ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167842
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 July 2014 |
| Time: | 00:49 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-214 |
| Owner/operator: | TAP Air Portugal |
| Registration: | CS-TQD |
| MSN: | 870 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B4/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 72 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Paris-Orly Airport (ORY/LFPO) -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lisbon Airport (LIS) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol (AMS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
TAP Flight TP668 was en route from Lisbon, Portugal to Amsterdam, the Netherlands when it was forced to make an emergency descent over France. The descent was initiated from FL380 at 00:49, reaching 5600 feet at 00:59. A safe landing was carried out on Paris-Orly's runway 24 at 01:06.
TAP reported that the emergency was due to a "technical problem with the air conditioning".
Sources:
Media:
So I've been on the worst flight of my life! But I couldn't resist to make a funny selfie! #TAPportugal #TP668 pic.twitter.com/3kAT2gU52O
— Jeyo_the_Kin_Pin (@JeyoTheKinPin) July 9, 2014Last night flight TP668 made a very fast descent and emerg. landed in Paris due to engine fire http://t.co/FMmbF61Su2 pic.twitter.com/bO1tkqXlWh
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) July 9, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2014 09:28 | harro | Added |
| 09-Jul-2014 09:32 | harro | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2014 09:34 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 09-Jul-2014 09:45 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code] |
| 10-Jul-2014 07:10 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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