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AN ALLEGED PRESENCE OF SMELLS ON BAARD AND THE INDUSTION OF SOME CREW MEASURES LED A TAP AIRCRAFT, AN AIRBUS A321NE, WITH 192 PASGES, TO DIVE TO PORTO, After Taking OFF FROM FROM LISBON BOUND FOR LONDON. The Information Provided by the Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Aircraft and Railway Accidents (GPIAAF) In the Quarterly Bulletin, Relened This Thursday, Reports Strange SMELLS BETENBON-FLINCHES.
According to the Report, The Aircraft Carried Out a Flight Between Humberto Delgado Airport and Madeira International Airport, Where the Presence of Strange Smells (Dirty Socks) was reported in the rear of the aircraft.
IT IS EXPLED THAT THE FUNCHAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES “CARRIED OUT AN INSPECTION OF THE TWO ENGINES AND APU TRHOUT ANY REPORTED ANOMALIES. ON THE NEXT FLIGHT FROM FROM FROM FUNCHAL TO LISBON, STRAGE SMELLS WERE REPORTED AT TAKE-OFF, HOWEVER THEY DISAPPEARED SHORTLY Afterwards ”
The Information is in the quarterly Bulletin Releaeded Yesterday by the Aircraft and Railway Accident Prevention and Investigation Office (GPIAAF), in the Section Where the Event, Which Occred on March 11, Is Analyzed.
At 15:46, the a321neo took off from Londbon for London Heathrow Airport But, at 16:20, “Already in Spanish Airspace, The Cockpit Was informed by the cabin crew that one of the crew member at the back of the aircraft Was Feeling nauseous ”.
The GPIAAF REPORTS THAT “Without Any Indication or Sign of Smoke or Smells in the Cockpit, The Crew Decided to Maintain Flight Level and Wait Five Minutes to Assess The Situation.”
“With Prior Information About Smells (Smokes) On Previous Flights on the Aircraft, and Given That Other Cabin Crew Members Confirmed Similar Sympts, The Flight Crew Decided to Divert to Porto Airport, Complying with the Procedures” Foreseen in These Situation, “Including The Usse Of Oxygen Masks, ”says The Gpiaaf.
This Organization Reports That, During the Descent of the Aircraft and Already In Contact with Porto Airport, “Given Thatngers Reported Having Some Symptoms, it was decided to Decide An Emergency and Request Medical Assistance Upon Arrival, Preventing Possible Delays in the Provision of the Provision of These Services ”.
The Landing “Occred Normally with the Passangers Dismbarking”, with the Seven Crew Members and Two Passangers Being “Transported to the Hospital for a Medical Evaluation”.
“Beteen the incident on 11 march that led to the aircraft landing in port in an emergency and the aircraft’s return to regular service on the morning of 14 March, the operator’s maintenance service out work to detect the reported anomaly, following the manufacturing the reflecturer’s recommands for thi Type of situation, with conclusive results, ”Reveals The Gpiaaf.
This office indicates that tap carried out a position flight from port to lisbon with technicians on board to try to isolate possible source of odors, “also concluding results”.
In Lisbon, Adds the Gopiaaf, “The Detailed Inspection Was Carried Out on the Two Engines and Apu Without Any Indication of Anomaly of Internal Fluid Leakage That Could Have Contributed to Contamination of the Pneumatic System.”
In addition, “Several Decontaminations of the Pneumatic System Were Also Carried Out, with no Reports of Other Events on the Aircraft Since Its Return to Service.”
“When Consulting the Operator’s Occurrence Database for the Same Aircraft, on 11 November 2024, the Water Spill was recorded in the Hold Associated with the Transport of Fish. Aircraft has not Undergone Any Major Intervention with the Removal of Pallets from the Hold Since the Date of the Parementioned Occurrennce, ”Details the Gopiaaf.
ACCORDING TO THIS RESEARCH BODY, “IT CHANNOT BE RULED OUT THAT THE SMELL EVENT ON MARCH 11th ORIGINATED FROM, OR MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO, DIRECTLY OR THROUGH A CUMULATIVE Effect, The Event of November 2024”.
The GPIAAF Indicates That In 2024 There Were 1,249 Reports of This Type of Occurrente in the European Database, An Issue That Has Been The Subject of Attention By Industry, Research Bodies and Easa, The European Regulatory.
