Iran A306 at Tehran on May 27th 2017, strong odour on board
Last Update: May 27, 2017 / 19:36:49 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 27, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Iran Air
Flight number
IR-721
Departure
Tehran Imam Khomeini, Iran
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
EP-IBC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A300
ICAO Type Designator
A306
A replacement Airbus A310-300 registration EP-IBL is estimated to reach Frankfurt with a delay of 11 hours.
A passenger reported there were strong odours on board, the crew subsequently announced a technical problem.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 27, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Iran Air
Flight number
IR-721
Departure
Tehran Imam Khomeini, Iran
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
EP-IBC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A300
ICAO Type Designator
A306
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