ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183562
Last updated: 9 May 2019
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| Date: | 15-JAN-2016 |
| Time: | 07:11 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8HX (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Ukraine International Airlines |
| Registration: | UR-PSC |
| C/n / msn: | 29662 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Lviv International Airport (LWO/UKLL) -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lviv Airport (LWO/UKLL) |
| Kyiv-Boryspil Airport (KBP/UKBB) |
Ukraine International Airlines flight PS34 returned to the airport of departure due to reports of smoke in the cabin while the aircraft was climbing through 4500-5000 feet.
The aircraft took off from runway 13 at 07:11 hours and landed back on the same runway about 07:24.
The aircraft was back in service as flight PS34 later the same day at 15:14.
An investigation concluded that a foreign, polymer, substance in the internal circuit of the engine No. 2, evaporated or combusted, forming toxic substances.
Sources:
https://zik.ua/news/2016/01/15/u_nebi_nad_lvovom_zagorivsya_litak_na_kyiv_aviasudno_povernuly_v_aeroport_662815
http://www.nbaai.gov.ua/uploads/pdf/March2016.pdf
Images:
Photo of UR-PSC courtesy AirHistory.net
Helsinki - Vantaa (EFHK / HEL)
11 July 2011; (c) Pertti Sipilä
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2016 10:32 | sulamit | Added |
| 15-Jan-2016 17:08 | Anon. | Updated |
| 15-Jan-2016 17:13 | harro | Updated |
| 15-Jan-2016 17:14 | harro | Updated |
| 18-Apr-2016 19:40 | harro | Updated |
| 04-Jan-2019 07:52 | xtrasymphony | Updated |
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