence aircraft is going to be repaired, then is going to carry the luggage to Cancun. The luggage can not be transferred to the replacement aircraft due to lack of needed ground support. Initially the passengers were told their entry to the USA was denied and they therefore could not be taken to hotels. A replacement aircraft would arrive in the course of the night at about 01:00L, however, the flight (AA-9460) was delayed.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 25, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Air Berlin
Flight number
AB-7416
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Cancun, Mexico
Aircraft Registration
D-ALPC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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