Tuifly B738 at Malmo on Apr 14th 2017, suspected leak or smoke from aircraft

Last Update: April 14, 2017 / 20:47:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
TUIFly

Flight number
6B-271

Departure
Malmo, Sweden

Aircraft Registration
SE-RFV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Tuifly Boeing 737-800, registration SE-RFV performing flight 6B-271 from Malmo (Sweden) to Las Palmas,CI (Spain) with 175 people on board, was climbing out of Malmo's runway 35 when tower observed some streak or smoke trailing the aircraft. The crew was informed, stopped the climb at about FL160 and returned to Malmo for a safe landing on runway 35 about 25 minutes after departure.

The aircraft was able to depart again after about 2 hours on the ground and reached Las Palmas with a delay of 2:20 hours.

The airline reported the cause remained unclear, condensation or something similiar. There was no abnormal indication in the cockpit.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 14, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
TUIFly

Flight number
6B-271

Departure
Malmo, Sweden

Aircraft Registration
SE-RFV

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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