Røyk- og lukt - Curt Lewis

Incident: Volaris A320 at Mexico City on Feb 24th 2018, smoke in cabin A Volaris Airbus A320-200, registration XA-VLN performing flight Y4-752 from Mexico City to Mexicali (Mexico), was climbing out of Mexico City's runway 05L when the crew stopped the climb at 11,000 feet reporting smoke in the cabin and returned to Mexico City for a safe landing on runway 23L about 50 minutes after departure. The airline reported the crew received an indication which prompted the captain to return to Mexico City as a precaution. Maintenance determined the indication was false. Passengers reported smoke entered the cabin, they were told by members of the crew there was a mechanical fault.

Incident: Flybe DH8D near Manchester on Feb 26th 2018, unusual odour in cockpit A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-PRPL performing flight BE-1333 from Edinburgh,SC to London City,EN (UK) with 63 people on board, was enroute at FL250 about 80nm northnorthwest of Manchester,EN (UK) when the crew reported an unusual odour in the cockpit suspecting a technical fault as cause and decided to divert to Manchester. The aircraft landed safely in Manchester about 25 minutes later. The airline confirmed an unusual odour in the cockpit prompted the crew to suspect a technical fault and to divert to Manchester. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights. The occurrence aircraft returned to service after about 7 hours on the ground.

Airbus A300-608ST Beluga transport plane performed an emergency landing after smoke developed in the cockpit Date: 26-FEB-2018 Time: ca 11:25 UTC Type: Airbus A300-608ST Beluga Owner/operator: Airbus Industrie Registration: F-GSTF C/n / msn: 796 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Minor Location: N of Bremen -    Germany Phase: En route Nature: Cargo Departure airport: Chester Airport (CEG/EGNR) Destination airport: Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport (XFW/EDHI) Narrative: An Airbus A300-608ST Beluga transport plane performed an emergency landing after smoke developed in the cockpit. The aircraft was en route from Chester Airport, U.K. to Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Germany. It was descending through FL200 to the north of Bremen, when the flight crew declared an emergency. A safe landing was carried out about 15 minutes later. An inspection revealed there had been a 'cable fire' on the flight deck, which had already extinguished.