ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66610
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| Date: | Friday 24 July 2009 |
| Time: | 12:26 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Flybe |
| Registration: | G-JECL |
| MSN: | 4114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 46 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) |
| Cardiff-Wales Airport (CWL/EGFF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Flybe de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration G-JECL performing flight BE-1432 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Cardiff,Wales (UK) with 46 passengers, diverted to London Gatwick,EN (UK), when haze/smoke began to come down from the ceiling of the cabin. The airplane landed safely about 20 minutes later, stopped on the runway and was evacuated.
The runway and therefore effectively the airport had to be closed for about 30 minutes resulting in 11 diversions and about 15 delays of incoming aircraft. Three departures were delayed.
Flybe said, that the priority landing with emergency services called out as a precaution was the result of a technical failure.
Sources:
1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/5901084/Gatwick-shut-after-plane-cabin-fills-with-smoke.html_
2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201940/BREAKING-NEWS-Gatwick-airport-closed-emergency-landing.html
3. https://community.vatsim.uk/topic/15772-gatwick-runway-closed-smoke-filled-cabin-flybe/
4. http://avherald.com/h?article=41d2adfa&opt=0
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8167254.stm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 2014 | G-JECL* | Flybe | 0 | Southampton-Eastleigh Airport, Hampshire | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2009 07:44 | Cushman | Added |
| 24-Jul-2009 09:39 | Anon. | Updated |
| 24-Jul-2009 12:04 | harro | Updated |
| 14-Dec-2014 21:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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