Incident: Alitalia B763 over Atlantic on Jul 22nd 2010, smoke in cockpit

22.07.2010 - 17:40

An Alitalia Boeing 767-300, registration EI-DDW performing flight AZ-608 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was enroute at FL340 about 80 minutes into the Atlantic crossing off the Irish Coast, when the crew requested to turn around and divert to Shannon, at that time reporting no real issue. The airplane was cleared to descend to FL300 and upon reaching the flight level fly direct to Shannon. About 30 minutes later the crew reported they had a strong smell of smoke in the cockpit but were unable to locate the source, in the meantime the smell had subsided. They still wanted to divert to Shannon to have the airplane checked but didn t need any assistance. Emergency services were called into their stand by positions nonetheless. The airplane landed safely on Shannon s runway 06 about 100 minutes later and taxied directly to the gate. Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleBea5163 Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login