Interjet A320 near Tijuana on Feb 26th 2017, burning odour on board
Last Update: March 10, 2017 / 16:02:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 26, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Interjet
Flight number
4O-2972
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
XA-VTA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Passengers reported a burning odour on board prior to the decision to divert. They were abandoned by the airline and reported, they made it across the border into the USA on their own using Uber. Tweets complaining about being abandoned still appeared on Mar 1st 2017.
The airline reported a mechanical issue prompted the diversion to Tijuana.
On Mar 10th 2017 Mexico's Civil Aviation Authority reported the aircraft diverted to Tijuana due to a leak in the green hydraulic system. The CAA provided callsign AIJ2972 on local date Feb 25th 2017 performed by tail number XA-ACO (s/n: 1322), radar data show however that on local date Feb 24th 2017 (Feb 25th UTC) XA-VTA performed flight AIJ2972 and reached Los Angeles, on local date Feb 25th 2017 (Feb 26th UTC) tail XA-DOS performed flight AIJ2972 and reached Los Angeles, on local date Feb 26th 2017 (Feb 27th UTC) XA-VTA diverted to Tijuana. According to databases XA-ACO is in storage since July 2016, the aircraft has not been seen on radar for months, a transponder coding error is currently not known.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 26, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Interjet
Flight number
4O-2972
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
XA-VTA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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