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| Date: | Friday 19 June 2020 |
| Time: | 19:05 |
| Type: |  Fokker 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Karun Airlines |
| Registration: | EP-AWZ |
| MSN: | 11497 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Tay |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near Ahwaz -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Ahwaz Airport (AWZ/OIAW) |
| Rasht Airport (RAS/OIGG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Karun Airlines flight KRU2633, a Fokker 100, returned to land at Ahwaz Airport, Iran. During climbout the passenger cabin reportedly filled with smoke. The pilot stopped the climb at FL181 and turned around.
A safe landing was made 30 minutes later.
Sources:
Aerospacetalk
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ep-awz#24bbf9f7
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 November 1995 | G-BVJC | British Midland | 0 | Leeds-Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) |  |
min |
| Collision with ground object | ||||||
| 3 August 1996 | G-BVJC | British Midland | 0 | London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) | |
min |
| 6 October 2017 | EP-AWZ | Naft Airlines | 0 | Aghajari Airport (AKW/OIAG) | |
min |
| 20 January 2025 | EP-AWZ | Karun Airlines | 0 | Tehran Mehrabad International Airport (THR) | |
min |
| Tire failure | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2020 19:53 | harro | Added |
| 19-Jun-2020 19:54 | harro | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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