Southwest B737 near Pensacola on Dec 12th 2017, burning odour in cabin

Last Update: December 13, 2017 / 21:11:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 12, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-1539

Aircraft Registration
N905WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N905WN performing flight WN-1539 from Orlando,FL to Houston Hobby,TX (USA), was enroute at FL400 about 110nm southsouthwest of Pensacola,FL (USA) when the crew reported a burning odour in the cabin and diverted to Pensacola for a safe landing about 18 minutes later.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 4.5 hours, then continued the journey and reached Houston with a delay of about 5 hours.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Pensacola due to an odour in the cabin. The source of the odour was identified to be the coffeemaker.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 12, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
WN-1539

Aircraft Registration
N905WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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