ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157904
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 2013 |
| Time: | 16:10 UTC |
| Type: |  Saab 2000 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Airways |
| Registration: | G-CFLV |
| MSN: | 2000-023 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Sumburgh Airport (LSI/EGPB), Shetland, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Aberdeen Airport (ABZ/EGPD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Declared emergency and diverted to Sumburgh Airport (EGPB), Shetland, Scotland. Landed safely with no obvious damage.
Crew received an APU fire warning in flight. In accordance with company SOP fire drills were carried out and fire bottle discharged. Aircraft diverted and landed safely and an expeditious disembarkation carried out on the runway. Aircraft was ferried back to Aberdeen empty. The cause of the warning was still under investigation as of August 4th. Aircraft returned to service on August 5th with a new APU fitted. Cause suspected to be a hot gas leak from the APU case.
Sources:
http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/7166-full-emergency-at-sumburgh-airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23526092
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-CFLV.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 2002 | LY-SBD | Lithuanian Airlines | 0 | Vilnius Airport (VNO/EYVI) |  |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2013 16:33 | dh1141b | Added |
| 31-Jul-2013 23:22 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2013 02:13 | dh1141b | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Aug-2013 00:19 | skydancer | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2013 04:53 | Anon. | Updated [Damage] |
| 08-Aug-2013 03:10 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Nov-2014 13:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Embed code] |
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