Incident: Northwest A333 over Atlantic on Jun 12th 2009, smoke in cabin
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Jun 12th 2009 14:53Z, last updated Friday, Jun 12th 2009 16:45Z
N811NW being checked out
The crew of a Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N811NW performing flight NW-821/DL-821 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 285 people on board, reported smoke in the cabin about 10 minutes after passing south of the southwest corner of Ireland at FL360, declared emergency and diverted to Shannon, where the airplane landed safely on runway 06 30 minutes later. Attending fire services sprayed the right hand main gear after landing.
The remainder of the flight showed cancelled for some time, the airplane however is now being prepared for departure following thorough checks.
Shannon Airport reported, that there was a smokey odour in the forward galley prompting the diversion. The passengers disembarked normally at the gate
(AVherald)
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Jun 12th 2009 14:53Z, last updated Friday, Jun 12th 2009 16:45Z
N811NW being checked out
The crew of a Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N811NW performing flight NW-821/DL-821 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 285 people on board, reported smoke in the cabin about 10 minutes after passing south of the southwest corner of Ireland at FL360, declared emergency and diverted to Shannon, where the airplane landed safely on runway 06 30 minutes later. Attending fire services sprayed the right hand main gear after landing.
The remainder of the flight showed cancelled for some time, the airplane however is now being prepared for departure following thorough checks.
Shannon Airport reported, that there was a smokey odour in the forward galley prompting the diversion. The passengers disembarked normally at the gate
(AVherald)