Smoke incidents on the rise - Curt Lewis

Incident: Ryanair B738 near Milan on Jun 23rd 2017, smoke in cabin A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-FON performing flight FR-8886 from Brindisi to Milan Bergamo (Italy), was descending towards Milan Orio al Serio Airport when the crew declared emergency reporting smoke in the cabin. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Bergamo's runway 28 about 10 minutes later and taxied to the apron, where emergency services examined the aircraft. The aircraft remained on the ground for about 10 hours, then resumed service.

Incident: Delta MD88 near Bristol on Jun 23rd 2017, smell of smoke in cockpit A Delta Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-88, registration N984DL performing flight DL-1534 from Indianapolis,IN to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 147 people on board, was enroute at FL340 about 160nm northwest of Bristol,VA (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City's TRI-Cities Regional Airport reporting smell of smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the apron. A replacement MD-88 registration N902DE reached Atlanta with a delay of 5 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground at TRI-Cities Airport about 22 hours after landing.

Incident: Delta A333 near Amsterdam on Jun 23rd 2017, smell of smoke in cabin, runway surface identified as source A Delta Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N803NW performing flight DL-161 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Minnepolis,MN (USA), was climbing out of Amsterdam's runway 24 when the crew requested to level off at FL060 reporting the cabin had just reported the smell of smoke, they were investigating. A few minutes later the crew requested to continue the departure route at FL060 but asked ATC to keep them within 50nm of the aerodrome. The crew then asked the controller whether runway 24 had been re-surfaced in the last month, which the controller affirmed (the re-surfacing works had been completed two weeks ago). The crew subsequently decided to continue their flight, requested to climb to cruise level about 10 minutes after levelling off at FL060, and reached Minneapolis for a safe landing on time. Runway 06/24, length 3,439 meters/11,280 feet, had been re-surfaced with Asphalt (Porous Friction Course) and returned to service on May 24th 2017. An unusual heat wave was affecting the Netherlands around the time of departure with the day of departure turning out to become the hottest day.

Incident: Jetblue E190 near Charleston on Jun 23rd 2017, smoke in cockpit A Jetblue Embraer ERJ-190, registration N187JB performing flight B6-913 from Westchester,NY to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 98 passengers and 4 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 110nm north of Charleston,SC (USA) when the crew donned their oxygen masks, reported smoke in the cockpit and diverted to Charleston for a safe landing about 20 minutes later. The aircraft vacated the runway, stopped just past the hold short line and was evacuated via slides. There were no injuries. A replacement Embraer ERJ-190 registration N307JB was dispatched to Charleston, resumed the flight and reached Fort Lauderdale with a delay of 6.5 hours.