Røyk- og lukt - Ganske vanlig - Curt Lewis

Accident: Jetblue A320 at Orlando on Dec 3rd 2018, fumes on board, passenger and cabin crew sick A Jetblue Airbus A320-200, registration N648JB performing flight B6-2828 from Orlando,FL to Newark,NJ (USA), was enroute at FL340 about 90nm northwest of Orlando when the crew advised they had a medical emergency on board and descended the aircraft to FL290 and set course towards Raleigh Durham,NC (USA). About 15 minutes later, almost over Savannah,GA (USA) the crew requested to return to Orlando and turned towards Orlando. On final approach tower advised several medical vehicles were awaiting the aircraft at the gate. The aircraft landed safely back on Orlando's runway 18L about 80 minutes after departure. While taxiing to the gate the crew missed a turn to remain on the cleared taxi route, tower immediately cleared the alternate taxi route. Passengers reported they were told about a fellow passenger suffering a medical emergency as reason for their return to Orlando. After landing they were all instructed to disembark. A listener on frequency reported the crew requested to return to Orlando, a few minutes later the crew advised they had a fume event on board, three cabin crew were complaining about headaches, a 7 year old kid was vomitting. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 11 hours, then returned to service. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU2828/history/20181204/0110Z/KMCO/KEWR

Incident: Joon A343 near Kuwait on Dec 4th 2018, lot of smoke in the cabin An Joon Airbus A340-300 on behalf of Air France, registration F-GLZN performing flight AF-218 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Mumbai (India) with 237 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 40nm eastnortheast of Kuwait City (Kuwait) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared emergency reporting they had a lot of smoke in the cabin. The crew requested runway 33R at Kuwait and full emergency services present at the runway. Kuwait Airport sent all other arrivals into holding patterns. The aircraft landed on runway 33R about 16 minutes later and stopped on the runway. While emergency services were examining the aircraft, the flight crew reported the smoke had dissipated, temperatures on board were okay, and they were ready to taxi. The aircraft vacated the runway and taxied to the apron. A flight in the holdings, the crew of which were already considering to divert with some urgency, decided to continue for Kuwait. The remainder of the flight was cancelled. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 24 hours, then departed Kuwait for Paris as flight AF-7676.