Petition updateStop contaminated cabin air in aircraft!Contaminated Air Onboard Aircraft - August 2018
Trudie DaddCrewkerne, ENG, United Kingdom
Sep 30, 2018

Photograph: Aeroinside.

These are the incidents we have been informed of or found from the sources shown. No doubt there are many more that have occurred but for whatever reason, have not been reported/documented.

 

Reported Fume Events - August 2018:
Source: aviationherald.com

01 August - American Airlines - Boeing 757-200
Flight Number: AA 89 Registration: N198AA
Shannon - Philadelphia
Smell of smoke in cabin - Diverted to Halifax (Canada).

03 August - First Air - Avions De Transport Regional ATR-42-300
Flight Number: 7F-803 Registration: C-GKLB
Igloolik - Iqaluit (Canada)
Smoke onboard - Returned to Igloolik.

04 August - Lufthansa - Airbus A321-200
Flight Number: LH 681 Registration: D-AIDA
Tel Aviv - Munich
Electrical odour onboard - Diverted to Athens.

07 August - Trans States Airlines - Embraer ERJ-145 (on behalf of United Airlines)
Flight Number: AX4697/UA4697 Registration: N12142
Washington Dulles - Providence, Rhode Island
Smoke in cabin - Diverted to New York JFK.

10 August - Virgin Atlantic - Airbus A330-300
Flight Number: VS 50A Registration: G-VLUV
Orlando - London Gatwick
Smoke onboard - Diverted to Shannon.

14 August - Alaska Airlines - Airbus A320-200
Flight Number: AS1390 Registration: N638VA
San Francisco - New Orleans
Strong odour in the aft cabin - Diverted to Los Angeles.

15 August - Frontier Airlines - Airbus A321-200
Flight Number: F9-1674 Registration: N715FR
Orlando - Philadelphia
Odour in cabin - Diverted to Raleigh/Durham NC.
Two affected passengers (including an infant) and one Flight Attendant were transported to a hospital.

11 August - Air Canada Rouge - Boeing 767-300
Flight Number: RV1947 Registration: C-FIYA
Lima (Peru) - Toronto
Fumes in cabin - Returned to Lima.

20 August - American Airlines - Boeing 767-300
Flight Number: AA 95 Registration: N384AA
Madrid - New York JFK
Odour onboard - Diverted to Shannon.

29 August- UPS (United Parcels Service) - Boeing 757-200
Flight Number: 5X-634 Registration: N474UP
Rockford, IL - St. Louis, MO (USA)
Smoke in cockpit - Diverted to Cedar Rapids.
The two crew evacuated.
Source: aviationherald.com

Other August Reported Fume Events:
Source: visionsafe.com

15 August - Air Canada - Embraer ERJ-190
Flight Number: AC1113 Registration: C-FMZB
Toronto - Regina (Canada)
Burning odour in cockpit - Diverted to Winnipeg.

20 August - American Airlines - Aircraft Type Unknown.
Flight Number & Registration Unknown.
Nantucket Memorial Airport - Washington Reagan National
Pilot reported smoke in the cabin on start up on the tarmac. Aircraft evacuated.

26 August - Capital Airlines - Airbus A320-200
Flight Number: JD5158 Registration: Unknown
Kunming (Yunnan Province) - Hangzhou (Zhenjiang Province) China
Smell of smoke in cabin and loss of cabin pressure - Returned to Kunming.

30 August - United Airlines - Aircraft Type Unknown.
Flight Number: UA4308 Registration: Unknown
Houston - Louisville (Kentucky)
Smoke in cockpit - Diverted to Shreveport for an emergency landing.
Source:visionsafe.com

Alleged/Unpublished Fume Events:
(It is unclear if these ‘alleged’ fume events have been officially confirmed and reported to the airline or if the airline have reported to the CAA at this time.)

10 August - British Airways - Airbus A319-100
Flight Number: Unknown Registration: G-DBCG
London Gatwick - Venice
Alleged Fume Event - The return flight was allegedly cancelled.

22 August - British Airways - Airbus A319-100
Flight Number: BA 962 Registration: G-EUPJ
London Heathrow/Hamburg
Alleged Odour in cockpit - Flight Crew Allegedly On Oxygen - Returned to Heathrow.

26 August - British Airways - Aircraft Type Unknown
Flight Number: BA8587 - (Charter) Registration: Unknown
Kalamata - London Heathrow
Alleged Odour Event - Flight Crew Allegedly On Oxygen - Landed safely at Heathrow.

26 August - British Airways - Airbus A321-231
Flight Number: BA 354 Registration: G-MEDL
London Heathrow - Nice
Alleged Odour in Cabin, Cabin Crew wore smoke hoods. The return sector was cancelled (BA 355) due to the crew being unfit to operate post Fume Event.

26 August - British Airways - Airbus A319-109
Flight Number: BA2540 Registration: G-DBCB
London Gatwick - Rome
Returned to Gatwick due to alleged odour event in the cockpit.

26 August - British Airways - Airbus A320-232
Flight Number: BA 705 Registration: G-EUUG
Vienna - London Heathrow
Flight crew allegedly on oxygen on arrival into Heathrow.
Source for BA ‘Alleged’ Fume Events on 26 August: A leaked message from BA Operations on the BA Internal System.

 

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