Incident: American B752 near Ft. Meyers on Jul 23rd 2010, smell in cockpit and cabin

23.07.2010 - 22:14

An American Airlines Boeing 757-200, registration N626AA performing flight AA-271 from Miami,FL to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 182 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing out of Miami when the crew stopped the climb at FL280, donned their oxygen masks, declared emergency reporting a strong smell of smoke in cockpit and cabin but no visible smoke and diverted to Fort Meyers. The airplane landed safely on Ft. Meyer s runway 06 about 10 minutes later, stopped and shut down on the runway to have emergency services check the aircraft. The aircraft was subsequently towed to the apron. The airport was closed for about 20 minutes. Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleBeb24e6 Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login