France B772 near Glasgow on Jul 15th 2017, burning odour on board

Last Update: July 15, 2017 / 20:54:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 15, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-374

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Vancouver, Canada

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPL performing flight AF-374 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Vancouver,BC (Canada) with 294 passengers, was enroute at FL35 about 25nm east of Glasgow's Prestwick Airport,SC (UK) when the crew reported a burning odour on board and diverted to Prestwick for a safe landing on runway 12 about 25 minutes later. The aircraft vacated the runway and taxied to the apron.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground at Prestwick Airport about 7.5 hours after landing.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Prestwick due to a faint burning odour on board. A replacement aircraft is being dispatched to Prestwick.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 15, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-374

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Vancouver, Canada

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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