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| Date: | Thursday 27 March 2014 |
| Time: | 14:55 UTC L |
| Type: |  Avro RJ100 |
| Owner/operator: | Swiss |
| Registration: | HB-IXX |
| MSN: | E3262 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming LF507-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 78 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) |
| Geneva (GVA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Passengers were evacuated on the runway at London City Airport after their Swiss RJ100 suffered a, what the airport called, "a minor technical incident".
According to Swiss the pilots rejected takeoff during takeoff phase.
Passengers reported the airplane developed contained problems ("fire") in one of the engines. Three people were injured with "minor injuries".
The AAIB considers this "a serious incident" and launched an investigation.
The flight involved was LX-437 to Geneva.
Sources:
AAIB
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2590942/Three-injured-London-City-airport-closed-stricken-Swiss-plane-blocks-runway.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 December 2003 | HB-IXX | Swiss International Air Lines | 0 | Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH) |  |
non |
| Fumes/smoke/odor event | ||||||
| 6 June 2010 | HB-IXX | Swiss International Air Lines | 0 | 22 nm E of Zürich | |
non |
| Near miss | ||||||
Location
Media:
On a @swissairlines flight at City #London #airport and the engine just exploded - whole plane #emergency evacuated pic.twitter.com/AVdP7hDLhi
— Mike Mompi (@MikeMompi) March 27, 2014Emergency at City airport all fine now pic.twitter.com/wqFXATFx4p
— Riccardo Cavo (@RickyCavo) March 27, 2014The AAIB have deployed a team to investigate a serious incident (involving only minor injuries) at London City Airport.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) March 27, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2014 15:49 | harro | Added |
| 27-Mar-2014 15:56 | harro | Updated [Registration, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2014 16:54 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2014 18:02 | mcantsin | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2014 18:02 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 28-Mar-2014 06:26 | mcantsin | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Oct-2015 23:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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