De siste dagers rapporter om røyk/odør i kabinen, lasterom eller cockpit - Curt Lewis

Incident: Lufthansa Cityline CRJ9 near Frankfurt on Sep 2nd 2018, light smoke on board A Lufthansa Cityline Canadair CRJ-900, registration D-ACNF performing flight LH-1007 from Brussels (Belgium) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 73 people on board, was descending towards Frankfurt when the crew reported light smoke on board. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Frankfurt's runway 07C about 15 minutes later. The airline reported after takeoff from Brussels the crew noticed light smoke on board and informed Frankfurt Airport. All occupants were able to disembark normally, emergency services were on a precautionary stand by and did not detect any trace of fire, heat or smoke after landing. The source of the smoke is unknown, the aircraft is being examined. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt about 10 hours after landing.

Accident: Hawaiian B763 over Pacific on Aug 31st 2018, peppered leak A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N583HA performing flight HA-23 from Oakland,CA to Kahului,HI (USA) with 256 passengers and 10 crew, was enroute over the Pacific Ocean when a number of passenger noticed some unusual odour and subsequenty suffered breathing problems. The passengers were moved to the back of the cabin. The aircraft continued to Kahului for a safe landing. 12 passengers and 3 crew needed to medically assessed and treated at the airport and were released. Maui Police reported a pepper spray illegally brought on board of the aircraft caused the odour and breathing problems. The Police is investigating. The FAA also opened an investigation, as does the TSA responsible for screening of the carry on luggage.

Incident: Indigo A320 near Varanasi on Aug 30th 2018, cargo smoke indication An Indigo Airbus A320-200, registration VT-IHN performing flight 6E-832 from Kolkata to Jaipur (India) with 84 passengers, was enroute at FL380 about 90nm south of Varanasi when the crew received a cargo smoke indication and decided to divert to Varanasi where the aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes later. Emergency services did not find any trace of fire, heat or smoke. The aircraft remained on the ground for about 3 hours, then continued the journey and reached Jaipur with a delay of about 3 hours.

Accident: UPS B752 near Cedar Rapids on Aug 29th 2018, smoke in cockpit A UPS United Parcel Service Boeing 757-200, registration N474UP performing flight 5X-634 from Rockford,IL to Saint Louis,MO (USA) with 2 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 110nm south of Cedar Rapids,IA (USA) when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert to Cedar Rapids. The aircraft landed on Cedar Rapid's runway 27 and was evacuated. Emergency services closed the airfield. The FAA reported one flight crew sustained a serious injury during the evacuation.