Fume Events August 2019:
28 July 2019
British Airways - Airbus A319-100
Flight Number: BA 846 Registration: G-EUOC
London Heathrow/Warsaw
Fume Event. The BA 847 service to London Heathrow was cancelled and the aircraft remained in Warsaw overnight. It was positioned back (no passengers) to LHR Engineering on 29 July as Flight Number BA9253 and returned to service on 01 August.
01 August 2019
British Airways - Boeing 747-400
Flight Number: BA 112 Registration: G-BYGD
New York JFK/London Heathrow
Fume Event.
03 August 2019
JetBlue - Airbus A320-200
Flight Number: B6 598. Registration: Unknown
Seattle/Boston
Fume Event - Returned to Seattle.
05 August
British Airways - Boeing 747-400
Flight Number: BA 183 Registration: G-BYGD
London Heathrow/New York JFK
Fume Event - Crew taken to hospital.
05 August 2019
British Airways - Airbus A321-200
Flight Number: BA422 Registration: G-MEDN
London Heathrow/Valencia
Smoke in cockpit & Cabin - Aircraft Evacuated in Valencia.
https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4cb3a0d2&opt=0
05 August 2019
South African Airways - Airbus A330-200
Flight Number: SA 209 Registration: ZS-SXY
Accra (Ghana)/Washington Dulles
Smoke onboard - Returned to Accra
https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4cb3a3ec&opt=0
07 August 2019
British Airways - Airbus A320-200
Flight Number BA2551 Registration: G-MIDS
Malaga/London Gatwick
Alleged Fume Event.
07 August 2019
British Airways - Boeing 747-200
Flight Number: BA 172 Registration: G-BYGD
New York JFK/London Heathrow
Fume Event.
07 August 2019
Lufthansa - Airbus A321-100
Flight Number: LH1812 Registration: D-AIRE
Munich/Barcelona
Smoke onboard - Diverted to Nice.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cb4d1b5&opt=0
07 August 2019
Azulejo Linhas Aereas- Embraer ERJ-195
Flight Number: AD6423 Registration: PR-AXP
Navegantes/Sao Paulo Viracopos
Smoke onboard - Returned to Navegantes.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cb54c16&opt=0
08 August 2019
British Airways - Boeing 777
Flight Number: BA 119. Registration: G-YMMU
London Heathrow/Bangalore
Alleged Fume Event.
12 August 2019
Alitalia - Airbus A319-100
Flight Number: AZ1430 Registration: EI-IMH
Turin/Rome Fiumicino
Smoke Onboard - Returned to Turin.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cb7ec1c&opt=0
15 August 2019
British Airways - Airbus A320-200
Flight Number: BA2553 Registration: G-MIDO
Heraklion (Crete)/London Gatwick
Smoke onboard - Diverted to Athens.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cb9a391&opt=0
15 August 2019
LOT Polish Airlines - Embraer ERJ-190
Flight Number: LO 411 Registration: SP-LMB
Warsaw/Zurich
Smoke in cabin - Returned to Warsaw.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cba3fc5&opt=0
17 August 2019
JetBlue - Airbus A321-200
Flight Number: B6-623 Registration: N977JE
New York JFK/Los Angeles
Smoke in cabin. Diverted to Cleveland.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cbb8147&opt=0
18 August 2019
British Airways Boeing 747-400
Flight Number: BA216 Registration: G-BYGB
Washington Dulles/London Heathrow
Alleged Fume Event.
18 August 2019
Air New Zealand - Aircraft type unknown.
Flight Number: - Registration: -
Auckland/Napier
Smoke in cockpit. Flight cancelled.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/08/plane-evacuated-at-auckland-airport-after-reports-of-smoke-in-cockpit.html
19 August 2019
Finnair - Airbus A321-200
Flight Number: AY1223 Registration: OH-LZF
Helsinki/Prague
Odour of fuel in the cabin. Diverted to Berlin.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cc1dee6&opt=0
19 August 2019
British Airways - A321-200
Flight Number: BA 235 Registration: G-MEDJ
London Heathrow/Moscow
Returned to stand due to fumes. Eventually departed for Moscow 2.20hrs late. The return flight - BA234 Moscow/London was cancelled because of a repeat occurrence of fumes.
The aircraft positioned back (no passengers) to London Heathrow the same evening as Flight Number BA9276 at 21.25 which arrived at Heathrow 23.29.
21 August 2019
American Airlines - Airbus A321-200
Flight Number: AA 4 Registration: N112AN
Los Angeles/New York JFK
Smoke in Cockpit. Diverted to Abilene Texas.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cbd7dc3&opt=0
https://ktxs.com/news/local/plane-with-smoke-in-cockpit-makes-emergency-landing-at-abilene-regional
21 August 2019
Jetstar - Airbus A320-200
Flight Number: JQ414 Registration: Unknown
Sydney/Gold Coast
Crew taken to hospital.
‘The Plane was also inspected by engineers who cleared the Airbus A320 aircraft to resume flying.’
22 August 2019
Hawaiian Air - Airbus A321-200N
Flight Number: HA 47 Registration: N218HA
Oakland (California)/Honolulu
Odour and smoke. Emergency declared. Aircraft evacuated via emergency slides.
‘Emergency Services did not find any trace of fire or heat’.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cbe89b0&opt=0
22 August 2019
SAS - Scandinavian Airlines - CRJ-900
Flight Number: SK2761 Registration: EI-FOO
Copenhagen/Warsaw
Smoke in the cabin. Diverted to Malmo.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cbeb1c4&opt=0
22 August 2019 (23 August arrival)
British Airways - Boeing 747-400
Flight Number: BA 116 Registration: G-BYGD
New York JFK/London Heathrow
Fume Event
Paramedics attended to Crew from this flight at the British Airways Crew Report Centre in Terminal 5 after arrival. Crew tested positive for elevated Carbon Monoxide levels and were taken to hospital - NOT as a precaution, but because they were feeling unwell.
23 August 2019
British Airways - Boeing 777-200
Flight Number: BA2276 Registration: G-YMME
Las Vegas/London Gatwick
Alleged Fume Event
Returned to Las Vegas
One tweet stated:
@British_Airways flight BA2276 from Vegas to LGW, 17.50 23/08.
Many issues with the plane, fuel fumes seeped into the flight deck,
Pilot on oxygen, struggled to land, many scared passengers now stranded
without flights Help!#BritishAirways
24 August 2019
Helvetic - Embraer ERJ-190 (On behalf of Swiss)
Flight Number: LX1629 Registration: HB-JVN
Milan Malpensa/Zurich
Smoke in the cabin. Returned to Malpensa.
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cc0af01&opt=0
27 August 2019
Indigo - Airbus A320-200N
Flight Number: 6E-6679 Registration: VT-ITB
Delhi/Hyderabad
Smoke in cockpit. Emergency declared.
‘On Sep 12th 2019 India's DGCA reported smoke was detected in cockpit and cabin and continued for an emergency landing in Hyderabad. There were no injuries, the aircraft did not sustain any damage. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated.’
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cc146cc&opt=0
30 August 2019
Aer Lingus - Airbus A320-200
Flight Number: EI 776 Registration: EI-DVK
Dublin/Lanzarotte
‘Some odour in the passenger cabin’. Returned to Dublin.
https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/aer-lingus-flight-returns-to-dublin-airport-after-smell-detected-on-board-947213.html
http://avherald.com/h?article=4cc32e12&opt=0
30 August 2019
British Airways - Airbus A319-100
Flight Numbers: BA 716 & BA 717 Registration: G-EUPY
London Heathrow/Zurich/London Heathrow
Allegedly three fume events on the two flights.
Allegedly an emergency (Pan) was declared into Heathrow.
31 August 2019
British Airways - Airbus A320-200
Flight Number: BA1477 Registration: G-EUUX
Glasgow/London Heathrow
Allegedly prior to pushback the cabin filled with smoke when the APU was switched on. Allegedly the aircraft doors were opened to clear the smoke and an engineer was called.
The flight/aircraft departed Glasgow 2hrs 8 minutes late.