Crew of British Airways flight dons oxygen masks due to fumes in the cockpit and cabin – VisionSafe

Crew of British Airways flight dons oxygen masks due to fumes in the cockpit and cabin

Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A British Airways Airbus A320-200, registration G-EUUP performing flight BA-993 from Berlin Tegel (Germany) to London Heathrow,EN (UK), was enroute at FL360 near Amsterdam when the crew reported that there had been fumes briefly on the flight deck, which quickly dissipated, however, strong fumes occurred in the cabin prompting cabin crew to don their smoke hoods, one cabin crew became sick. The aircraft continued to London for a safe landing on runway 27R.

Sources tell The Aviation Herald, that there had been a fume event also on the outbound flight BA-992 from Heathrow to Tegel.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground at Heathrow Airport for about 26 hours, then resumed service.

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