# Incident 20020708020469I: Airbus A310300, Chicago, IL, July 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2002, 19:01 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago-O Hare International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: RJAF
- Location: 41.9769° N, 87.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO O'HARE INTL (ORD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: JYAGL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A310300
- People aboard: 195
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020708020469I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON MONDAY JULY 8, 2002, AN INSPECTOR FROM THE O'HARE FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FDSO) RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGIONAL CONTROL CENTER AT 2115 HOURS. A ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES A-310 AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER JY-AGL LANDED AT O'HARE AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 HOURS CENTRAL TIME. DURING TAXI TO THE GATE THE CAPTAIN NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND RADIOED THE CONTROL TOWER THAT THEY HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE CAPTAIN STOPPED AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT ON HOTEL TAXIWAY AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED AND THE CAPTAIN DECIDED TO RESTART THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUE TO THE GATE. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SMOKE AGAIN AFTER RESTART SO THE CAPTAIN SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPLANED THE PASSENGERS ON THE TAXIWAY USING THE STAIR TRUCKS. THE INSPECTOR ARRIVED AT O'HARE AIRPORT AROUND 2330 HOURS ON JULY 8, 2002 AND INTERVIEWED ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES DIRECTOR OF AIRPORT SERVICES, MR. ZAID LAMBAZ. MR. LAMBAZ STATED THAT THERE WERE 181 PASSENGERS, 2-FLIGHT CREW, 8-CABIN CREW AND 4 ROYAL JORDANIAN ARMY AIR MARSHALS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED BY BUS TO TERMINAL 5 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO GATE M-13 AT TERMINAL 5. THE INSPECTOR ALSO INTERVIEWED ROYAL JORDANIAN AIRLINES O'HARE STATION ENGINEER, MR. HENAN QAISI. MR. QAISI STATED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED A TROUBLE SHOOTING CHECK PER TROUBLE SHOOTING MANUAL 26-15-00 AND AERIAL SNIFF CHECK ON THE COCKPIT AND AVIONICS COMPARTMENT AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF SMOKE OR BURNT BUNDLES ON ANY RECEPTACLES. THE MINI-EQUIPMENT BAY WAS CHECKED FOR SMOKE AND NOTHING WAS FOUND, ALSO A PROCEDURAL TEST WAS ACCOMPLISHED PER AMM 126-15-00 PAGE 501, ALL OPERATIONAL TEST WERE NORMAL. AS A PRECAUTIONARY THE AVIONICS SMOKE DETECTOR WAS REPLACED AND ALL VENTILATION DUCTS WERE CHECKED FOR OIL LEAKAGE WITH THE APU AND ENGINE RUNS, EVERYTHING CHECKED NORMAL. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE GROUND FOR 3 HOURS WITH NO SIGNS OF SMOKE AND WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. AS A NOTE MR. QAISI MENTIONED THAT THE TEMPERATURE AT O'HARE WAS 97 DEGREES F. AND THE HUMIDITY WAS 87%. IN MR. QAISI OPINION, CONDENSATION AND FOG WAS NOTED BY AIRCREW IN THE COCKPIT NOT SMOKE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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